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Welcome Back to School

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Get your classroom ready for Back-to-School Night with this collection of templates and displays. Including a back-to-school banner, name tags, book plates, parent invitations, table settings, and much more. This resource...
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Catch My Party

Back to School Printables

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Prepare your classroom for Back-to-School Night with this collection of printable displays. Including a Welcome Back sign, labels for classroom supplies, and table markers for a back-to-school buffet, this resource helps support...
Organizer
ThoughtCo

Back to School Means...(Concept Web)

For Students 4th - 8th
Going back to school doesn't have to be scary! Brainstorm what Back to School means with a concept web graphic organizer. 
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Curated OER

Back to School Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this back to school worksheet, learners analyze 20 words in a word bank that pertain to back to school time. Students find the words in a word search puzzle.
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Curated OER

Back to School Alphabet Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this back to school learning exercise, students arrange 20 words that pertain to the beginning of the school year in alphabetical order. Note: Although these are common nouns, the words are capitalized.
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Curated OER

Back to Homeschool Coloring Page

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this back to school instructional activity, learners color a detailed picture of a backpack with school supplies. The words on the backpack say "Back to Homeschool".
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Curated OER

Back To School Bingo Template

For Students 2nd - 8th
For this Back to School bingo worksheet, cards are cut out that describe various facts or situations about students to be used in a back to school bingo game, where students find classmates who match the descriptions on cards. Worksheet...
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Curated OER

Back to School Visor- Girl

For Students K - 1st
In this back to school craft worksheet, students cut out and assemble a visor to wear. This visor has a color graphic of a girl at a desk with the words Back to School.
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Curated OER

Back to School Visor- Boy

For Students K - 1st
In this back to school craft instructional activity, students cut out and assemble a visor to wear. The visor has a color graphic of a boy student and the words Back to School.
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Curated OER

Back to School Door Hangers

For Students K - 2nd
In this back to school worksheet, students cut out two door hangers. Both are in color with school and student graphics. One says "Shh! School in Session" and the other says "Back to School".
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Curated OER

Back to School Coloring Page

For Students K - 2nd
In this back to school instructional activity, students color a picture of a boy and girl student and their female teacher. The words say "Back to School. Let's get studying!"
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Curated OER

First-Day-of-School Activity: The Kissing Hand

For Teachers K - 2nd
Looking for an interactive back to school activity? Start by reading the book The Kissing Hand, and having your class discuss their feelings about the first day of school. They trace their hand onto paper, cut out the paper hand,...
Organizer
ThoughtCo

Compare and Contrast

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
How was your summer vacation? Encourage class members to meet their new friends with a back-to-school activity that compares summer vacations using a Venn diagram.
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ThoughtCo

Interview Somebody New!

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
The best way to get to know someone is by interviewing them. Use a interviewing worksheet that has individuals asking a new person questions like where they were born, what they did over the summer, goals for the year, and how many...
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Curated OER

Back to School Concept Web

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a concept web using the topic of 'back to school.' Students fill in the web to organize their thoughts about the topic.
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Education World

September Bookmark

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Welcome students back to school with these fun, printable gifts. Including both a bookmark and book plate template, this resource is a good way to get children excited about cracking open the first book of the new school year.
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Motivate your class to acquire and utilize a library card all year long.
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Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc.

Schedules and Routines: Grade 5

For Teachers 5th
Before diving head first into the year's curriculum, take time to establish clear routines and procedures for your classroom. Starting with how to set up a class schedule that meets the needs of fifth grade learners, this sample...
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Santa Clara County Office of Education

Bulletin Board Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
It's hard to find time to create really good bulletin boards, or stray from your year-to-year comfortable displays. Stress no more! Check out a list of monthly bulletin board ideas guaranteed to get you through the school year....
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Roseburg Public Schools

Library Skills and Literature

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
The library is such a valuable resource for kids of all ages. Help elementary readers learn all about parts of the library, text features for both fiction and nonfiction text, and different ways to find books that they want to read.
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Facing History and Ourselves

Looking Back, Looking Ahead

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Masks, a pandemic, remote learning, and isolation; scholars reflect on the past school year and consider what positive things they would like to see continued in the current school year and what negative things they would like to...
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Facing History and Ourselves

Dual Identities

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Many of us have multiple identities. There's who we are at home, school, friends, and strangers. And often these identities come with different names. The third activity in the First Days of School series examines how names reflect...
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MENSA Education & Research Foundation

The Writer’s Toolbox: What You Need to Master the Craft

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Strengthen your high schoolers' writing with a series of steps for writing successfully. With sections on organizing an essay, choosing a topic, crafting a thesis statement, and revising a draft, the lesson encourages your class to...
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Weebly

Team Building Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Need some ideas for team-building activities? This 27-page packet contains a wide variety suggestions, everything from back-to-school bingo to positive comments name charts. There's even an inspirational poem by David Roth...