St. Patrick's Day Worksheets

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Shamrocks, rainbows and gold coins on pages that practice counting, sight words, color words, subtraction, reading and writing.

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St. Patrick's Day activities for preschool

St. Patrick's Day pages for preschool with rainbows, shamrocks and gold coins: coloring, rainbow tracing, counting to 5, a dot marker shamrock, an easy pot of gold maze, a big and small sort (cut or no-cut) and a shamrock playdough mat. Plus a rainbow coloring page and a rainbow color by number.

St. Patrick's Day worksheets for kindergarten

Kindergarten St. Patrick's Day pages: count coins and shamrocks in ten frames, rainbow picture addition, color by sight word, read the color words to color a rainbow, word tracing, a pot of gold writing prompt and a read-aloud about how rainbows form.

St. Patrick's Day worksheets for 1st grade

Gold coin subtraction and story problems, a passage about how rainbows form, an opinion prompt, a word search, a count-and-graph page and a March calendar.

About these st. patrick's day worksheets

These St. Patrick's Day worksheets use shamrocks, rainbows and pots of gold coins to practice real skills. Preschoolers color a big shamrock, trace the rainbow, count gold coins, sort big and small shamrocks and follow a road to the pot of gold. Kindergartners count coins in ten frames, add with pictures, color by sight word, read color words to color a rainbow and hear a short nonfiction read-aloud about how rainbows form. 1st graders subtract within 20, solve story problems, read a passage about rainbows, graph St. Patrick's Day pictures and fill in a March calendar.

St. Patrick's Day is March 17. Use these pages in the week before, or any time in March when you want a rainbow or shamrock theme. The rainbow pages also pair well with a light and weather lesson; see the Weather page for more.

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 2Child recognizes the number of objects in a small set.
  • 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.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.APrint many upper- and lowercase letters.
  • 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.RI.K.1With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.3Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
  • 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.L.1.2.DUse conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.1Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • 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.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.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.
  • 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).

How to use them

  1. Start with the rainbow pages. Name the colors in order, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, then color together.
  2. Use real or play coins as counters for the counting and subtraction pages.
  3. For the shamrock sort, the cut and paste page and the draw-a-line page practice the same skill, so pick whichever suits your class.
  4. On the 1st grade March calendar, fill in the dates together, then mark March 17 and talk about how many days are left.

Teaching tips

  • A shamrock has three leaves. Count them together on the coloring and playdough pages.
  • On the color word rainbow, have children read each word aloud before they pick up a crayon.
  • In the subtraction story problems, a quick drawing of coins with some crossed out helps children see what is left.
  • Green crayons run out fast this week. Have a few spares ready.

Questions teachers and parents ask

When is St. Patrick's Day?

March 17 every year. These pages work well in the week before and on the day itself.

What do these St. Patrick's Day worksheets practice?

Counting, fine motor work and big and small in preschool; counting, picture addition, sight words and color words in kindergarten; subtraction, word problems, reading, graphing and a calendar in 1st grade.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Every page with one right answer has an answer key on page 2.

Are the pages good for any classroom?

Yes. They use rainbows, shamrocks, gold coins and spring colors, with no costumes or characters, so they suit any class.