First Grade Back to School Worksheets

First Grade Back to School Worksheets provide a comprehensive collection of literacy and math activities for reviewing important skills at the beginning of the school year.

These print-and-go worksheets include a variety of coloring, writing, matching, sorting, tracing, cut-and-paste, and problem-solving activities. They are ideal for helping first grade students settle into classroom routines while teachers assess previously learned skills and introduce new concepts.

✨ What’s Included in the First Grade Back to School Worksheets

This 121-page PDF includes 86 literacy and math activities, with several skills covered across multiple worksheets.

Literacy activities include:

• Uppercase and lowercase letter tracing
• Uppercase and lowercase letter matching
• Beginning, middle, and ending sounds
• Syllables, onsets, and rimes
• Short vowel CVC words
• Long and short vowel sounds
• Real and nonsense words
• Beginning blends and digraphs
• Sight word color-by-code activities
• Sight word scrambles
• Complete and incomplete sentences
• Types of sentences and ending punctuation
• Fixing sentences with capitals and punctuation
• Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and prepositions
• Singular and plural nouns
• Contractions
• Alphabetical order
• Antonyms and synonyms
• Compound words
• Making words and word searches
• Reading comprehension

Math activities include:

• Number tracing from 1 to 20
• Counting and number matching
• Missing numbers from 1 to 20 and 1 to 100
• Number order from 1 to 20
• Ten frames and twenty frames
• Tally marks
• Base ten blocks
• Number words
• Comparing numbers
• Skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s
• Addition and subtraction
• Making 10
• Graphing and interpreting data
• Comparing length, height, weight, and capacity
• Telling and comparing time
• Sorting 2D and 3D shapes
• Counting 2D shapes
• Fractions, halves, and fourths
• American and Australian money

✏️ How to Use the First Grade Back to School Worksheets

Select the worksheets that match the skills your students are learning or reviewing. The activities can be used for:

• Back-to-school skill review
• Morning work
• Literacy and math centers
• Independent practice
• Small group instruction
• Early finisher activities
• Homework
• Informal assessment
• Homeschool learning

Many of the worksheets are ready to complete with pencils or crayons. Cut-and-paste pages require scissors and glue. Print only the activities that suit your students and current learning goals.

🌟 First Grade Back to School Worksheets: Educational Benefits

These First Grade Back to School Worksheets help children strengthen essential literacy and math skills through clear, engaging activities.

• Review foundational kindergarten and first grade concepts
• Develop phonics, vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension skills
• Build counting, number sense, computation, and measurement skills
• Strengthen visual discrimination and problem-solving abilities
• Develop cutting, gluing, coloring, and handwriting skills
• Encourage confidence and independent learning
• Help teachers identify skills that may need additional instruction

The worksheets are provided in a print-friendly black-and-white format and are designed for A4 paper. When printing on US Letter paper, select “fit to page” or a similar printer setting.

Please note: This is a digital PDF resource. No physical product will be shipped.

Happy Teaching! 😊