PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Play Your Way Back to School!
Play your way and choose activities, games, and videos to enjoy as you prepare to go back to school.
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Pbs Learning Media: Back to School Collection
Get ready for the start of school with some of our favorite back-to-school resources! This collection features activities and video resources to help students get to know each other and their new school routines, and lesson plans to help...
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Pbs Learning Media: Summer Camp: Fill Each Day With Possibilities! Back to School Packet: Pre K and K
Use these back to school-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Back to School Planning Guide
Multiple back to school resources. Includes icebreakers, quick first day ideas, and unit plans.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Back to School
This is a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using vocabulary words pertaining to going back to school. It also offers an extensive vocabulary word list for life skills and careers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum.
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Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Odd Squad
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience when watching Odd Squad.
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Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Hero Elementary
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Hero Elementary.
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Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Cyberchase
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Cyberchase.
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Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Clifford
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Clifford The Big Red Dog.
Other
Cape Breton Victoria: First Day of School Activities
Are you looking for some creative activities to get to know your students on the first day of class? This site has compiled a list of great activities, icebreakers, and team-building games to get your classes off on the right foot.
Other
Kim's Korner: First Day of School Activities
Are you looking for some great activities to use in your classroom on the first day? Here are some activities you can do with students on the first day back to school. Some are fun, some are valuable as learning tools, and some are both.
Other
Teachingheart.net: Back to School
Teachers will find a great resource for Back-to-School theme ideas. Helpful to both new and veteran teachers alike, learn to know students quickly, apply behavior management, and the like. There are also printable worksheets.
Everything ESL
Back to School Esl Ideas
Provide the English learners in your class with the opportunity to develop pride in their heritage. Help strengthen the positive self-esteem of your students. It provides downloads.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
First Days of School Activities
Several tips for teachers to try during the beginning days of the school year to get things off to a smooth start.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Fabulous First Day Ideas
This site offers suggestions for first-day of school activities for primary and intermediate level teachers.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Getting Ready for School: Booklet Activity
Get ready to go back to school with this booklet activity from PBS Kids! Students will have an opportunity to reflect on their fun summers and think ahead to the new school year.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Playing Name Bingo With
Contains plans for two lessons of get-to-know-you activities that use a Name Bingo Game to help learners break the ice with each other. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Welcome to the First Day of School!
Prepare for your students first day of school with these inviting activities. This site features several great ideas for teachers to incorporate in their beginning of school lessons.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: Are You Ready for School?
A story about being ready for the activities children do in kindergarten. Includes audio narration in 20 additional languages with text in English.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Crafting Themed Poetry Collections
Contains back-to-school poetry instructional activity ideas that ask students to write poems in order to get to know each other. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites...
Other
Kim's Korner: Icebreakers and Energizers
This site discusses how icebreakers and energizers can be used in a variety of ways. They can be used for beginning of the year activities, energizers for breaks during standardized tests, team building activities, etc. They work for...
US Department of Education
Us Department of Education: Especially for Parents
Vital information for parents who want to actively engage in their child's education. Find a Back to School checklist, School Information, a Parents Guide to No Child Left Behind, and Publications for Parents.
US Department of Education
Us Department of Education: Especially for Parents
Vital information for parents who want to actively engage in their child's education. Find a Back to School checklist, School Information, a Parents Guide to No Child Left Behind, and Publications for Parents.