Imagine starting the first day of school with everything already planned for you! With these First Day of School activities, you can enjoy a stress-free start while setting the stage for a successful year.
This resource includes over 150 pages of engaging activities designed to introduce students to your classroom while building essential literacy, math, and social skills.
Inside, you’ll find interactive mini-lessons on treating classmates with kindness, caring for classroom supplies, and problem-solving. Plus, math and literacy centers provide the perfect opportunity for small group practice, cooperative learning, and quick assessments to gauge your students’ skills before diving into the curriculum.
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS BACK TO SCHOOL THEMATIC BUNDLE:
First Week of School Lesson Plans
Teach friendship skills, problem-solving strategies, teamwork, and classroom procedures through printable lessons and engaging activities. Students will explore being a good friend, practice classroom expectations, and build community with songs, sorting activities, and visual routines.
Back to School Reading Activities
Support fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension with a back to school-themed poem, emergent reader, and read-aloud ideas list. These reading activities are perfect for building classroom language and introducing daily routines.
Back to School Writing Activities
Scaffold early writers with a predictable chart, directed drawings, sentence writing, and open-ended writing pages. Visual word cards and differentiated options are included to meet the needs of all learners.
Back to School Literacy & Math Centers
Low-prep centers for small groups or independent work—each center includes an I Can card, colorful visuals, and a student response sheet.
- Literacy Skills: letter identification, letter formation, rhyming, sight words, phonological awareness
- Math Skills: number order, counting to 10 and 20, number sequencing, color matching, pre-writing tracing, one-to-one correspondence
SKILLS COVERED IN THIS BACK TO SCHOOL THEMATIC BUNDLE:
- Classroom behavior expectations & routines
- Friendship, cooperation, and teamwork
- Letter identification & formation
- Phonological awareness & rhyming
- Sight word recognition
- Number recognition & sequencing
- Counting & one-to-one correspondence
- Fine motor & pre-writing skills
- Independent work habits & center routines
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