EdstronautEdstronaut

Texas · ages 67

1st grade English worksheets

These are the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) expectations for 1st grade english (typically ages 6–7). Edstronaut writes practice questions against them — around your child's own name, interests and the people in their life — and every answer sheet cites the standard it covers.

Make one for your child, free

Their name, their interests, this exact curriculum. Takes about fifteen seconds and needs no account.

Make a 1st grade english sheet

What 1st grade english covers

90 published expectations from Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), showing the first 40. Every question Edstronaut writes cites one of these.

Grade 1

  • 1.1.Alisten actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and answer questions using multi-word responses;
  • 1.1.Bfollow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a short, related sequence of actions;
  • 1.1.Cshare information and ideas about the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language;
  • 1.1.Dwork collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, and making appropriate contributions; and
  • 1.1.Edevelop social communication such as introducing himself/herself and others, relating experiences to a classmate, and expressing needs and feelings.
  • 1.2.Ademonstrate phonological awareness by:
  • 1.2.A.iproducing a series of rhyming words;
  • 1.2.A.iirecognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound;
  • 1.2.A.iiidistinguishing between long and short vowel sounds in one-syllable words;
  • 1.2.A.ivrecognizing the change in spoken word when a specified phoneme is added, changed, or removed;
  • 1.2.A.vblending spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words, including initial and/or final consonant blends;
  • 1.2.A.vimanipulating phonemes within base words; and
  • 1.2.A.viisegmenting spoken one-syllable words of three to five phonemes into individual phonemes, including words with initial and/or final consonant blends;
  • 1.2.Bdemonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
  • 1.2.B.idecoding words in isolation and in context by applying common letter sound correspondences;
  • 1.2.B.iidecoding words with initial and final consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs;
  • 1.2.B.iiidecoding words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs; and r-controlled syllables;
  • 1.2.B.ivusing knowledge of base words to decode common compound words and contractions;
  • 1.2.B.vdecoding words with inflectional endings, including -ed, -s, and -es; and
  • 1.2.B.viidentifying and reading at least 100 high-frequency words from a research-based list;
  • 1.2.Cdemonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
  • 1.2.C.ispelling words with closed syllables, open syllables, VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r-controlled syllables;
  • 1.2.C.iispelling words with initial and final consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs;
  • 1.2.C.iiispelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
  • 1.2.C.ivspelling high-frequency words from a research-based list;
  • 1.2.Ddemonstrate print awareness by identifying the information that different parts of a book provide;
  • 1.2.Ealphabetize a series of words to the first or second letter and use a dictionary to find words; and
  • 1.2.Fdevelop handwriting by printing words, sentences, and answers legibly leaving appropriate spaces between words.
  • 1.3.Ause a resource such as a picture dictionary or digital resource to find words;
  • 1.3.Buse illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings;
  • 1.3.Cidentify the meaning of words with the affixes -s, -ed, and -ing; and
  • 1.3.Didentify and use words that name actions, directions, positions, sequences, categories, and locations.
  • 1.6.Aestablish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance;
  • 1.6.Bgenerate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance;
  • 1.6.Cmake, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures with adult assistance;
  • 1.6.Dcreate mental images to deepen understanding with adult assistance;
  • 1.6.Emake connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance;
  • 1.6.Fmake inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance;
  • 1.6.Gevaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance;
  • 1.6.Hsynthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance; and

Other year groups and subjects