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Grade 1 ELA Worksheets

Free printable and interactive Grade 1 reading, writing and grammar worksheets aligned to Common Core. 274 worksheets so far. Every worksheet has an answer key and can be completed online with instant feedback.

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Grade 1 ELA topics & skills

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Reading: Literature

RL.1.1

Ask and answer questions about the key details in a story.

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Bao and the Red Accordion
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Odalys and the Quail Chicks
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Mei and the Inchworm
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A Nest in Kofi's Watering Can
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Tilly and the Wobbly Top
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Ravi's Mask Day
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Sami and the Pomegranate
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Jun Learns to Use Chopsticks
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The Wiggly Tooth
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Saturday Truck Wash
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Mole and the Foggy Meadow
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Rainy Day at the Park
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RL.1.2

Retell a story with its key details and show that you understand its central message or lesson.

RL.1.3

Use key details to describe the characters, the setting, and the major events of a story.

RL.1.4

Spot words and phrases in a story or poem that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

RL.1.5

Explain the major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information.

RL.1.6

Tell who is speaking or telling the story at different points in a text.

RL.1.7

Use a story's illustrations and details to describe its characters, setting, or events.

RL.1.9

Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in different stories.

RL.1.10

With prompting and support, read stories and poems that are at the right level of complexity for grade 1.

Reading: Informational Text

RI.1.1

Ask and answer questions about the key details in an informational text.

RI.1.2

Name the main topic of a text and retell its key details.

RI.1.3

Describe how two people, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text are connected.

RI.1.4

Ask and answer questions to work out the meaning of words and phrases in a text.

RI.1.5

Use text features such as headings, tables of contents, glossaries, and icons to find key facts in a text.

RI.1.6

Tell the difference between information given by pictures and information given by the words of a text.

RI.1.7

Use a text's illustrations and details to describe its key ideas.

RI.1.8

Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

RI.1.9

Tell how two texts on the same topic are alike and different, for example in their illustrations, descriptions, or steps.

RI.1.10

With prompting and support, read informational texts that are at the right level of complexity for grade 1.

Foundational Skills

RF.1.1.a

Recognize the features of a sentence, such as its first word, its capital letter, and its end punctuation.

RF.1.2.a

Tell long vowel sounds from short vowel sounds in spoken one-syllable words.

RF.1.2.b

Say one-syllable words aloud by blending individual sounds, including consonant blends.

RF.1.2.c

Isolate and pronounce the first, middle vowel, and last sounds in spoken one-syllable words.

RF.1.2.d

Break spoken one-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds.

RF.1.3.a

Know the sounds that common consonant digraphs, such as sh, ch, th, and wh, make.

RF.1.3.b

Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

RF.1.3.c

Use final -e and common vowel team patterns to read words with long vowel sounds.

RF.1.3.d

Use the fact that every syllable has a vowel sound to work out how many syllables a printed word has.

RF.1.3.e

Decode two-syllable words that follow basic patterns by breaking them into syllables.

RF.1.3.f

Read words that have inflectional endings, such as -s, -ed, and -ing.

RF.1.3.g

Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

RF.1.4.a

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

RF.1.4.b

Read grade-level text aloud with accuracy, an appropriate pace, and expression on repeated readings.

RF.1.4.c

Use context to confirm or fix word recognition and understanding, rereading as needed.

Writing

W.1.1

Write an opinion piece that names the topic or book, states an opinion, gives a reason, and has some sense of closure.

W.1.2

Write an informative text that names a topic, gives some facts about it, and has some sense of closure.

W.1.3

Write a narrative that tells two or more events in order, adds details, uses time words, and has some sense of closure.

W.1.5

With adult help, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing.

W.1.7

Take part in shared research and writing projects, such as using several how-to books to write a sequence of instructions.

W.1.8

With adult help, recall information from experience or gather it from provided sources to answer a question.

Language

L.1.1.a

Print all of the upper- and lowercase letters.

L.1.1.b

Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.

L.1.1.c

Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences, such as He hops and We hop.

L.1.1.d

Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns, such as I, me, my, they, them, their, anyone, and everything.

L.1.1.e

Use verbs to show past, present, and future, such as walked, walk, and will walk.

L.1.1.f

Use frequently occurring adjectives.

L.1.1.g

Use frequently occurring conjunctions, such as and, but, or, so, and because.

L.1.1.h

Use determiners, such as articles (a, the) and demonstratives (this, that).

L.1.1.i

Use frequently occurring prepositions, such as during, beyond, and toward.

L.1.1.j

Produce and expand complete simple and compound statements, questions, commands, and exclamations in response to prompts.

L.1.2.a

Capitalize dates and the names of people.

L.1.2.b

Use end punctuation for sentences.

L.1.2.c

Use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.

L.1.2.d

Spell words with common spelling patterns, and frequently occurring irregular words, conventionally.

L.1.2.e

Spell untaught words phonetically, using phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.

L.1.4.a

Use the rest of the sentence as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

L.1.4.b

Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.

L.1.4.c

Identify frequently occurring root words, such as look, and their inflected forms, such as looks, looked, and looking.

L.1.5.a

Sort words into categories, such as colors or clothing, to understand what each category means.

L.1.5.b

Define words by their category and one or more key attributes, such as a duck is a bird that swims.

L.1.5.c

Identify real-life connections between words and how they are used, such as places at home that are cozy.

L.1.5.d

Tell apart shades of meaning among verbs that differ in manner (look, peek, glance, stare) and adjectives that differ in intensity (large, gigantic).

L.1.6

Use words and phrases learned through conversations, reading, and being read to, including conjunctions such as because that signal simple relationships.

Grade 1 ELA topics & skills

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Foundational Skills

Writing

Language

Reading: Literature

RL.1.1

Bao and the Red Accordion

Odalys and the Quail Chicks

Mei and the Inchworm

A Nest in Kofi's Watering Can

Tilly and the Wobbly Top

Ravi's Mask Day

Sami and the Pomegranate

Jun Learns to Use Chopsticks

The Wiggly Tooth

Saturday Truck Wash

Mole and the Foggy Meadow

Rainy Day at the Park

RL.1.2

Ruby and the Broken Flower Pot

Zip and the Shady Rock

Nina and the Bean Seeds

RL.1.3

Priya's Waterfall Hike

Ember and the Cold Soup

The Lemonade Stand Story

RL.1.4

Fireworks by the Lake

Bubble Bath Night

Saturday at the Bakery

RL.1.5

The Shy Cricket and the Cricket Book

Two Books About Chipmunks

Snail Stories and Snail Facts

RL.1.6

The Missing Plum: A Play

A Busy Day for Patch

Who Is Talking on Kite Day?

RL.1.7

Mo and the Porch Light

Teo Paints the Fence

Picture Clues at the Farm Stand

RL.1.9

Stuck Up High

Two Dream Rides

Lost and Found Adventures

RL.1.10

Dev and the Stuck Lid

My Dandelion

Omar and the Paper Boat

Reading: Informational Text

RI.1.1

Submarines Go Under Water

Dragonflies Up Close

Look at a Sunflower

RI.1.2

All About Alpacas

Swans on the Lake

Smoke Alarms Keep Homes Safe

How a Pineapple Grows

All About Elephants

The Crossing Guard's Job

Clean Hands, Step by Step

Ladybugs in the Garden

RI.1.3

How Anne Helped Helen

From Cotton Plant to Shirt

Ice and Water Are Connected

RI.1.4

Jellyfish Drift Along

How to Wrap a Gift

Inside the Fire Station

RI.1.5

Tiger Facts: Follow the Icons

Click Through the Seasons

Find It in the Train Book

RI.1.6

Big Birds That Run: Ostriches