excerpted from Classroom Management for Teachers.com
First Day of School Activities
Lots of First Day Activities from Cape Brenton Victoria School Board
First Day of School Activities by Katie Hallum
First Days of School Script for Teachers by Katie Hallum
Back to School Preparation Checklist and Month by Month Schedule for First Grade by Terry Analore
Everybody Needs A Rock Activity by Jan Tappan
Activities for First Day by Scholastic
Interest Inventory for getting to know your students
Nine Questions to Ask Students on First Day of School by Elona Hartes
101 Things to Do on the First Day of School
Math Activities for the Beginning of the Year
Article: Reviewing the Steps to Take Before Starting the Year
Ice Breakers
Kathy Schrock’s First Day Activities/Ice Breakers
Welcome Letters
These can be adapted for any grade level and were created using Printshop:
Second Grade (Spanish/English)
More sample Letters from Scholastic
First Day of School Read Alouds
Also Worth Reading
Things to do before starting year of Open Court Reading
Back to School, It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Have a great year if you haven’t started already!
Thanks for all these suggestions and taking the time to post them. Also, thanks for putting a link to my blog.
Bye the way, I like the marathon idea rather than the sprint idea of going back to school.
I love the icebreaker ideas.
The information I have gained on this website will be so helpful in my future of becoming a teacher! I am so excited to use many of the icebreaker activities. Also, I feel that incorporating the technology piece into the classroom is very important for the students. This is not only for the fact that students need to learn more about the ever changing and growing technology of the world, but also that it is typically a motivational piece. I feel that there is so much information on this blog that I could just look all day!!