On My Way to 1st Grade! {Kindergarten Review Practice Packet}

**revised May 2013 to include 7 more pages that cover 12 additional Common Core skills**

This 43 page packet is intended as a review exercise for kindergarteners to complete over the break, prior to entering first grade (or during the first few weeks of 1st grade). The
majority of this packet is aligned with Common Core State Standards. There are also a few introductory skills for first grade. The entire packet is in black and white- perfect for reproducing. The kids will enjoy coloring the images as well!

Skills include:
-identifying sets that show more/less
-number identification/writing
-alphabet letter writing practice
-telling time to the hour
-skip counting by 10's, 5's, 2's
-capitalization/punctuation (sentence writing)
-rearranging mixed up CVC words
-patterns
-addition story problems with manipulatives
-identifying what does not belong in a set
-abc order (letters only)
-ordering numbers before, after, in between
-beginning and ending sounds
-recognition of b's
-number words to ten
-short vowel sounds
-reading sentences with CVC and sight words
-numbers chart to 20, 50, 80, 100
-rhyming words
-syllables
-color and shape recognition
-2 D and 3 D shapes
-"fix" the sentence
-sequencing stages of a butterfly
-subtraction with manipulatives
-same beginning sounds
-measuring with non standard units (blocks)
-real vs nonsense words
-close sentences with sight words
-coin identification
-ordinal numbers to 5
-positional words
-solve addition problems to 10
-word families
-describing a frog
-one/more than one
-noun identification
-identifying correctly spelled words
-comparing sizes
-manipulating shapes to create a bigger shape
-story elements (character, setting, plot)
-90 sight words
-short story prompt
-list of recommended reading
**added 5/2013
-life cycle of a frog
-short/long vowels
-retelling of a story with details
-decomposing numbers
-representing a number in a different way
-ten frames
-greater than, less than, equal to (comparing numbers)
-solving for the missing addend
-multiple meaning words
-place value (tens/ones)
-understanding and using questions
-substituting sounds to make new words

*All of the exercises are meant to be utilized as review. All images are original except for where noted on the credits page.

I hope you find this packet useful!