Printables
17 sheets to print, grouped by learning area. These have words on them, unlike the Kindergarten ones — reading and writing simple sentences is what the year is for. The instruction line at the top is still addressed to you.
Reading and writing
English language arts and literature
One box per sound
Sound it out
Say the word, then say it in separate sounds, putting a finger in a box for each one. Then write a letter in each box. One box is one sound, which is not always one letter — fish is four letters and three sounds.
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Four endings, sixteen words
Word families
Put each letter in front of the ending and read what you get. Write the real words on the lines. Not every one will be a word — deciding which are is part of the job.
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sh, ch, th, wh
Two letters, one sound
Say each digraph out loud — one sound, not two. Then think of two words that start with it and write them. Saying it before writing is the part that teaches.
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Ten common words
Words to know by sight
These come up constantly and several cannot be sounded out, so they are worth knowing whole. Trace, then write. Two or three a day is plenty.
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Capital at the front, mark at the end
Fix the sentence
Read each one out loud first — the voice usually says whether it needs a full stop or a question mark. Then write it out properly underneath.
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Numbers and facts to 20
Mathematics
Ten frames
How many?
Ask for the answer without counting one by one — a full row is five, so seven is a full row and two. Write the number in the box.
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The most useful facts in Grade 1
Making ten
How many more counters would fill the frame? These ten pairs come up in almost every later calculation, so they are the ones worth knowing instantly.
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One picture, four facts
Fact families
Fill in the missing part, then write the four number sentences that the picture makes — two adding and two taking away.
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Twelve facts
Adding to 20
Aim for an answer in about a second. Anything slower is a fact worth practising rather than a question worth working out — and knowing which ones are slow is the useful part.
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Twelve facts
Taking away from 20
Every one of these has an addition hiding inside it: 13 − 5 is “what goes with 5 to make 13?” Asking it that way is usually faster than counting backwards.
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Longest, biggest, holds most
Put them in order
Number them 1, 2, 3 from smallest to largest. Then go and find three real things and put those in order too — Alberta asks for ordering, and ordering needs no ruler.
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Looking closely
Science
What makes it move
Push or pull?
For each one, ask what you would do to make it move. Tick the box. Some take both, and arguing about which is the best part of the sheet.
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Draw what changes
One tree, four seasons
Draw the same tree in each season. Then say one thing an animal near you does differently in winter. Drawing the same tree four times is what makes the change visible.
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Communities and cultures
Social studies
Sort them
Good or service?
A good is something you can hold. A service is something somebody does for you. Read each one out and tick a column. Two of them are worth arguing about.
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Colour, trace and find
Canada's symbols
Colour the two side panels red and leave the middle white. Trace the maple leaf. Then draw one symbol of your own community in the last box.
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Draw your own map
The way to school
Let them draw it themselves, badly. A child's own map teaches more about landmarks than a correct one you draw for them. Ask them to label three things on the way.
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Moving and feeling good
Physical education and wellness
Circle the coins
Make the amount
Circle coins that add up to each amount. There is usually more than one way, and finding a second way is worth more than finding the first.
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Before you print
- Everything is drawn as outlines, so a sheet costs almost no ink and can be coloured in afterwards.
- Each sheet is one page. Use your browser's print button, or the one at the top of the sheet.
- Most sheets have a short for the grown-up note underneath with the answers. It does not print with the sheet.
- Five or ten minutes at a time is plenty. A half-finished sheet is not a failed sheet.