First day back from winter break

Are you looking for help surviving the first day back from break? Check out these writing activities for a fun and stress free way to welcome back your students from holiday. Your students will love using these writing activities to share what they did during their break. Coming back from break has never been easier for both teachers and students! Plus, get FREE writing sheets for the day after Fall Break, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Winter Break, and Valentine's Day! Read more here!

Are you nervous about going back to school after Christmas Break? These 3 tips will help you ease into going back to school!

5 Teacher Tips for the First Day Back From Winter Break: Simple and Important Reminders for Primary Teachers - Miss DeCarbo shares classroom management ideas for a smooth transition back to school. Learn why to intentionally add white space to your lesson plans, how to eliminate stress during morning work, and what routines, procedures, and rules to spend time reviewing.

Read about activities that you can use when you get back to school after winter break. #backtoschoolafterwinterbreak #backtoschoolafterwinterbreakideas #iheartteachingelementary

Activities for the classroom when you get back to school after winter break. Some great ideas for picture books you can read too.

Why does it seem like you finally get into the swing of things and then BAM a break happens? It doesn’t fail. How do you get those students back on track after a long break, like winter break? This can be challenging because your students probably slept in, ate whenever and whatever they wanted, went […]

Before you leave for winter break, grab these free activities for that first day back to school after Christmas! Students will write about their New Years goals and resolutions, practice classroom procedures, get organized and share with their classroom family!

Find classroom tested ideas to learn how to re-establish your classroom community and reinforce rules and expectations during the first few days back from winter break.

Maybe it's just me, but January is NOT my favorite teaching month. In addition to the cold, dark weather (thanks, Ohio) and the fact that winter break is now over (sigh), my school has midterm exams, report cards, and parent conferences all in January. Even if your exams happened in December and you have the fresh glow of a new semester to keep you inspired, the beginning of a new term can mean a lot of work, a lot of maintaining or building classroom norms, and a lot of energy to get back…

Why does it seem like you finally get into the swing of things and then BAM a break happens? It doesn’t fail. How do you get those students back on track after a long break, like winter break? This can be challenging because your students probably slept in, ate whenever and whatever they wanted, went […]