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The first few days are a bit tough at the beginning of a school year. Without your official schedule in place, it can feel a bit daunting to plan for that first week of school. The activities in this packet are designed to help you get to know your students, and to support your students to get to know you and each other. The activities are: All About My Name, Self-Portrait, Don't Worry, Bee Happy, All About Me, Can You Guess Who I am, and a Scavenger Hunt. These are designed for elementary students.

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Simple STEAM Suggestions

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Simple STEAM Suggestions

Bring Science,Technology, Engineering, Art and Math into the classroom with these fun, cross-curricular projects for ele...

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Movement Activities for Elementary Students

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Movement Activities for Elementary Students

Break up the day and get your students moving with these movement activities for elementary students.

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Indoor Recess Choice Board Activities for Elementary

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Indoor Recess Choice Board Activities for Elementary

This menu features a selection of simple and engaging student-choice indoor recess activities.

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3 Name Games Icebreakers for Elementary Students

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3 Name Games for Back to School for Elementary

Help your students learn the names of their classmates with this set of fun and interactive name game icebreakers! Crea...

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A Back-to-School Conversation

ObjectivesStudents will begin building relationships with the teacher and their classmates.

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First Day Elementary

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First Day at the Elementary Level

First Day at the Elementary Level If you're looking forward to your first day as an elementary teacher, you certainly ha...

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Editable Parent Questionnaire for Back to School

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Parent Questionnaire for Back to School - Editable PDF

Why Send Parents a Questionnaire for Back to School? Sending out a parent questionnaire for back to school can be inc...

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My First Day Poem

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Back to School Poem: Poetry Assignment for Elementary

Back to School Poem FAQ Use the following FAQ section to learn more about TeacherVision's back to school poem project...

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A New School Year Poem in Your Pocket Activity by Sally Derby

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A New School Year Poem in Your Pocket Activity

This fun cut-and-paste activity to accompany "A New School Year" by Sally Derby will help 2nd-5th graders deal with firs...

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Olivia Bechtel

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About Olivia

Since 2016 Olivia Bechtel (B.Arch., M.Ed.) has been a 1st grade teacher at a school near Columbus, Ohio, where she has also worked as an Intervention Specialist. Olivia’s… Read more

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