For first grade teachers
Smart solutions for first grade literacy
Teaching Firsties shares practical, research-informed strategies and time-saving tips to help first grade teachers deliver effective, standards-aligned literacy instruction. Spend more time teaching and less time planning.
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Literacy strategies for 1st grade classrooms
Best practices for teaching literacy standards with Science of Reading aligned methods, plus quick tips you can use tomorrow.
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Reading & close reading
Standards-based reading activities, close reading and comprehension strategies.
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Fluency & readers theater
Readers theater, poetry centers and repeated reading routines that build expression.
The newest articles
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10 Close Reading Strategies You Can Use With Your 1st Grade Students
These quick close reading strategies help your first graders read to understand a short passage without feeling overwhelmed. By modeling…
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How to Fix the Most Common Problems with Close Reading Activities in 1st Grade
Close reading activities can be difficult to adapt for first graders because young readers are still building decoding skills, stamina,…
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5 Simple Strategies for Teaching Capitalization to 1st Graders
This post shares five practical strategies for teaching capitalization through sentence building, shared writing, and independent activities.
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Building Reading Fluency with 1st Grade Poetry Centers and Nursery Rhyme Songs
This post shows how 1st grade poetry centers help your students build reading fluency and expression.
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7 Common Poetry Center Problems (And How to Fix Them)
This post shares practical solutions to common poetry center problems like differentiation, fluency, and comprehension so your centers run smoothly…
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Troubleshooting First Grade Writing Centers: What to Do When Kids Get Stuck
First grade writing centers work best when students have the tools they need to write independently. This post offers practical…
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Meet the teacher
Made by Rachael Hull, for first grade
With more than 20 years in the classroom, I know the daily demands of teaching literacy in the early grades. That time shaped how I build resources: they need to be flexible, low-prep, and ready to support the way you already teach.
Teaching Firsties is where it all started: my blog of classroom-tested ideas for first grade teachers. Literacy Stations is the resource library I built to match what teachers told me they needed most.
Former 1st grade teacherCreator of Literacy Stations4.77★ from 906 TPT reviews