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August 20, 2012 By Karen Whiteside

First Day of School Activities

Hello, teachers! We’ve rounded up some fun games, activities, read-alouds, and ideas for your first week back at school. After all,  before we really can teach students, we need to get to know them first, right?

 

Getting to Know You Activities

Zoom into the new school year with our writing activity for your bulletin board!

  1. Zoom into 1st grade writing activity
  2. Zoom into 2nd grade writing activity
  3. Zoom into 3rd grade writing activity
  4. Zoom into 4th grade writing activity

Get to know your student’s with our about me writing and art activity- pencil themed!

1st grade back to school writing and art activity

2nd grade back to school writing and art activity

3rd grade back to school writing and art activity

4th grade back to school writing and art activity

About me activity from the Classroom Creative

This years MISSION! About me spy themed books! We have them for 1st through 5th, click on the link below.

First Grade :: Second Grade :: Third Grade :: fourth Grade :: Fifth Grade 

Personalized “know me” T-shirt clothesline from Back to School


Take a picture of your student and have them put it on a questionnaire from Zoot

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

Getting to know you bingo from Mrs Orman’s Classroom

Interview questions from Positively Splendid

Friendship web from Child Care Lounge {photo courtesy of goggle}

All about me poster from Classroom Confections

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

Getting to know you venn diagram from Lesson Plan SOS

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

Stick notes on the forehead from the Readheaded Hostess

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

Make self portraits from Art Projects For Kids

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

 Time capsules from Molly Moo

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

Games & Scavenger Hunts

Self portrait, writing activities and scavenger hunt for open house via TCC

People bingo from I Heart Teaching Elementary

Meet the teacher scavenger hunt from Primary Pals

Classroom scavenger hunt from Eating Abroad

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

Student Search from Minds in Bloom

Back to School word search from Cybercrayon

Autograph mingle from Penny Pinching Teacher

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

Classroom scavenger hunt from Kinder Kollaberation

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

Back to School Mini-Units 


 

Read-Alouds with Activities

Read the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes with heart activity from Room Mom 101

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

David Goes to School by David Shannon *free* mini-unit from First Grade WOW! 

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

Read Ms. Malarkey Doesn’t Live in Room 10 and make a class book like Erica Bohrer’s First Grade

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

{via}

First Day of School Picture Book Ideas from Stellar Students

first day of school ideas, activities, and crafts

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Student of the week award medals. It includes student of the month award medals and most improved award medals via the classroom creative shop.

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For more back to school ideas check out our gallery!

Thanks for reading,

Karen & Nicolette

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