The PERFECT packet to have on hand for the first week of school. These NO PREP back to school FUN worksheets for the beginning of the year. Printables include mazes, puzzles, word scramble, word search, crossword, color by codes, coloring pages, dot to dot, fine motor practice, and MORE!
Perfect for the first few weeks of school, soft start morning work, early finishers, centers, sub plans, back to school review…or just for FUN any time of the year!
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I love having a booklet ready to go during those first few weeks
of school when students are still settling in and working at very different
levels; Some kids may finish an activity in minutes, while others need
much more time and support…these fun and educational worksheets make
it easy to keep everyone meaningfully engaged.
They’re also perfect for those busy beginning-of-the-year assessment
days—students can work through their booklet independently while you
meet with individuals or small groups. It’s such a simple way to stay
organized and always have something ready for your early finishers and
go-getters!
INCLUDED:
✏️ Cover Page – 6 options
- Use if you’d like to compile worksheets into a booklet!
- Titles include: Welcome Back! x2, Welcome to Our Class! x2, School is Cool! x2
✏️ All About Me
- An introductory page for kids to share a little bit about themselves and some of their favorite things
✏️ Word Scramble
- Unscramble school-themed words (upside-down word bank provided)
✏️ Word Search
- School-themed word search
✏️ Can you Crack the School Code?
- Use the picture/letter code to reveal a funny school-themed joke
✏️ Finish the Drawing #1
- Create a cool new mural on the side of the school
✏️ Making Words
- How many words can you make with the letters in “back to school”?
✏️ Crossword
- Use the picture clues to solve the crossword puzzle
- 2 options: with or without a word bank
✏️ Color & Write
- Color the coloring page then answer the prompt (write about your favorite subject or topic to learn about and why)
✏️ Finish the Drawing #2
- Design your own backpack!
✏️ Mystery Picture #1
- A cut & paste puzzle using missing CVC letters as clues
✏️ Mystery Phrase
- Use the word bank to spell 9 words, then take the shaded letters to spell a mystery phrase
✏️ The Perfect School Day: Draw & Write
- Draw a picture of what you’d like to learn about in school, then write about it
- 2 options: with or without a traceable sentence-starter
✏️ What’s so Funny?! Crack the Code
- Write the beginning sound of each picture to decode the answers to 3 different jokes
✏️ Color by Code #1
- Match the upper- and lowercase letters to follow the code and complete the picture
✏️ Stacks of Rhymes
- Coloring pairs of CVC words according to whether they rhyme or not
✏️ Now I Know My ABCs
- Make your way through the maze by coloring letters in alphabetical order
✏️ I Am One Smart COOKIE
- Writing ending sound letters & making simple CVC words
✏️ Color a Rainbow
- Reading color words to color a rainbow then, trace the sentence-starter and write your favorite color
✏️ EYE Spy
- Find, color & count 10 different school supplies
✏️ Color by Code #2
- Color the picture by matching each number word with it’s numeral
✏️ Rollin’ into Order
- Putting sets of 4 words in order from smallest to biggest then, write your numbers from 1 to 10
- 2 options: trace or write numbers 1-10
✏️ Count to Connect #1
- Connect the dots to draw 4 different school supplies
✏️ Count to Connect #2
- Connect the dots to draw 3 different school tools
✏️ School Supply Solve & Color
- Solve simple addition problems, color to show your thinking or your final answer
✏️ Mystery Picture #2
- Cut out each picture strip then put the numbers in order to unscramble the school-themed picture
✏️ Bookworm More & Less
- Write the numbers that are one more and one less than each worm’s number
✏️ Classroom Count
- Look at the picture to find and count how many of each item you can find
✏️ Sizing Up School Supplies
- Comparing objects by length, size, weight, and speed
✏️ Color by Code #3
- Match the 2D shapes to color the picture
- OR match the 2D shape words to the shape
✏️ Packed Up Patterns
- Cut & glue to finish each backpack pattern
✏️ Painting Patterns
- Follow each pattern rule to create color patterns, then create your own!
✏️ 5-Step Drawing #1
- A super cute school bus directed drawing
✏️ 5-Step Drawing #2
- An apple cutie directed drawing
✏️ This is Gonna be the Best YEAR Ever!
- Cut out the calendars on the page provided and glue them in order of the months of the year
✏️ Trace & Color
- Fine motor tracing pictures & lines, then color
✏️ Place Value True or False
- Look at each number and the base ten representation. If they match, color true. If they don’t match, color false.
- 2 progressively-challenging pages
✏️ Ten Frame Friends
- Write the number shown on each 10-frame in the animals’ apples
✏️ I Can Cut & Glue Carefully
- Cutting out 4 pictures and glueing them where indicated
✏️ Tic Tac Toe
- Grab a friend and play 9 rounds of Tic Tac Toe
- 2 Options: at the bottom you can either write about something that you can your partner have in common, OR you can draw some things that you have in common
✏️ A School Dayz Maze
- A double school-themed maze #1
✏️ From Paper to Plane
- A double school-themed maze #2 (plus counting stars)
✏️ Spot the Difference
- Find & color (or circle) the 10 differences between the 2 school-themed pictures
✏️ Back to School Coloring Pages x2
- A super cute school supplies coloring page
- A soon-to-be-colorful rainbow painting coloring page
✏️ BONUS Read Aloud Response Pages
- 4 extension pages you can use with ANY read aloud
- Version #1: Author, Title, Characters, Setting, My Favorite Part (options for writing lines or blank drawing/writing pace)
- Version #2: Author, Title, Problem, Solution, My Favorite Part (options for writing lines or blank drawing/writing pace)
✏️ ALL WORKSHEETS WITH CAD/UK SPELLING (x25)
- All worksheets with the CAD/UK spelling of “colour” & “favourite”
✏️ Answer Keys (x30)
- All applicable answer keys included
Even more NO PREP fun!
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✏ Winter
✏ Valentine’s Day
✏ St. Patrick’s Day
✏ Earth Day
✏ Easter
✏ End of Year/Summer
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