ACTIVITIES
Getting to know your students at the beginning of the year is crucial in establishing a strong teacher-student rapport.
These get to know you bingo cards make a great back to school activity to help students (and you) get to know each other…
WORKSHEETS
Need a beginning of the year ice breaker? This game will help pupils get to know their classmates at the beginning of…
BOOK GUIDES
This activity guide for the latest in Julie Danneberg's "Mrs. Hartwell's Class" series includes a read-aloud script,…
This packet of back to school activities for middle school includes 6 icebreaker games that will help students get to…
Students use their critical thinking skills to unscramble names in foreign languages and complete this challenging…
LESSON PLANS
Students learn about group dynamic by creating a group picture.
Get to know your students, build classroom community, and provide learning opportunities with this printable book of…
Get to know your students by making a classroom giving tree. To introduce this activity, you'll read Shel Silverstein's…
Use this interview sheet as an icebreaker to help your pupils get to know their classmates, and to encourage everyone to…
This fun "getting to know you" activity is perfect as an over the summer or back-to-school icebreaker/introduction.…
A complete classroom kit of activities to accompany the book PAX, by Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen. Includes…
Use this no-prep packet of printable back to school activities to engage your upper elementary students and ease them…
Make back to school lesson planning easy! This collection of reading, writing, math, art printable back to…
The ancient art of paper making is explained in this lesson plan, which provides many suggestions for interesting…
Build classroom community while giving many students the chance to lead your class.
These discussion questions for the Newbery Medal-winning "Hello, Universe" from Erin Estrada Kelly can be used to help…
This creative writing activity supports elementary school students on their first day of school and helps teachers get…
Discussion questions and extension activities that promote social-emotional skills like empathy, friendship, and…
The activities in this substitute teacher kit (grades 7-8) will help students write and appreciate poetry.
Allow students to learn about outer space while you're away from your classroom with this substitute teacher kit for…
This fun cut-and-paste activity to accompany "A New School Year" by Sally Derby will help 2nd-5th graders deal with…
A challenging math puzzle.
Use this substitute teacher kit for grades 7-8 that helps teach grammar by having students use a newspaper.
