First Week of School

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6mo

Cindy Hudec Opperman

Shoes Back To School

Building Community

21st Century Learning

Beginning Of The School Year

TAKE A WALK IN THEIR SHOES Back to School Rules, Procedures, Community Building

This pack is just what you need to spice up how you develop, teach, or review your expectations for your classroom's rules and procedures! It will also help in building your classroom community! Your kiddos will "try on" one of the characters shoes by reading a scenario that presents a problem based around a rule, procedure, or building a classroom community. You can have your kiddos discuss and come up with solutions as a whole group, small group, or in partners.

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Icebreaker Games For Kids

Classroom Icebreakers

Icebreakers For Kids

Building Games For Kids

Icebreakers that Rock | Cult of Pedagogy

rocks and stones with the words try a mindfulness activity

Build Classroom Community

Teaching Kindness

Calm Classroom

Building Classroom Community

How to Build Classroom Community and Teach Mindfulness

How to Build Classroom Community and Teach Mindfulness in your classroom using the book Ishi! It's a simple activity that you can refer to all year long. Mindfulness is a great way to create a calm classroom, help students manage stress and control their attention.

the back to school activities for kids that include handwriting, numbers and writing with pictures on them

Classmate Bingo

Sharing Activities

Get To Know You Activities

First Day Of School Activities

4th Grade Classroom

Back to School Activities "Get To Know You" First Week of School

Fresh get-to-know-you activities for the beginning of the year! Like this “Who Am I?” poster with flip-open clues (great for a back to school bulletin board or parent night!), “A Maze of New Friends” (a fun twist on Classmate Bingo), “Back to School Pen Pals,” “Who’s In Your Circles?” and more! 7 total activities, perfect for back-to-school. (A Teachers Pay Teachers resource, Grades 3-5) #backtoschool #gettoknowyou

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Summer School Activities

First Week Activities

Middle School Activities

First Week Of School Ideas

3rd Grade Classroom

Favorite Back to School Activities

the cover of five ways to build classroom community, with pictures and text on it

Positive Classroom Environment

Five Favorite Books

way to introduce rules on the first day.

the words 25 first day read alouds every successful teacher should know about in this book

Back To School Slides

Back To School Stations

4th Grade Beginning Of Year Activities

First Day Of Fourth Grade

Hundreds Chart

Read Alouds

25 First Day Read Alouds All Successful Teachers Should Know About

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Open House Back To School

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Wish Jar Open House & Back to School Idea | This is the best simple parent involvement idea for the start of the school year. Click to read more about it on Instagram and get the template. IDEAS FOR MODIFYING FOR OLDER GRADES: Consider collecting the wishes by email and combining this with asking students to share their own wishes, then doing a compare/contrast activity.