Too many classroom icebreakers require students to take big social risks with people they barely know. Or they don't really help students get to know each other. Or they are just plain cheesy.
Are you looking for a quick, interactive flip activity for back to school? I'll be using this with my first graders but have also included a kindergarten and grade two option. Download this free activity for a closer look :) Enjoy!!
I am hearing from so many teacher friends who are hard at work preparing for the start of the 2013-2014 school year. I must admit I a...
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Along with orienting your new students to the classroom and classroom procedures, the first few days of school provide a great opportunity for some community building exercises. A few years ago we featured this fabulous board and thought it offered a great jumping off point for a collaborative project as well as classroom decoration for the first few weeks of school! "I Am Unique" Puzzle Piece Craftivity We love using the puzzle illustration to show students that each of them, with their different abilities, interests, and skills, have a special and important part to play in the classroom community - i.e. it takes all of the unique puzzle pieces, fit into their unique places, to create a whole picture. As a fun first day of school craftivity, provide each of your new students with a colorful card stock puzzle piece cutout, old magazines, and various graphic art materials, inviting them to use the materials to decorate their puzzle piece with pictures, words, and illustrations that describe who they are, what they like to do, etc. To extend the activity, have students select the three things they'd like to share about themselves with you and their new classmates, expounding a little bit on each one. For example, instead of simply saying, "I like to craft", have them tell you what they like to craft, etc. The best part is, each of the individual puzzle pieces can then be fitted together to create a colorful mural for the classroom! In This Class, You Are A SPECIAL Piece Of The Puzzle! Here's how we would tackle a puzzle bulletin board... Find a puzzle template online (with the appropriate number of pieces) and use the classroom projector system to enlarge and trace the pieces onto background paper. Use a pencil to number the back of each piece, then cut the pieces apart. Once students have decorated their piece, the puzzle should be relatively easy to order and assemble using the numbers on the back. Since your students will be doing most of the decorating, all you'll need is background paper to cover the board, a fun trimmer, and some bulletin board letters to complete the display!
The First Day of Homeschool Interview printable is the perfect tool to kick off a new school year for homeschool families. This digital download allows you to engage in meaningful conversations with your child, exploring their hopes and dreams for the upcoming year. Print these year after year and document your kids' homeschool years. You will love looking back at how their answers change! Includes a spot for their current favorites, thoughtful fill-in-the-blanks about the year ahead, and a spot to draw a self portrait or attach their first day photo. Both color and black and white versions included. Designed especially for homeschool families, these interviews are destined to become a treasured keepsake! Find more color and design options in my shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/paperstarcelebration?ref=dashboard-header§ion_id=39151339 ➤This is a digital file for download. ● Nothing physical will be mailed to you. ● Your file will be available for download after purchase. ● Need Help Downloading? Find more information here: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/115013328108-Downloading-a-Digital-Item ➤You will receive a digital file to print yourself. ● File format: PDF ● Formatted to: 8.5" x 11" ● Not editable. ➤Please Note: ● This item is available for personal use only. It may not be used for commercial purposes or distributed without my permission. ● Printed colors may vary from one computer monitor to another, one printer to another, between different types or brands of paper & ink, and also with the choice of printer settings. ● PDF files require your computer to have a pdf viewer, such as Adobe reader. Large files will be compressed to ZIP files for easy transfer and download. You will need to extract the files according to your device.
Be it for a new job, returning after illness or just a general best wishes try these thoughtful and kind ways to say happy first day of work
Kindergarten can be very different from anything your child has ever experienced before. The thought of the unknown can make kids feel anxious and unsure about starting school. While there will always be some level of nervousness when faced with this big of a change, there are things you can do to ease anxiety and help calm fears about school.
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Three New Classroom Icebreakers. Icebreaker for Lesson on Discipleship, Icebreaker for Lesson on the Trinity, Icebreaker for Lesson on Communion of Saints
A simple way to teach your students classroom procedures and expectations at the beginning of the school year
Kindergarten teachers LOVE their grade, but we also love to laugh at some of these kindergarten memes that perfectly describe our days.
Middle school is hard. As parents we can make it a bit better by encouraging our kids. Here are a few thoughts for my daughter as she enters sixth grade.
After many first days of school, I have a list of non-negotiable tasks that I ALWAYS do on the first day of school. Maybe you will add these items to your own first day of school list or maybe they will help you think of some other tasks that are important to you!
I dropped my son off for his first day of college today. I have some thoughts. When you were little, we were walking down the street and you said that you were going to live
Whenever my mind or schedule feels particularly all over the place, I approach my day from the foundation of mind-mapping it all out first. Mind-mapping allows you to write the way you think - with one thought branching off into another and then another. When it comes to planning my day,
Will you assign seats or allow students to choose? Explore the pros and cons of each choice in this post by Fairies and Lesson Plans.
"Oh, the dreaded Writer's Workshop block of time"....these were my thoughts after the first week of school. I was beyond worried after th...
Though it is hard to utter, school is looming around the corner. I shudder when I think of all that I still have left to do, but smile when I think of all that I have already accomplished. With the great change in how we will be teaching, I have had some sleepless nights wondering just how to approach this so that the students get the absolute best experience and education. Now, never fear. I know that I have the skills to teach the concepts, it is just the "what do I want to teach first" battle that is raging. However, I am confident that I shall have it all worked out in the next two weeks before school starts. Today, while I was working in my room, I started planning out the first few days. I was looking through my plan book and found a great activity that I had made several years ago. I wanted to use it again this year, but it was very outdated with topics being from the early 2000's. (That makes me feel SO OLD to type that!). So, I took a few minutes and whipped out a new one, and in celebration of school starting again, thought that I would share it with you. Just click HERE to get your free copy! :) It's not much, but it is fun. I have my students do this the first day of class. It gets them out of the their seats and moving around meeting classmates. I teach in a rural school where the same students are together for all 13 years of the their schooling and as 6th graders, they still enjoy doing this activity. I hope you will enjoy using it too. Okay, so below is a panoramic view of my classroom thus far. You will notice a few of my children are in the picture as well my baby daughters playpen and toys. Obviously THOSE items and children won't be in my room on the first day, but as a busy daddy, it is a reality of summer work in my classroom. As you can see, there is still a lot to do, but a lot is looking great. I hope you noticed my huge library. I am proud to say that I own all that your eyes see in those bookcases, and I currently have over 5,000 titles for my students to choose from. They range in level from Guided Reading Level B to High School. I will tell more about those when I do a full classroom tour. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! Later...
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It's that time of year! Back to school time (even though I know some of my bloggy friends have been back for a couple of weeks now.) While you may be in a district that wants you to hit the academics hard core from the first day of school and cut out "fluff", there's nothing fluffy about a cohesive classroom. And you can forget good things happening academically when nobody can get along. Do you hear me administrators? I think it's a wise idea to spend some time helping your students learn to live together in a room that gives everybody about one square foot of personal space. So here's a little collection of some fabuloso ideas I found through the wonderful world of blogging. Here are some great ideas to get your new friends talking to each other, working together, and thinking about what a successful classroom looks like. 1. Talk about how to treat each other. Tales from a Tidy Teacher shares a lesson using Finding the Green Stone by Alice Walker. She gives each student a shiny green "stone". They plan how they will keep their stones shiny all year. I think this would be a great anchor lesson to refer to all year long. Here's a post from Mrs. Robinson's Classroom Blog. She has a different question each day to get kids thinking about their role in the classroom. Your actions are who you are. When things were getting cranky in my classroom last year, we worked on this activity. We planned out the words that we would want our principal to use when describing us. Then we planned out the actions that would get us there. 2. Talk about words and what they can do (for good and evil). I love love love this poster. It is from Sweet Blessings who also happens to be the genius behind Technology Rocks. Seriously. I had it printed as an 11x17 on glossy card stock ($1.50 at Office Max). I referred to it all year long the last couple of years. By the second month of school, all I had to do was say, "THINK before you speak" and they knew exactly what had gone wrong. Yes, Mrs. O Knows will convince you that toothpaste and toothpicks will teach kids everything they need to know about words. I tried so hard to find the original source for this one. Please leave a comment if you know where it came from. Cause it's awesome. 3. Have kids work together in a fun way. Who wouldn't want to save Fred? This is a great team work lesson from Fabulous Fourth Grade Froggies. This one's from Science Gal. Now tell me that doesn't look fun? And because the best way to learn that the world does not revolve around you, have your kids perform RACKS. Random Acts of Classroom Kindness. Here's an idea from 3rd Grade Thoughts. There are tons more great ideas out there on this, too. Have kids work in teams to plan out some RACKS for each the classroom, other students, and staff, too. And now for a little giggle: Hope you have a great school year!
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If you know a new father or have recently become a dad, you know that great perks come along with this rewarding role. Not only have you been acquainted with your new child whom you
Ahhh... the first day of kindergarten! It's such an exciting day! An exhausting day! But what do you plan for that day? So many things you are excited to do with your students, but you have to remember it's the first day and keep it all in perspective!
First Day of Music Lesson Ideas. Organized Chaos. Lesson ideas for the first day of music class in elementary general music.
If you know a new father or have recently become a dad, you know that great perks come along with this rewarding role. Not only have you been acquainted with your new child whom you
Schultüte is a German tradition! A large paper cone filled with candies, small gifts & school supplies to give to your child on the first day of school. How to.
Bring the Stanley Cup craze to your classroom with this thoughtful no-prep reflection prompt and coloring page. This activity is perfect for the first day back from Holiday Break!
