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Fall Worksheets

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Leaves, acorns, squirrels and a scarecrow on pages that practice real skills: counting, fine motor work, CVC words, subtraction, reading and writing.

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Fall activities for preschool

A fall squirrel coloring page, count and color, trace the falling leaves, count and glue with a no-cut version, a scarecrow coloring page and a leaf playdough mat.

Fall worksheets for kindergarten

Count the acorns, falling leaves subtraction, fall CVC words, fall word tracing, a fall writing prompt, a read-aloud about leaves and a color by sight word leaf.

Fall worksheets for 1st grade

Fall subtraction facts and word problems, a nonfiction passage about why leaves change color, a fun fall day story to write, fall spelling words, a nature word search and a nature tally graph.

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

About these fall worksheets

These fall worksheets bring falling leaves, acorns, squirrels and a friendly scarecrow into everyday practice. Preschoolers color a fall squirrel, count and color, trace the path of falling leaves, count and glue, and roll playdough on a big leaf. Kindergartners count acorns, subtract falling leaves, write CVC words, trace fall words, listen to a short read-aloud and write about fall. 1st graders solve fall word problems, read a short nonfiction text about why leaves change color, write about a fun fall day, spell fall words and keep a nature tally.

Use them from late September through November, alongside a leaf walk or a nature table. For the science of the seasons, see Seasons Worksheets and Seasons Worksheets for Preschool. For apples, pumpkins, Halloween and Thanksgiving, each has its own page.

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-PMP 3Child demonstrates increasing control, strength, and coordination of small muscles.
  • 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.3.CRead common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.APrint many upper- and lowercase letters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.CWrite a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
  • 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.RI.1.2Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
  • 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.1.3Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

How to use them

  1. Pick the group for your child's grade. Each one mixes math, reading, writing and fine motor work.
  2. Go on a short leaf walk first. Collect a few leaves and acorns and count them before you start the counting pages.
  3. The cut and paste counting page has a no-cut version. Use it when scissors are not handy.
  4. Pair the 1st grade nature tally with a real walk: tally the leaves, acorns and pinecones children find.

Teaching tips

  • Preschool: real leaves make the best counters. Let children set one leaf on each picture as they count.
  • Kindergarten: on the subtraction page, act it out first. Put 6 paper leaves on a tree, let 2 fall, and count what is left.
  • 1st grade: after the leaves passage, ask children to retell the main idea in one sentence before they answer the questions.
  • Slip the tracing and playdough pages into a sheet protector to use again and again.

Questions teachers and parents ask

When should I use fall worksheets?

From late September through November. They fit a fall or seasons unit, the weeks between back to school and Thanksgiving, and any rainy-day indoor recess.

Do the fall worksheets practice real skills?

Yes. Every page practices a grade skill: counting, fine motor work and patterns in preschool, counting, subtraction, CVC words and sight words in kindergarten, and facts, word problems, reading and writing in 1st grade.

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.

Where are the apple, pumpkin, Halloween and Thanksgiving pages?

Each has its own page with preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade worksheets: Apple Worksheets, Pumpkin Worksheets, Halloween Worksheets and Thanksgiving Worksheets.