First Grade Common Core English Language Arts Lesson Plans
Welcome to the complete library of first grade ELA lesson plans for parents and educators who use Common Core as their foundational instruction content. Every lesson below is fully aligned to First Grade Common Core Standards and comes with a printable worksheet, answer key, and step-by-step activities—absolutely free for parents, teachers, and homeschoolers.
Here you’ll find every required standard for first grade English: reading comprehension, grammar, writing, vocabulary, and more. All content is teacher-created, easy to use, and designed to help your student master every essential skill for first grade literacy.
Browse the entire list below, search by keyword, or click a standard to get instant access to detailed, standards-based lesson plans.
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.5 – Understanding Characters and Setting in Stories
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.6 – Understanding Story Details
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.7 – Understanding Characters in a Story
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.9 – Understanding and Retelling Key Details in a Story
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.1 – Speaking and Listening: Sharing Ideas in a Group
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.1a – Speaking and Listening: Following Directions and Sharing Ideas
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.1b – Listening and Responding to Questions
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.2 – Listening and Speaking: Participating in Conversations
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.3 – Show and Tell: Speaking Clearly and Listening Carefully
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.4 – Show and Tell: Speaking Clearly and Staying on Topic
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.5 – Taking Turns in Conversations
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.6 – Show and Tell: Sharing Ideas Clearly
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.1 – Writing and Drawing About a Favorite Thing
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.2 – Writing a Simple Sentence
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.3 – Writing Simple Sentences
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.5 – Writing a Simple Sentence with a Drawing
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.6 – Using a Combination of Drawing, Dictating, and Writing to Share Ideas
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.7 – Using a Combination of Drawing, Dictating, and Writing to Express Ideas
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.8 – Writing Short Narratives with Pictures and Words