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First Grade Worksheets
Free printable worksheets for ages 6 to 7, organised around fluency: reading without pauses, recalling number bonds rather than counting them, and writing with consistent size and spacing. Answer keys throughout.
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If you only do one thing, work the first grade sight words to the point where there is no pause at all. Reading speed is what everything else this year depends on.
First grade is where fluency starts to matter more than accuracy. A child who can decode every word but reads slowly enough to lose the sentence is not yet reading, and the same applies to arithmetic: the aim shifts from getting the right answer to getting it without counting on fingers.
Speed, not just correctness
Almost everything at this stage is about removing pauses. Sight words should be instant, number bonds within ten should be recalled rather than worked out, and word families should be read as chunks rather than letter by letter. A correct answer that took eight seconds is a signal to keep practising, not to move on.
Reading
Fluency work: the same words, until there is no pause.
- Sight words: first grade. The 41 first grade Dolch words, several of them irregular past tenses.
- Word families. Reading by chunk rather than by letter, which is what builds speed.
- Word searches. Repeated exposure to exact spelling, from your own word list.
Writing
Letters are known, so the work moves to consistency and to sentences.
- Handwriting paper. Consistent height and spacing on proper rulings.
- Lined paper. The step after guide lines are no longer needed.
- Reading log. A daily record, which is writing with a reason behind it.
Maths
Recall rather than calculation, and the start of place value.
- Addition and subtraction. Timed sets within 20, with answer keys for quick marking.
- Multiplication chart. Blank and partial grids, once skip counting is secure.
- Missing numbers. Sequences to 100, which is where place value becomes visible.
Time and money
Both move from recognition to calculation this year.
- Telling time. Quarter past, quarter to, then five-minute intervals. Drawing as well as reading.
- Money. Counting mixed coins, and working out which coins make an amount.
Ready for the next stage when
- They read the first grade sight words with no pause at all.
- They recall number bonds within 10 rather than counting them.
- They tell the time to the quarter hour and can draw the hands.
- They write a sentence with consistent letter size and spacing.
Treat these as signals rather than a checklist with a deadline. Children move through the reading and maths strands at different speeds, and being ahead in one and behind in another is the normal case rather than a problem.
The other stages
preschool worksheets for ages 3 to 5, and kindergarten worksheets for ages 5 to 6. Every generator listed on this page is free, runs in the browser, and exports a print-ready PDF with nothing uploaded.
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