First Grade Assessments: Beginning of the Year (late August-end of October)
This slideshow features our best worksheets for assessing first grade skills at the beginning of the school year.
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Shape Patterns
What comes next? Assess your students’ understanding of patterns by having them identify and continue shape patterns.
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Numbers to 100
How high can you count? Assess your students’ understanding of numbers to 100 using this quick number writing activity.
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Narrative Writing Prompt
Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.
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Subtraction to 20
Assess your students’ understanding of subtraction by having them solve subtraction problems within 20.
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Addition to 20
Add it up! Assess your students’ understanding of addition by having them solve addition problems within 20.
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Time to the Hour Practice
It's about time! Assess your students’ understanding of time to the hour by having them read analog clocks.
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Writing First and Last Name
Assess your students’ abilities to write their first and last name on this first grade writing worksheet.
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Writing Uppercase Letters
Assess your students’ ability to write uppercase letters using this quick alphabet writing exercise.
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Writing Lowercase Letters
Assess your students’ ability to write lowercase letters using this quick alphabet writing exercise.
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Letter Sounds
Assess student understanding of letter-sound correspondence with this worksheet.
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Uppercase Letter Recognition
Assess your students’ uppercase letter recognition using this quick alphabet assessment.
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Lowercase Letter Recognition
Assess your students’ lowercase letter recognition using this quick alphabet assessment.
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Phonemic Awareness: Beginning & Ending Sounds
Kids isolate beginning and ending sounds in this phonics worksheet.
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Phonemic Awareness: Middle Sounds
Try isolating short vowel sounds in this early phonics worksheet!
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Phonemic Awareness: Segmenting
Practice isolating beginning, middle, and ending sounds in this phonics worksheet!
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Phonemic Awareness: Blending
Blending sounds together to make words is an essential skill for young learners. Give first graders the practice they need by reading sounds aloud to them, and asking them to identify the word they hear.
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Phonemic Awareness: Syllables
Recognizing syllables in words is an important step in developing spelling and reading skills. Give young students the practice they need by reading words aloud to them and asking them to identify the number of syllables.
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Phonemic Awareness: Rhymes
Rhyme time! Identifying and forming rhymes is an essential skill for young readers...and a fun one to practice! Have your students come up with a word that rhymes with each of the given words on this phonemic awareness worksheet.
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Picture Comprehension
Picture comprehension is a great intro to reading comprehension! Kids will simply identify what is going on in each picture.
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