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Get organized and prepared for the first day of school with this printable back to school checklist for teachers with helpful tips and reminders – an essential classroom tool for new teachers.

The start of a new school year can be extremely stressful and often can result in you feeling overwhelmed, trying to fit it all in before the first day. This teacher checklist helps you to prioritize the most important tasks and continue working through others after the first week of school.

Designed for elementary teachers, this checklist covers all the essentials for the K-5 classroom environment. Combine with our classroom routines and procedures checklist to take all the stress out of your first week at school. For more great resources for high school and middle school teachers, browse our complete back-to-school resource collection.

New to teaching? Try our Teacher Toolkit for New Teachers for everything you need to survive your first year of teaching.

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Spring Plants Choice Board for Elementary Grades

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Spring Plants Choice Board for Elementary Grades

These spring activities for elementary students, all about spring plants and flowers, will help your students review and...

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Poetry Packet for Elementary

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National Poetry Month Themed Packet for Elementary

April is National Poetry Month! This themed packet was designed for elementary students, and includes a variety of activ...

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Earth Day STEM Choice Board for Elementary Grades

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Earth Day STEM Choice Board for Elementary Grades

These Earth Day activities for the classroom focus on STEM learning for a great way to celebrate Earth Day with your ele...

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New Teacher Starter Toolkit 2024/25

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New Teacher Starter Kit

What’s included in the Teacher Toolkit? Comprehensive 41-page Toolkit with teaching and learning tools to help new ...

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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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New This Week: Graphic Organizers For Documenting Student Behavior

  For better or worse, documentation is part of our work as teachers.

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Words to describe teachers

Our Top 12 Words Describing Teachers

Our Top 12 Words Describing Teachers We’ve compiled a list of our top 12 words describing our amazing teachers and ...

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Back to school jokes

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Back to School Jokes for the New School Year

Back to School Jokes for the New School Year The new school year will be here before we know it! Why not get ready fo...

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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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