1st Grade posters

Short A

The short a sound, /ă/ as in cat, with six words to read.

Long A

The long a sound — the letter simply says its own name.

Short E

The short e sound, /ĕ/ as in bed, with six words to read.

Long E

The long e sound — the letter simply says its own name.

Short I

The short i sound, /ĭ/ as in pig, with six words to read.

Long I

The long i sound — the letter simply says its own name.

Short O

The short o sound, /ŏ/ as in dog, with six words to read.

Long O

The long o sound — the letter simply says its own name.

Short U

The short u sound, /ŭ/ as in bug, with six words to read.

Long U

The long u sound — the letter simply says its own name.

The SH Sound

Two letters that make one brand-new sound — one sound: shhh.

The CH Sound

Two letters that make one brand-new sound — one sound: ch.

The TH Sound

Two letters that make one brand-new sound — tongue between your teeth.

The WH Sound

Two letters that make one brand-new sound — blow air out first.

1st Grade Sight Words

The 41 first-grade high-frequency words in reading order.

What Makes a Sentence

Three things every sentence needs — check all three before you stop.

Nouns

Naming words — people, places, things and animals.

Verbs

Doing words — and the ones that hide, like is and was.

Adjectives

Describing words that tell you which one, what kind, or how many.

Question Words

The six words that start a question — and what each one is asking for.

Two-Letter Starts

Blends — where you hear both letters, unlike a digraph.

Adding zero

Every fact that adds 0, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Adding one

Every fact that adds 1, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Adding two

Every fact that adds 2, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Adding three

Every fact that adds 3, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Adding four

Every fact that adds 4, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Adding five

Every fact that adds 5, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Adding six

Every fact that adds 6, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Adding seven

Every fact that adds 7, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Adding eight

Every fact that adds 8, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Adding nine

Every fact that adds 9, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Adding ten

Every fact that adds 10, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.

Hundred Chart

1–100 with the tens shaded so patterns pop out.

Number Line 0–20

A big 0–20 line with hop arrows for adding and subtracting.

3D Shapes

Six solids with faces, edges and vertices counted.

Telling Time

Clock faces for o'clock and half past, with both hands labelled.

Doubles Facts

The eleven facts worth memorising outright, because everything else leans on them.

Number Bonds to 10

Every pair that makes ten — the most useful set of facts in early maths.

Fact Families

One triangle, four facts — addition and subtraction are the same thing.

Odd and Even

The pairing test — and why every even number ends in one of five digits.

Tens and Ones

Why the 4 in 47 is worth forty, not four.

Bigger, Smaller, Equal

The three comparison symbols, and the trick for remembering which way they point.

First, Second, Third

Position words — different from counting words, and easy to muddle.

Knowing the Coins

Telling the coins apart by size, colour and edge, before any counting.

Parts of a Plant

Roots, stem, leaves, flower — each with the job it does.

Animal Groups

The five groups every animal belongs to, and the test for each.

What Things Are Made Of

Six everyday materials and the property that makes each one useful.

The Four Seasons

What changes outside across a year, and why it repeats.

Sun, Moon and Stars

The three things in the sky, and how to tell them apart.

Wants and Needs

The difference between what keeps you alive and what makes you happy.