Spring File Folder Games for 1st Grade ELA & Math | Phonics, Subitizing & more!

Do your students need more hands-on activities in a world where everything is digital?

Do they need practice with social skills, you know, those skills students learn when playing games with each other?

Are your students’ families asking for games that can be played at home?

Do you want your students to have individual access to hands-on activities?

ETTC has you covered. Our amazing master teachers have just the resource for you… File Folder Games for 1st Grade!

With 35 ELA and 39 math games included, your students will have plenty of opportunities to engage with the content covered in the first-grade standards. Not only that, but they’re sure to love the colorful, fun activities.

Easy to prep, then simply toss into a basket and teach them how to play each of the four file folder formats and you’ll be set for an entire year… just think of all the time you’ll save yourself and your students!

Whether you use them for early finishers, centers, morning work, home-school extensions, or more, your students are sure to love them.

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Why File Folder Games?

• Students learn through play. Students need lots of practice with many of these skills - this allows another way for them to practice in a fun way.
• Familiar, two main format games so students can easily transition between games with different skills/content
• Engaging games for students to practice/learn a wide variety of ELA and Math concepts
• Teachers can easily assess students' abilities with a quick observation of their game playing
• Students learn game-playing skills (how to cooperate, take turns, and be a good winner/loser).

35 ELA File Folder Games:

• Beginning and Medial Digraph
• CVC Review
• Diphthongs: au, oi, ou, ow
• Diphthongs: aw, oy, ow
• Ending Digraphs
• Hard and Soft C
• Hard and Soft G
• L Blends
• Long A, Short A
• Long E, Short E
• Long I, Short I
• Long O, Short O
• Long U, Short U
• R Blends
• R-Controlled Vowels
• Rhyming Words
• S Blends
• Short A CVC
• Short E CVC
• Short I CVC
• Short O CVC
• Short U CVC
• Syllable Count
• Three in a Row: Word Families (ack, all, amp)
• Three in a Row: Word Families (and, ant, ash)
• Three in a Row: Word Families (eck, ell, end, est)
• Three in a Row: Word Families (ick, ill, ing, ink, ish)
• Three in a Row: Word Families (ock, op, og)
• Three in a Row: Word Families (uck, ump, ung, unk, ush)
• Three in a Row: L Blends
• Three in a Row: R Blends
• Three in a Row: S Blends
• Three in a Row: Silent E
• Trigraphs: scr, shr, spl, spr
• Trigraphs: squ, str, thr

39 Math File Folder Games

• Add One-Digit to Two Digit
• Add Three Numbers
• Adding Tens (Zero Ones)
• Adding Tens
• Are They Equal?
• Counting On, Counting Back 0-100
• Counting On, Counting Back 0-20
• Counting On, Counting Back 0-50
• Data Race
• Domino Addition
• Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To
• Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To: Addition
• Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To: Subtraction
• Making Tens to Add
• Making Tens to Add with Nines
• Non-Standard Measurement: Bear
• Non-Standard Measurement: Link
• Non-Standard Measurement: Clip
• Non-Standard Measurement: Penny
• Number Bond Race 0-10
• Number Bond Race 10-20
• Place Value Race
• Standard Measurement: Centimeter
• Standard Measurement: Inch
• Structuring Fives
• Structuring Tens
• Subtracting Tens (Zero Ones)
• Subtraction 0-10
• Subtraction 0-20
• Three in a Row: 2D Shapes
• Three in a Row: 3D Shapes
• Three in a Row: Doubles
• Three in a Row: Doubles +1
• Three in a Row: Subitizing 0-5
• Three in a Row: Subitizing 5-10
• Three in a Row: Time to the Half Hour
• Three in a Row: Time to the Hour
• What’s Missing? Addition
• What’s Missing? Subtraction

Teachers like you said…

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"OMG!! This resource blew me out of the water! My students have been so engaged with these folder games it's like magic! They actually want to complete their work so that they can use these. 10 out of 10 recommend them!"

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“I love that there are so many activities to choose from. I can differentiate the activities based on the needs or skills of my students. The activities are fun and so engaging that they do not think of the activities as work. Great resource.”

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“The games are very engaging and pair well with the outcomes I use. I love that all the cards and materials list are marked with the game they go with - there are always one or two cards left on the floor and it's quick and easy to see which game they go with!”

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“My students always love to play games. I love the resource because I can store them in a file for easy reference when I need a particular skill. Thank you for creating this resource!”

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