Back to School Activities for the First Week of School
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Ready to engage students with fun and memorable get to know you activities? These back to school activities will engage your students during the first weeks of school! Whether you use digital activities or prefer printed paper copies - this resource includes both versions so you can decide what's best for your students!
This resource includes 14 activity pages available in Google Slides and in paper formats. You can also download a PowerPoint file of the pages within the Google Slides program.
What's Included:
⭐14 Engaging Activities - Options are important during the first week of school! Here are the activities that are included:
1. Student Survey
2. My Favorite Things
3. Goal Setting Activity
4. Top 5 Memories
5. All the Feels (Emoji Activity)
6. Classmate Bingo
7. Student (Peer) Interview
8. My Learning Style
9. The Techie Tip Sheet (blank template available as well for you to customize)
10. Fact or Fiction?
11. Letter to My Future Self (titled "Write Away" in the resource)
12. I'm Ready - a writing activity to review classroom rules and procedures
13. Selfie Scrapbook
14. Questions for the Teacher
⭐Paper and Digital Versions - Flexibility is important in the classroom! On the first few pages of this resource, you'll find a link to the Google Slides version. There's also black/white printable pages of each activity if you prefer using physical copies in your classroom.
Students will:
✅ Participate in engaging ice breaker activities
✅ Set goals for the year
✅ Reflect on their learning styles and emotions at the start of the year
✅ Write a letter to their "End of the Year Self"
✅ ...and more!
What other people are saying about this resource:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"These back to school activities helped me have plenty of first-week ideas ready to go! Engaging and fun!"
- Linda T.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"My students loved the resource. Thank you for creating this."
- Julie W.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"I changed grades this fall, so I'm looking forward to some new resources. This helped take the intense thinking out of that first week. Creative, engaging and little prep. Thanks!"
- Jodi Z.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"I used this as an introduction with the upcoming freshman before they came into high school. They loved all the activities that we did. Thank you so much!"
- Amy F.
Please take a peek at the preview to see all the pages included in this resource and more detailed information! :)
Happy Teaching! ~The Teacher's Prep
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