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New Year Worksheets

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Party counting and patterns, a New Year's Day read-aloud, goal writing, countdown math and a passage about the new year around the world.

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New Year worksheets for preschool

Count and circle, a coloring page, trace to the party, patterns, big and small, and match the same.

New Year worksheets for kindergarten

A goal writing prompt, a New Year's Day read-aloud, word tracing, a big-grid word search and count and write.

New Year worksheets for 1st grade

Goal writing, a nonfiction passage about the new year around the world, vocabulary, a word search and a countdown counting-back page.

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

About these new year worksheets

A new year is a natural time to talk about the calendar, time and goals. These New Year worksheets keep it simple and fun. Preschoolers count party things, trace paths, compare big and small and finish patterns. Kindergartners hear a short read-aloud about New Year's Day, count and write, trace New Year words and draw and write one thing they will do this year.

1st graders read about how midnight comes at different times around the world, write three goals, practice counting back like a countdown and build vocabulary.

Use them in the first week back after winter break. 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-MATH 9Child identifies, describes, compares, and composes shapes.
  • ELOF P-PMP 3Child demonstrates increasing control, strength, and coordination of small muscles.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.APrint many upper- and lowercase letters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • 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.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.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.DUse conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.1Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • 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.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.A.1Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.

How to use them

  1. Start the first day back with the goal writing page, then hang the goals on a class bulletin board.
  2. Count down from 10 together before you hand out the countdown page.
  3. Show a real calendar while you read the read-aloud, and find January 1.
  4. Revisit the goals in March and June: what did children learn or do?

Teaching tips

  • Keep goals small and concrete for young children: read a chapter book, tie my shoes, help set the table.
  • Midnight is 12 o'clock at night. Children may not have stayed up for it, and that is fine; many families celebrate earlier.
  • Counting back across a ten (like 41, 40, 39) is the tricky part of the countdown page. Use a number line or 120 chart.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What do kindergartners learn about the new year?

That January 1 is the first day of the year, that we start a new calendar, and that many people think of something new to learn or try. The read-aloud and writing page cover these.

How do I explain New Year's resolutions to young children?

Call them goals: one thing you want to learn or get better at this year. The kindergarten page asks for one goal; the 1st grade page asks for a goal at school, at home and just for fun.

Are there answer keys?

Yes, for the counting, pattern, read-aloud, passage, vocabulary, word search and countdown pages.