1st Grade · Reading & Writing
Describing Words
Free printable 1st Grade reading & writing worksheet: Describing Words. It lines up with Common Core L.1.1.F. For ages 6-7. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 1st Grade
- Subject
- Reading & Writing
- Ages
- 6–7
- Standard
- L.1.1.F
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Describing Words” is sheet 20 of 30 in our free 1st Grade Reading & Writing Worksheets collection, written for children aged 6–7.
In the set it comes after “First, Next, Last” and before “The Snow Day”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
L.1.1.F · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 1
Language · Conventions of standard English
Children work on grammar and usage — nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentences and how they fit together.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Do "The Magic of Silent E" with a pencil in hand: have your child write the word without the e, read it, then add the e and read it again. Hearing the vowel change themselves is what makes the rule stick.
- 2
Read each passage twice. Once for the story, once for the questions. Almost every first-grade comprehension error comes from answering after a single read.
- 3
Do not skip the non-fiction passage. Informational text is roughly half of what is assessed from first grade onward and is the kind children get least practice with at home.
- 4
For "Capital Letters and End Marks", use your child's own writing as the follow-up exercise. Correcting their sentence teaches more than correcting a stranger's.
