Language Arts Resources for 1st Grade

Writing with Ease: Strong Fundamentals

Susan Wise Bauer's guide to teaching elementary writing through narration, copywork, and dictation—explaining the why behind each skill so parents can build their own four-year writing plan. For grades 1–4.

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, Level 1

A gentle, scripted introduction to grammar for young students, using memory work, copywork, narration, and picture study in short daily lessons. Designed for grades 1–2.

Scholastic 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 1st Grade

Sight word mastery workbook with engaging activities teaching the 100 most essential words for first-grade reading fluency.

Scholastic Success with Reading Comprehension, Grade 1

Engaging reading comprehension workbook with fiction and nonfiction passages teaching main idea, sequence, and inference skills for first graders.

Handwriting Without Tears: My Printing Book

First-grade printing workbook from Learning Without Tears that transitions children to double-lined paper while building lowercase letter mastery and beginning sentence writing skills.

Kumon Summer Review & Prep Workbook: After Kindergarten

Focused summer review workbook from Kumon covering reading and math for post-kindergarten students using the proven Kumon mastery-based method.

Summer Bridge Activities: Bridging Grades K-1

The original summer learning workbook for K-1 with daily 15-minute activities in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies to prevent summer slide.

Summer Brain Quest: Between Grades 1 & 2

Adventure-based summer workbook from Brain Quest for grades 1-2 with map quests, stickers, and daily activities in reading, math, and science.

Spectrum Reading Workbook, Grade 1

ThinkFun Zingo! Bingo with a Zing

Brain Quest Workbook: 1st Grade (Revised Edition)

Cross-curricular activity workbook for first graders covering reading, writing, math, science, and social studies with 300+ pages of engaging exercises.

Kumon Grade 1 Reading

Step-by-step reading workbook for first graders using the Kumon method. Covers vocabulary, sentence structure, and reading comprehension.

Epic! Read-To-Me Books

Audio-enabled picture books that highlight text word-by-word as they are read aloud. Perfect for pre-readers and early readers building fluency, phonics awareness, and listening comprehension.

Epic! for Educators

Free digital library for K-6 educators with 40,000+ books, audiobooks, learning videos, and quizzes. Includes classroom management tools, reading logs, and progress tracking for up to 36 students.

Storynory

Free audio stories for children — original tales, fairy tales, and classics narrated by professional voice actors, with a new story every week.

ReadWorks

A free nonprofit library of thousands of leveled K-12 reading passages with comprehension questions, vocabulary support, and paired texts for building reading skills.

PBS LearningMedia English Language Arts Collection

Free PreK-12 literacy resources including reading comprehension, writing, phonics, and literature analysis from PBS.

BrainPOP Jr. Reading & Writing

Animated reading and writing lessons for grades K-3 covering phonics, comprehension, grammar, and writing basics.

Arcademics multiplayer edu-games

Free real-time multiplayer math and word games — strong in classrooms and co-ops where kids can race each other; lighter solo than the marketing implies.