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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.
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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.
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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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.
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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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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...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dot's Spot

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore vocabulary words, the alphabet, and music alongside Del, Dot, and Dee through media, lesson plans, and graphic organizers.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Virtual Tour of Cave Paintings

For Students 3rd - 8th
Visit Vallon-Pont d'Arc to learn about the past through cave paintings. See which animals lived in the world back then and which ones still live today.
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BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Physical Processes: Earth, Sun, and Moon

For Students 3rd - 5th
Help Sarah Jane and her team put the solar system's planets back in order. Following the activity, read more about the sun, the Earth, and its moon, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
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BBC

Bbc: Hands on History: The Normans: Medieval Feasting [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
Bring the past to life through hands-on activities for families and schools. Travel back in time and discover what life was like in Norman times. Compare the food we eat today with food from Norman times and discover the importance of...