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Teachnology

Teachnology: Back to School Teaching Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teachnology provides some excellent resources for teaching a theme unit on back to school or to use as fillers at the beginning of the school year.
Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Back to School

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Back to School Planning Guide

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Multiple back to school resources. Includes icebreakers, quick first day ideas, and unit plans.
Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Back to School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive and printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is Back to School.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Clifford

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Get Off to a Smart Start

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
No matter how many years spent in the classroom, every teacher could use some "first week" ideas. Find quick and easy back-to-school tips to help you with seating charts, tackling the first day of school, classroom management and time...
Professional Doc
Scholastic

Scholastic: Get Off to a Smart Start

For Students 3rd - 8th
No matter how many years spent in the classroom, every teacher could use some "first week" ideas. Find quick and easy back-to-school tips to help you with seating charts, tackling the first day of school, classroom management and time...
Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: 5 Back to School Tools to Add to Your Teacher Toolkit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Five Top Places to "Buy" New Ideas: Pinterest, PBS LearningMedia, STEM learning, EFPractice, and STEM and the six cross-cutting concepts. Information about each of the above resources is available on this site.
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Employment Spot

Employment Spot: Back to School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Perhaps it's time to consider further education or training. In today's job market, the competition is fierce. Applicants are more qualified and better educated than their counterparts of only a few years ago. Many times, the only way to...
Handout
Other

Mc Gruff for Grownups: School Safety

For Students 3rd - 8th
Site provides realistic and reasonable suggestions for parents preparing their children to go back to school. Help your child feel comfortable with going to and coming home from school safely.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Back to School

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Institute on Drug Abuse offers teacher information, student information, and shared resources for drug education.
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Other

Cape Breton Victoria: First Day of School Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: President Obama Urges Students to Stay in School

For Students 9th - 10th
Hear and watch video of President Obama's back-to-school '09 speech. Controversy arose prior to the speech as some questioned the political reason for it. Decide for yourself .. (09/08/09)
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Back to School

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Back to School."
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Fabulous First Day Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers suggestions for first-day of school activities for primary and intermediate level teachers.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Welcome to the First Day of School!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: Are You Ready for School?

For Students Pre-K - K
A story about being ready for the activities children do in kindergarten. Includes audio narration in 20 additional languages with text in English.
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Other

Freeology: Seasonal Printables for the Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource offers free printables for teachers, such as games for students, name tags and forms teachers need to prepare for a new school year.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Back Off

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a girl named Ziainey Stokes who stood up to bullying by creating an anti-bullying club at her school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Teaching Resources

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site provides lesson plans to use in classrooms. Age group categories, PK-2, 3-5 and 6-8 make this site very easy to navigate and get what you need.
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Bringing the Geologic Time Scale Down to Earth in the Students' Backyard

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity is specifically designed for a field trip to Drayton Hall, which is a historic plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. It does provide a model of how a similar activity could be designed for a local area, and there are...
Professional Doc
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Concept to Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Concept to Classroom is a free series of award-winning professional development workshops covering important and timely topics in education such as: after-school programs, cooperative and collaborative learning, inquiry-based learning,...
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Teachnology

Teachnology: August Teacher Resource Guide

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Utilize this excellent list of resources focused on August and the holidays, themes and events it encompasses to enhance classroom learning.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Welcome Back!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares advice about how to make the first day of school a great one. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...

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