First Week of School Ideas

The first week of school is a critical time to teach all your classroom procedures and expectations. I usually spend the first week of school…

Teach kids empathy and compassion through mindful, fun lessons, discussions, and activities that build social awareness and community.

Get to know your students this back to school season with these ideas and freebies. Start your first day of school with these the perfect ice-breakers and activities. You'll love these inexpensive, engaging, and fun back to school ideas for elementary students. 2nd grade, 3rd grade.

First day of school activities and ideas especially for upper elementary third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade students.

7 favorite beginning of the year activities will help build a community in your classroom during the first week of school

Free name printables to go with the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. This blog post has ideas for what to do on the first day of school and includes freebies! #tejedastots #firstdayofschool

An engaging back-to-school writing activity. Use Skittles to help students brainstorm things to introduce themselves during back-to-school.

I've put together a complete set of first week of school lesson plans for you. They cover classroom procedures, building community and fun

First day activity while coming in and finding seat

First week of school anchor charts- I love these first week of school anchor charts- perfect for math activity. Free download includes: birthday chart, how we go home chart, and first day feelings chart- TheAppliciousTeacher.com #firstweekofschool #backtoschool #anchorchart