Less than $5 1st Grade Other (ELA) Printables (by date, oldest first)

Looking for simple but elegant alphabet posters that are designed with students in mind? I've got you covered! No matter your need, you are sure to find one of the four included designs to be exactly what you've been wanting.

With letters printed in both upper and lower case in an easy-to-read, elementary-friendly font, these posters are the perfect addition to your elementary classroom.

Available in pink or black letters, with or without clip art. (Two designs are included for the letter X- just so you are aware; I prefer the boX, but you might want X-ray, so that's included for you, too.)

Print on cardstock and laminate for extra durability.

Number Posters in the same design are also available! Check them out here!

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This NO PREP activity is perfect to get students excited to read and get ready for Easter! Students will sequence pictures from the story There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Chick. Simply print the two pages, color, cut, and sequence! Perfect for young learners and special education.

These hands-on Winter Literacy Puzzles are a great option for your kindergarten winter literacy centers. These printable puzzles include 45 Winter Literacy Mystery Picture Puzzles!

Each winter-themed mystery puzzle focuses on a specific literacy skill. Students are asked to match the puzzle pieces to the puzzle mats to reveal the mystery picture to solve the mystery puzzle! These puzzles are also great for your early finishers, enrichment opportunities, morning work, or even intervention groups.

⭐ These Winter Literacy Puzzles are also included in the following bundles: 

• Kindergarten Winter Math and Literacy Centers.
• Mystery Picture Puzzle Bundles.

What’s included in this Winter Mystery Picture Puzzle Kindergarten resource?

This huge Winter Puzzle resource includes 16 Mystery Picture Puzzles.

• All the puzzles come in color and black and white versions.
• Each puzzle picture is a fun photo of a Winter theme. 

Literacy Picture Puzzles included: 16 in total

• Uppercase Alphabet Recognition (2 puzzles)
• Lowercase Alphabet Recognition (2 puzzles)
• CVC Words (6 puzzles)
• Rhyming Match (3 puzzles)
• Vocabulary (3 puzzles)

How to best use these kindergarten mystery picture puzzles in the classroom:

• These puzzles allow for independent learning as they are SELF-CHECKING.
• This makes these puzzles perfect for early finishers, enrichment opportunities, morning work, or centers. 
• Alternatively, these picture puzzles can be used with small intervention groups to practice specific literacy skills with teacher guidance.

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This 68-page Valentine's Day Bingo resource is perfect for some Valentine's Day fun!

**✨**Take a peek at the preview to get a closer look.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

• 68-page PDF file
• Call out card (this one is for you!)
• 5 different choices for Bingo chips
• Bingo cards in color AND black & white (if you want to turn it into a coloring activity!)

HOW IT WORKS

1. Easily print the resource from your computer.

*Pro Tip: Print these Valentine's Day Bingo cards on white construction paper and laminate them so you can use them year after year!

2. If you chose the black & white Valentine's Day Bingo cards, let your students color them and make them all their own!

3. Cut out the Valentine's Day Bingo chips.

4. Explain the rules of the game.

5. Use the call out card to play Valentine's Day Bingo again and again!

WHO IS IT FOR?

• Elementary School Teachers: You'll love this as a resource for your students on Valentine's Day!

FEATURES

• Each page is 8.5" x 11", but you can adjust this in your printer settings.
• Colorful Valentine's Day Bingo cards
• Black & white Bingo cards for an additional coloring activity!
• Bingo chips

If your looking for an activity to keep students engaged at the beginning of the year, Mystery Pictures with Beginning sounds is just for you. Each of the 5 school scenes offers students the chance to feel independent at the beginning of the year because this resource is done with pictures instead of words. This enables students to work more independently which builds confidence for them and time to do all the important beginning of the year things for you.

Included in this resource:

⭐5 school scenes

⭐Each scene has pictures for students to read and color based on their beginning sound.

Other Resources:

⭐ Short Vowel| CVC Words| I Spy| Center and Activity Bundle

⭐ Short Vowel| CVC Words| Game or Center Activity| Word Flip

⭐ Short Vowel Bundle| Spin a Word Bundle| CVC Word Family, Words, or Rhymes

⭐ Short Vowel CVC Word Blending and Mapping| Say, Tap, Write, Build Bundle

⭐ Short Vowel Game Boards Bundle

If you are looking for an activity to keep students engaged at the beginning of the year, Mystery Pictures with CVC pictures is just for you. Each of the 6 school scenes offers students the chance to feel independent at the beginning of the year because this resource is done with pictures instead of words. This enables students to work more independently which builds confidence for them and time to do all the important beginning of the year things for you.

Included in this resource:

⭐6 school scenes

⭐Each scene has pictures for students to read and color based on their medial sounds.

Other Resources:

⭐ Short Vowel| CVC Words| I Spy| Center and Activity Bundle

⭐ Short Vowel| CVC Words| Game or Center Activity| Word Flip

⭐ Short Vowel Bundle| Spin a Word Bundle| CVC Word Family, Words, or Rhymes

⭐ Short Vowel CVC Word Blending and Mapping| Say, Tap, Write, Build Bundle

⭐ Short Vowel Game Boards Bundle

Looking for a fun way to keep students engaged in writing during the weeks leading up to Christmas? These Christmas Journal Writing Prompts can be used for weekly quick writes, morning work, journal writing, ELA stations etc.

What's Included:

10 exciting journal writing prompts with paper

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This engaging Fall Feed the Pumpkin Sensory bin is perfect for helping young learners practice their upper and lowercase letter recognition in a fun and interactive way. Students will love "feeding" the pumpkins while mastering their letter knowledge! This resource is ideal for preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten classrooms, making learning letters an exciting hands-on experience during the fall season.

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Product Description:**

Pumpkin-Themed Flashcards:

Set 1: Uppercase letters (A-Z)

Set 2: Lowercase letters (a-z)

Set 3: Uppercase and lowercase letter pairs (A/a - Z/z)

Pumpkin Faces for Sensory Bin:

Pumpkin faces to attach to empty containers or tissue boxes. Students will enjoy "feeding" the pumpkin by inserting letter cards into the container.

Recording Mats:

3 mats designed to track progress while engaging with the sensory bin.

Students can cover letters with playdough, pom-poms, or any small manipulatives to mark the letters they have found.

How to Use:

• Sensory Bin Setup: Add your preferred sensory bin filler (such as rice, beans, or leaves) and hide the pumpkin-themed letter flashcards. Attach the included pumpkin face to an empty container or tissue box for students to "feed" the pumpkin their letters.
• Letter Recognition Practice: Students can search through the bin, find the letter cards, and "feed" the correct letters to the pumpkin. Teachers can choose to focus on uppercase, lowercase, or both sets of letters depending on their learners' needs.
• Progress Tracking: The included mats allow students to track their progress. As they find letters, they can cover the corresponding letters on the mats with playdough, pom-poms, or other placeholders.

Benefits:

• Hands-on Learning: This sensory bin activity encourages tactile learning and fine motor skill development while reinforcing letter recognition.
• Multiple Learning Options: With three sets of cards (uppercase, lowercase, and both), this activity can be easily differentiated to meet students at their level.
• Engaging for Students: The fun, pumpkin-themed design makes learning exciting for students, especially during the fall season!
• Versatile Use: This resource can be used in literacy centers, small group instruction, or as an independent activity.

Teacher Tips:

• Laminate the flashcards and mats for durability and repeated use.
• Encourage students to say the name of the letter as they "feed" it to the pumpkin to reinforce letter-sound associations.
• Incorporate seasonal sensory bin fillers (such as fake leaves or acorns) to enhance the fall theme.

This Fall Sensory Bin Upper and Lowercase Letter Recognition Activity: Feed the Pumpkins is sure to be a hit in your classroom, helping students develop important literacy skills in a fun and festive way

TERMS OF USE:

You can reproduce the pages for classroom use only. The fonts I used are free for personal use. Duplication of this resource for commercial purposes or for the entire school is strictly forbidden.

HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK:

Go to your "My Purchases" page.Click the "Leave a review" button

This engaging Fall Feed the Pumpkin Sensory bin is perfect for helping young learners practice their upper and lowercase letter recognition in a fun and interactive way. Students will love "feeding" the pumpkins while mastering their letter knowledge! This resource is ideal for preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten classrooms, making learning letters an exciting hands-on experience during the fall season.

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Product Description:**

Pumpkin-Themed Flashcards:

Set 1: Uppercase letters (A-Z)

Set 2: Lowercase letters (a-z)

Set 3: Uppercase and lowercase letter pairs (A/a - Z/z)

Pumpkin Faces for Sensory Bin:

Pumpkin faces to attach to empty containers or tissue boxes. Students will enjoy "feeding" the pumpkin by inserting letter cards into the container.

Recording Mats:

3 mats designed to track progress while engaging with the sensory bin.

Students can cover letters with playdough, pom-poms, or any small manipulatives to mark the letters they have found.

How to Use:

• Sensory Bin Setup: Add your preferred sensory bin filler (such as rice, beans, or leaves) and hide the pumpkin-themed letter flashcards. Attach the included pumpkin face to an empty container or tissue box for students to "feed" the pumpkin their letters.
• Letter Recognition Practice: Students can search through the bin, find the letter cards, and "feed" the correct letters to the pumpkin. Teachers can choose to focus on uppercase, lowercase, or both sets of letters depending on their learners' needs.
• Progress Tracking: The included mats allow students to track their progress. As they find letters, they can cover the corresponding letters on the mats with playdough, pom-poms, or other placeholders.

Benefits:

• Hands-on Learning: This sensory bin activity encourages tactile learning and fine motor skill development while reinforcing letter recognition.
• Multiple Learning Options: With three sets of cards (uppercase, lowercase, and both), this activity can be easily differentiated to meet students at their level.
• Engaging for Students: The fun, pumpkin-themed design makes learning exciting for students, especially during the fall season!
• Versatile Use: This resource can be used in literacy centers, small group instruction, or as an independent activity.

Teacher Tips:

• Laminate the flashcards and mats for durability and repeated use.
• Encourage students to say the name of the letter as they "feed" it to the pumpkin to reinforce letter-sound associations.
• Incorporate seasonal sensory bin fillers (such as fake leaves or acorns) to enhance the fall theme.

This Fall Sensory Bin Upper and Lowercase Letter Recognition Activity: Feed the Pumpkins is sure to be a hit in your classroom, helping students develop important literacy skills in a fun and festive way

TERMS OF USE:

You can reproduce the pages for classroom use only. The fonts I used are free for personal use. Duplication of this resource for commercial purposes or for the entire school is strictly forbidden.

HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK:

Go to your "My Purchases" page.Click the "Leave a review" button

This exciting Halloween Feed the Monster Candy Corns Sensory Bin is perfect for helping young learners practice upper and lowercase letter recognition in a fun, interactive way. Students will love "feeding" the monster while mastering their letter knowledge! This resource is ideal for preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten classrooms, offering a hands-on, engaging letter-learning experience with a spooky Halloween twist.

Product Description:

Candy Corn Themed Flashcards:

• Set 1: Uppercase letters (A-Z) with candy corn designs.
• Set 2: Lowercase letters (a-z) with candy corn designs.
• Set 3: Uppercase and lowercase letter pairs (A/a - Z/z) with candy corn designs.

Monster Faces for Sensory Bin:

• Fun monster faces to attach to empty containers or tissue boxes. Students will love "feeding" the monsters by inserting the candy corn-themed letter cards into the container.

Recording Mats:

• 3 mats designed to track progress while engaging with the sensory bin.
• Students can cover letters with Halloween-themed manipulatives like candy corn, mini spiders, or other small items to mark the letters they have found.

How to Use:

1. Sensory Bin Setup: Add your preferred sensory bin filler (such as black beans, shredded paper, or orange rice) and hide the candy corn-themed letter flashcards. Attach the monster face to an empty container or tissue box for students to "feed" the candy corn letters to the monster.
2. Letter Recognition Practice: Students will search through the bin, find the letter cards, and "feed" the monster by matching the letters. You can choose to focus on uppercase, lowercase, or both sets depending on your students’ needs.
3. Progress Tracking: The included recording mats allow students to track their progress. As they find letters, they can cover the corresponding letters on the mats with candy corn, mini erasers, or other Halloween-themed manipulatives.

Benefits:

• Hands-on Learning: This sensory bin activity supports tactile learning and fine motor skills while reinforcing letter recognition.
• Multiple Learning Options: With three sets of letter cards (uppercase, lowercase, and both), this activity can be differentiated to meet various learning levels.
• Engaging for Students: The Halloween monster theme makes letter learning fun and festive for students, especially during the Halloween season!
• Versatile Use: This resource is perfect for literacy centers, small group instruction, or as an independent activity.

Teacher Tips:

• Laminate the flashcards and mats for durability and repeated use.
• Encourage students to say the name of the letter aloud as they "feed" it to the monster to build letter-sound associations.
• Enhance the Halloween theme by using sensory bin fillers like fake spiders, webbing, or black and orange beads.

TERMS OF USE:

You can reproduce the pages for classroom use only. The fonts I used are free for personal use. Duplication of this resource for commercial purposes or for the entire school is strictly forbidden.

HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK:

Go to your "My Purchases" page.Click the "Leave a review" button

Practice Sequencing with these easy print and go activities! 4 step and 5 step sequences with picture support included! Included: 5 colorful sequence pages 8 cut and glue sequence worksheets 5 writing worksheets **please rate and comment to receive your TeachShare credits** 1st Grade Salt Life

This is a cute little nine-page reproducible booklet to finish off a great year in first grade! It includes pages about the teacher, classmates, memories and even a page for autographs! Teachers can also take pictures to put in the book instead of illustrations or do a combination of both! There are several writing opportunities in the booklet as well.

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Alphabet Fun is a great resource for teaching letter recognition and sounds. It includes two pages for each alphabet letter, one review page for every two letters and a "watch" for children to wear home encouraging their families to ask about the letter sound they mastered that day. This FREEBIE includes four pages for the letter A only so you can try it out! You can find the full resource HERE. It includes over 100 pages of worksheets, watches and flash cards.

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Grab these 16 opinion writing worksheets with cute coloring pages and watch your students' love for writing soar! The class can choose the coloring page they like, and then write about their favorite foods. They will love it so much, they will want to choose more coloring pages and write about all their favorite foods!

These opinion writing worksheets are perfect for:

• homework
• morning work
• reluctant writers
• differentiated writing activity
• independent work
• fun group work

If you liked this product, you might also like . . .

   ✏Opinion Paragraph Writing Worksheets & Self-Guided Prompts | 30 Printable Topics

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Check out this freebie for the word "the" that is included in my 1-100 of Fry's High Frequency Words resource!

1-100 HFW Resource

This resource is presented in an easy to use, kindergarten or first grade friendly format. Perfect to use after explicit instruction in the spelling pattern or irregularities associated with words that are sometimes not decodable!

Students use a variety of modalities to orthographically map the the word including:

• Finger trace
• Find and circle
• Write
• Color
• Read it in 2-3 easily decodable sentences
• Draw it
• Use in a sentence - A perfect way to introduce sentence stems!

This resource is perfect to use in ELA small group stations as it provides a visual reminder of what to do in each section for non-readers.

We all know that memorizing words is not the best practice as it relates to the Science of Reading. Using these sheets after explicit instruction will help young learners retain and practice their skills!

Are you looking for more kindergarten station activities? Check out these other stations:

September Tear Art Crafts

October Tear Art Crafts

November Tear Art Crafts

Color Word Sheets

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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource that is perfect for CVC writing practice. Students use the picture to write a sentence using short i CVC words, 9 pages of awesome practice for your students! Best part? Its only $1!

Differentiated to meet the needs of all learners in your class!

Make sure to follow my store on TeachShare, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest!

Feel free to email me with any questions or suggestions.

Don’t forget to leave a review! You can earn TeachShare credits to use for future purchases!

Included in this product:

High Frequency Words: He, has, a, that, is, get, too, to, want, will, eat, look, at, was, like, put, see, away, she, take, out

Short i CVC words:

-ib: bib, rib

-id: lid

-ig: big, dig, wig, fig, pig

-im: him, rim

-in: bin, fin, pin, tin, win

-ip: dip, zip, lip, rip, tip

-it: sit, pit, hit, bit, kit

-ix: fix, mix, six

Looking for more? This product is also included in a bundle, found HERE!

Questions? Email me at lucyslittlelearnersTeachShare@gmail.com

Keywords: no prep, cvc, writing, reading, differentiated, ELAR, kindergarten, first grade, consonant vowel consonant, sight words, heart words, high frequency words, kindergarten writing, sentence stems.

This is a NO PREP, print and go resource that is perfect for CVC writing practice. Students use the picture to write a sentence using short a CVC words.

Differentiated to meet the needs of all learners in your class!

Make sure to follow my store on TeachShare, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest! Feel free to email me with any questions or suggestions.

Don’t forget to leave a review! You can earn TeachShare credits to use for future purchases! Included in this product

High Frequency words: I, a, like, see, can, the, we, go, to, am, in, my, she, he, here, is, put, big, get, look, find, little, want, have, do, down, black, brown,

Short A CVC words:

-ab: tab, gab, dab, lab, cab

-ad: bad, dad, mad, pad, sad

-ag: bag, rag, tag, wag

-am: ham, jam, ram, yam

-an: can, fan, man, pan, ran, van

-ap: cap, map, nap, tap

-at: bat, cat, hat, mat, pat, sat

-ax: wax

Looking for more? Check out my NO PREP Kindergarten Short E Writing Practice found in my store.

Questions? Email me at lucyslittlelearnersTeachShare@gmail.com

Keywords: no prep, cvc, writing, reading, differentiated, ELAR, kindergarten, first grade, consonant vowel consonant, sight words, heart words, high frequency words, kindergarten writing, sentence stems.

This is a NO PREP, print and go resource that is perfect for CVC writing practice. Students use the picture to write a sentence using short e CVC words, 9 pages of awesome practice for your students! Best part? Its only $1!

Differentiated to meet the needs of all learners in your class!

Make sure to follow my store on TeachShare, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest!

Feel free to email me with any questions or suggestions.

Don’t forget to leave a review! You can earn TeachShare credits to use for future purchases!

Included in this product:

High Frequency words: I, a, see, the, look, make, she, says, stop, were, they, has, he, that, it, in, two, want, will, big, we, got, be.

Short E CVC words:

-eb: web

-ed: bed, fed, led, red, wed

-eg: leg, peg

-em: hem

-en: den, hen, men, pen, ten

-et: get, get, met, net, pet, vet

Looking for more? This product is also included in a bundle, found HERE!

Questions? Email me at lucyslittlelearnersTeachShare@gmail.com

Keywords: no prep, cvc, writing, reading, differentiated, ELAR, kindergarten, first grade, consonant vowel consonant, sight words, heart words, high frequency words, kindergarten writing, sentence stems.

This is a NO PREP, print and go resource that is perfect for CVC writing practice. Students use the picture to write a sentence using short i CVC words, 9 pages of awesome practice for your students!

Differentiated to meet the needs of all learners in your class!

Make sure to follow my store on TeachShare, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest!

Feel free to email me with any questions or suggestions.

Don’t forget to leave a review! You can earn TeachShare credits to use for future purchases!

Included in this product:

Short A CVC words:

-ab: tab, gab, dab, lab, cab

-ad: bad, dad, mad, pad, sad

-ag: bag, rag, tag, wag

-am: ham, jam, ram, yam

-an: can, fan, man, pan, ran, van

-ap: cap, map, nap, tap

-at: bat, cat, hat, mat, pat, sat

-ax: wax

Short E CVC words:

-eb: web

-ed: bed, fed, led, red, wed

-eg: leg, peg

-em: hem

-en: den, hen, men, pen, ten

-et: get, get, met, net, pet, vet

Short I CVC Words:

-ib: bib, rib

-id: lid

-ig: big, dig, wig, fig, pig

-im: him, rim

-in: bin, fin, pin, tin, win

-ip: dip, zip, lip, rip, tip

-it: sit, pit, hit, bit, kit

-ix: fix, mix, six

Short O CVC words:

-ob: cob

-od: pod, rod

-og: dog, jog, log, fod

-op: cop, hop, mop, pop, top

-om: mom

-ot: cot, dot, hot, pot, rot

-ox: box, fox

Short U CVC words:

-ub: cub, sub, tub

-ug: bug, hug, jug, mug, rug

-um: sum, gum

-un: bun, fun, nun, run, sun

-up: cup

-us: bus

-ut: cut, nut, hut

Questions? Email me at lucyslittlelearnersTeachShare@gmail.com

Keywords: no prep, cvc, writing, reading, differentiated, ELAR, kindergarten, first grade, consonant vowel consonant, sight words, heart words, high frequency words, kindergarten writing, sentence stems.

Printable activities for the story Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. This story is a fun way for students to be introduced to Egypt and just a few of thing which can be found there including sarcophagus, pyramids, sphinx. Printable worksheets include:

1. 10 question multiple choice quiz

2. Printable definition sheet (with pictures)

3. Drawing page of the trip down the Nile Bill and Pete take

4. Coloring sheet.

Interested in other great children's stories check out:

We Are the Gardeners

The Boy Who Changed the World

The Littlest Snowplow