Back to School Ideas

Need some new phonics supplies to make your reading instruction meaningful and multisensory? Here are my favorites.

This is a meaningful, creative writing activity for the beginning of the year! Students write about how they feel about coming back to school, their favorite summer memories, and predictions for the new school year.

Need some new phonics supplies to make your reading instruction meaningful and multisensory? Here are my favorite materials and activities for teaching phonics.

Never again stress over what to write during report card time. Here you'll find HUNDREDS (100s) of report card comments for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Middle school teachers will find value here, too. Phrases for every topic and situation, even for those challenging and/or difficult students. You'll want to bookmark this page, so go ahead and check out this colossal collection! #reportcardcomments, #endofyearreportcardcomments, #reportcardcommentsthird, #reportcardcommentsfourth

Get to know your students and encourage them to begin using a growth mindset! Using this digital journal designed for Google Classroom™, they will write about the upcoming school year by answering questions about their goals, potential challenges, and areas of growth. Each Google Slide™ includes a growth mindset mantra and 2-3 questions, along with cute school-themed doodle. Perfect for distance learning or classrooms with social distancing.

Type your students names onto the editable sloths to make a welcoming back to school bulletin board or classroom door, or use the included no prep or craftivity versions to have students make a back to school craft! #backtoschool #teaching

Use these tips to set up your classroom bulletin board for success at the beginning of the year! #classroom #bulletinboard #backtoschool #teaching

These beautiful templates will help you teach your classroom management and procedures at the beginning of the year! Simply add a text box and make them your own! Comes with over 50 slides

These first week of school activities are the perfect addition to your back to school lesson plans! With social emotional activities, STEM challenges, brain breaks, and more, your elementary students will love returning to school with these low-prep, engaging activities! Perfect for small groups, large group, or partner work, your first week back to school will be covered! This is such a fun, easy way to start the school year out strong!

This quick, low-prep activity is perfect for the first day of school or the first week of school. Your upper elementary students will go a scavenger hunt around your classroom to find clues about YOU! This interactive game is a great way to start building healthy relationships and a strong class community. Perfect for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grades, your elementary students will enjoy this back to school activity and returning to the classroom!

Absent student folders to keep track of third grade student work.

The first day of school will be here before we know it, and I have the best ideas, tips, and activities for your elementary classroom! These ideas include introducing classroom expectations, activities for getting to know your students, and more! Prepare for a great first day of school with these great ideas and resources that you can access right here!

Back to School Freebies

These fun, colorful student gifts tags are the perfect addition to your back to school, meet the teacher, or open house student gifts! With 9 printable gift tags to choose from, your upcoming elementary students will love reading these encouraging messages as they begin a new school year. Add these printable gift tags to your student gifts and your upcoming students will be so excited to begin the school year with you as their teacher!

A new school year is coming – Let’s do our best to organize that classroom for efficiency. Some of these organizational systems may work for you!