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Back to School Worksheets

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Buses, backpacks and crayons on pages that ease children into the new year: counting, patterns, letter sounds, word problems, reading and first-day writing.

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Back to school worksheets for preschool

A school coloring page, count the school supplies, trace the path to school, big and small, school supply patterns and a My First Day of Preschool keepsake page.

Back to school worksheets for kindergarten

Count and write, backpack addition within 10, school beginning sounds, school word tracing, a school bag writing prompt, a color by sight word school bus and a big word search.

Back to school worksheets for 1st grade

Back to school addition facts and word problems, a short story about the first day, a goals for 1st grade writing page, All About Me in 1st Grade, a word search and a favorite part of school graph.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these back to school worksheets

These back to school worksheets are made for the first weeks of the year, when children are new to the room and you want calm, simple work they can do well. Preschoolers color a school picture, count school supplies, trace a path to school and fill in a My First Day page. Kindergartners count and write, add with backpack pictures, hear first sounds, trace school words, color by sight word and write about what is in their school bag. 1st graders warm up with addition facts and school word problems, read a short story about a first day, set goals for the year and read a class graph.

The first-day pages make a sweet keepsake to send home or save for the end of the year. For more getting-to-know-you pages, see All About Me Worksheets, All About Me for Preschool and Classroom Rules Worksheets.

Every page is black and white, prints on US Letter or A4, and pages with one right answer have an answer key on page 2.

Standards

  • ELOF P-MATH 3Child understands the relationship between numbers and quantities.
  • ELOF P-MATH 7Child understands simple patterns.
  • ELOF P-MATH 8Child measures objects by their various attributes using standard and non-standard measurement. Uses differences in attributes to make comparisons.
  • ELOF P-PMP 3Child demonstrates increasing control, strength, and coordination of small muscles.
  • ELOF P-SE 9Child recognizes self as a unique individual having own abilities, characteristics, emotions, and interests.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.5Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.1Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.BRecognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.ADemonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.CRead common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.APrint many upper- and lowercase letters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.C.4Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.6Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13 - 3 - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 - 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.DUse conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.1Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

How to use them

  1. Pick the group for your child's grade. In the first week, one page a day is plenty while children learn the routines.
  2. Use the first-day pages on the first or second day, then save them. Do them again in June and compare.
  3. Use the counting and pattern pages as quiet morning work while you greet families at the door.
  4. Give a 1st grade word search or addition page to early finishers so the room stays calm.

Teaching tips

  • Preschool: name every picture together first (bus, crayon, glue, scissors) so the words are ready before the counting starts.
  • Kindergarten: early in the year, many children are still learning to hold a pencil. Praise the try, not the neatness.
  • 1st grade: the first weeks are a good time to see who has kept their facts over the summer. Use the addition page as a quick, friendly check.
  • Write each child's name on a sticky note they can copy until they can write it on their own.

Questions teachers and parents ask

When should I use back to school worksheets?

In the first two to three weeks of school, in August or September. They also work for a new child joining mid-year or for a summer camp's first day.

Are these too hard for the first week?

No. They are made to be easy wins. Preschool pages are about counting to 5 and tracing, kindergarten pages review early skills, and 1st grade pages review kindergarten math and reading.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Every page with one right answer has an answer key on page 2 of the same PDF. Coloring, tracing, playdough and writing pages do not need one.

Do you have more All About Me pages?

Yes. All About Me Worksheets (kindergarten) and All About Me for Preschool have more pages about names, families, favorites and feelings.