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1st Grade ELA Worksheets

STW's first grade ELA worksheets play an important role in helping students to improve their English language arts abilities. The printable activities focus on reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, and machanics. Super Teacher Worksheets provides free worksheets in all of these 1st grade topic areas.

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Reading Comprehension

Breakfast Surprise (Fiction)  NEW 
Join Chipmunk in this 1st grade reading comprehension story on her quest for breakfast, only to find that her friends have eaten all the food in the forest! But when she finds them, Chipmunk discovers they've planned a special surprise just for her.
1st Grade
Breakfast Surprise (Fiction) 1st Grade Reading Comprehension 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
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Apples, Apples (Poetry)  NEW 
Enjoy this fun and engaging apple-picking poem, complete with reading comprehension questions to boost learning in first grade.
1st Grade
Apples, Apples (Poetry) 1st Grade Reading Comprehension 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
At the Vet (Short Nonfiction)  NEW 
Explore this free article about a veterinarian, complete with three comprehension questions to help students reinforce their understanding.
1st Grade
At the Vet (Short Nonfiction) 1st Grade Reading Comprehension 1st Grade ELA Worksheet

Parts of Speech

Noun Sort (Cut & Glue)  NEW 
Sort the nouns by cutting and pasting them into the correct column: people, places, or things.
1st Grade
Noun Sort (Cut & Glue) 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
Picking Adjectives  NEW 
Complete the sentences using the best possible adjectives.
1st Grade
Picking Adjectives 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
Grammar Garden Activity  NEW 
Students apply their understanding of nouns, verbs, pronouns, and adjectives to label their Grammar Garden with words from each category. Afterward, they sort the selected words into a Parts of Speech Table.
1st Grade
Grammar Garden Activity 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
Action Verb Task Cards  NEW 
Identify the action verb in each sentence with this set of 30 task cards. Perfect for classroom scavenger hunts, learning centers, peer tutoring, or educational games.
1st Grade
Action Verb Task Cards 1st Grade ELA Worksheet

Writing Worksheets

Dinosaur Writing Prompt  NEW 
Imagine waking up to find a dinosaur in your backyard! Write a story about what you see and how you react using this first grade journal topic.
1st Grade
Dinosaur Writing Prompt 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
ELA Editing Wheel  NEW 
Use the spin wheel to check your writing for capitalization, punctuation, spelling, neatness, topic sentences, and more.
1st Grade
ELA Editing Wheel 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
Build-a-Story Writing Activity  NEW 
Students create their own imaginative story using character, setting, and event story cards!
1st Grade
Build-a-Story Writing Activity 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
Writing to an Author  NEW 
Practice writing by composing a friendly fan letter to your favorite author and send it through the mail!.
1st Grade
Writing to an Author 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
Picture Writing Prompt - Tree  NEW 
1st graders can practice writing by coloring this picture of a boy planting a tree and writing a creative story to match the illustration.
1st Grade
Picture Writing Prompt - Tree 1st Grade ELA Worksheet

Grammar and Mechanics

Let's Make Sentences  NEW 
These word cards include basic sight words like: can, cat, jump, sing, we, I, has, that, dad, pig, mom, that, dog, book, and like. Children can create as many complete sentences as possible.
1st Grade
Let\'s Make Sentences 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
Capitalizing Names  NEW 
Learn to begin proper names of people with capital letters.
1st Grade
Capitalizing Names 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
End Punctuation (Periods and Question Marks)  NEW 
Students practice using ending punctuation by adding period at the end of each statement and adding a question mark at the end of each question.
1st Grade
End Punctuation (Periods and Question Marks) 1st Grade ELA Worksheet
Question, Command, or Statement  NEW 
Determine which type of sentence each is: either a statement, a command, or a question.
1st Grade
Question, Command, or Statement 1st Grade ELA Worksheet

See Also

Fix the Sentences

Find links to all of STW's fix the sentences activities on this main page.

ELA Buzz Level A

Check out our daily ELA review for first grade English Language Arts practice and mastery.

Spelling Level A

This is a full set of spelling units and worksheets covering 1st grade.

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