Beginning of the Year Activities Bundle – Get to Know You, Reading & Writing

Description

Start the school year with reading, writing, and community. This back-to-school bundle gives you get-to-know-you activities plus reading and writing lessons for the first weeks.

This bundle is the perfect resource for back to school! With this bundle, you’ll have resources for reading, writing, and community building for your first week!

⭐ With this bundle, you’ll…

• Get to know your students
• Build classroom community
• Introduce students to the school and your classroom
• Review reading concepts
• Brainstorm ideas for writing

⭐ No more searching for activities that are simple enough for everyone to do but will also keep kids busy as soon as writing class starts! This activity bundle is perfect for the first week!

⭐ They also make great activities for substitutes during the first month of school!

Here’s what’s included:

⭐ 5 no-prep Back to School Activities Bundle with answer keys

• All About Me: Students fill in details about themselves and color the clipart!
• Crossword Puzzle: Students use the clues to fill in 12 school related words (+ answer key)
• Word Search: Students hunt for 14 school related words (+ answer key)
• Word Scramble: Students unscramble 12 school related words (+ answer key)
• School Secret Code Messages printable. Students use the code to decode 5 messages about school (+ answer key)

⭐ Back to School Reading Activities

• Reading Interest Survey for Elementary – get to know your readers!
• My Reading Goals – set goals together
• Myself as a Reader – have students share about themselves
• Genre BINGO – make reading new genres fun
• Genre Graph – encourage kids to read different genres
• Reading Log – track student reading
• Book Pass Activity – introduce your students to books they will want to read!
• Sticky Genre Activity – review genre with this fun, interactive activity with printable sticky notes
• Directions for printing on sticky notes
• First 20 Days of Reading Lesson Plans

⭐ Back to School Writing Bundle:

• Back to School Writing Prompts – 5 prompts with a differentiated version
• Writing Interest Survey Worksheet
• Writing Goals Worksheet
• Heart Map for Brainstorming
• All About Me As a Writer
• All About Me Writing Booklet – a fun craftivity with two versions: sentence starters included for kids who need it

⭐ Class & School Scavenger Hunts

• One-page, no prep, School Scavenger Hunt printable. Students locate 16 different places at school and color them in!
• One-page, no prep, Class Scavenger Hunt printable. Students locate 16 different places at school and color them in!

⭐ Classroom Jobs Applications & More

• Classroom jobs list with 18 suggested jobs & descriptions
• Classroom Jobs Chart: editable
• Classroom Jobs Applications: 2 versions
• Full Color Classroom Jobs ID Tags: 18 editable tags with the job labeled. Just type in student names or print them out and use clothespins!
• Full Color Classroom Jobs ID Tags: completely editable: add your own jobs and student names!
• Black & White versions of the editable classroom job tags

This resource, once purchased, is for personal classroom use only. Not for resale or distribution. Not to be uploaded to any bank of resources.

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