Free printable 1st grade worksheets and activities

First graders read short sentences, write a few words on their own, and add and subtract within twenty. Worksheets that combine a small picture with a short instruction work best — they can decode the question now without an adult reading every word aloud.

Mix it up across a print session: one phonics page, one math page (sums to 20, then to 100 without regrouping), one creative-writing prompt asking for a single sentence, one easy maze. Variety holds attention; repetition kills it.