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On this page you will find back to school and beginning of school tips, bulletin boards and displays, borders and door decoration, songs and poems, coloring pages, puzzles, and teacher timesavers.

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First Day and Beginning of Year Tips

Back to School Bulletin Boards

Back to School Songs and Poems

Nametags, Center Signs, Sticker Charts and other Timesavers

Word Searches and Puzzles and Games

Back to School Coloring

Miscellaneous - Make a "Back to School Book" and Other Activities

Back to School PowerPoint Presentations

Open House and other communication with parents

If you don't find what you are looking for on this page check out Bulletin Boards or Teacher Timesavers
or Classroom Management

 

*You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. You can download it here

 

First Day  and Beginning of Year Tips

 

How to Start School Successfully by Harry and Rosemary Wong
 

Smart Starts for the Best School Year Ever by Barbara

and Sue Gruber

 

Top Six Keys to Being A Successful Teacher

 

Setting Up Your Classroom for Success

 

Beginning of the School Year Tips

 

Welcoming Students Back to School

 

Tips for Getting Organized Some excellent tips here that can save you some time later

 

Fabulous First Day Activities

 

Icebreakers These ideas from Education World help you get to know your students and helps them learn each others names. There are thirteen pages of ideas

 

First Day of School Writing Page

 

Activities for the First Day 1 Some ideas for that important first day

Activities for the First Day 2 More ideas for that important first day

First Day of School Activities

Printable Name Tags These name tags are from Jan Brett

Printable School Passes from Jan Brett

Creating a Seating Chart from Digital Photos

Seating Chart Template for PowerPoint97 or later. This template from Microsoft can be used for many different kinds of room arrangements. You could include pictures of the students also

Seating Chart from Microsoft for PowerPoint 2003

Printable Classroom Set-Up Tool Set up and print your classroom layout. This tool allows you to place desks in any formation and put student's names on a numbered list (requires Flash)

Name Review An activity to help the teacher learn names quickly

First Day Checklist This checklist will help you to see if you are ready for that important first day

Back to School Checklist from Scholastic This checklist from Scholastic is a great reminder of things that need to be done. It will help new teachers, and remind experienced teachers of things to think about before school begins

Parent Resources These are excellent handouts to give parents at open house or parent conferences. They contain ideas on how parents can help their children at home

Classroom Job Ideas If you need a fresh idea for classroom jobs, check on these ideas at A to Z Teacher Stuff

A Classroom Job for Every Child Change jobs only eight times during the year

Classroom Job Chart (pdf)(8.5X11in.)

Providing Structure, Rules, and Routines Checklist

Top 10 Things to Do Before School Starts

Getting to Know Each Other Activity

 

Back to School Ideas A variety of useful back to school ideas from Hummingbird Educational Resources

 

Beginning of Year Ideas and Tips for Kindergarten Teachers  These ideas are from Kinderthemes.com

 

Also check the Classroom Management and Teacher Timesaver pages

 

 

 

Back to School Bulletin Boards and Displays

 

Welcome Back to School Large, colorful banner (5 pages)

 

Welcome Sign - Individual Letters w   e   l   c   o   m   e      in rainbow colors. Print and cut out each letter and attach to  the wall

 

Two Back to School Boards from edumart.com " I've got a hunch this is a bright bunch" (with sunglasses pattern) and "My new class suits me to a "T" "


Back to School Bulletin Boards  Nine pages of back to school bulletin board ideas (with large photos)

 

Bulletin Board, Halls, Walls, and Door Decorating Ideas from Garden of Praise (with photos)

 

What a "Grape" Bunch of Kids Templates are included on this DLTK page as well as a printout of John 15:5

 

School is a Bushel of Fun

 

______ All Stars Three files allstars1  allstars2  allstars3 Just cut out the parts from allstars1, choose and cut the grade level (k, 1, 2, or3) Run as many pages of stars (allstars3) as you have students (two to a page) Put all on a dark blue or black background. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger picture (from A. Smith)

 

Spelling Stars Banner Use this banner with the stars above. Set spelling goals for the class or for individual children to reach in their weekly spelling test. Put on blue background

 

Flying Into A New Year (banner) Make a bulletin board using the banner and balloons as follows Large hot-air balloons 1  2    3   4  Small balloons for students names

 

Small balloons in black and white for students to color   Click on the thumbnail to see a larger picture of the bulletin board    (from A. Smith)

 

 

Classroom Jobs Bulletin Boards  Two boards are pictured here. "Keep Our Class Afloat" could also be used with the balloons listed above with the job and students' names on each one

 

We All Fit Together Each child decorates a piece of the puzzle

Blow up this puzzle(30 pieces) with an overhead projector and outline the pieces on posterboard. Cut out the pieces and have students decorate and sign them. Put the puzzle together on the first day.   16 piece template   24 piece template

Hint: Number the pieces for easy completion

 

We All Fit Together Banner Use with the above bulletin board

 

 

Make a Counting Caterpillar Instructions and downloadable files to make a Counting Caterpillar

 

 

 

Ode to Fifth Grade This is a clever and nice looking board with the students' names on the beginning notes of "Ode to Joy"

 

Sharp Students in Room ____

 

A Great Line-Up   A small t-shirt pattern  A large one page t-shirt pattern

 

A Special Bunch

 

Guess Who

 

Flip Over School

 

Sail With Success (includes patterns)

 

Start Your __ Grade Engines (includes patterns)

 

We're in Great Shape for a Great Year A pattern is here

 

We had a T- riffic Summer   A t-shirt pattern is here  Large pattern

 

Bulletin Board Ideas for Back to School

 

Hop Into ___ Grade (includes patterns)

 

Bulletin Board Ideas These bulletin board ideas are on the Teaching Heart site

 

Back to School Bulleten Board Ideas These are from The Teacher's Corner

 

Preschool Back to School Bulletin Boards

 

 

I am Special Each child tells something about themselves an decorates a shape. This could be a board for Open House. A shape pattern is here

 

Who Am I Lesson This is from Scholastic and could be used with the bulletin board above

 

Happy Birthday Banner

 

Birthday Balloons Use these balloons with the happy birthday banner above for a birthday board. Run off a balloon for each child in your class. Write their name on it and attach a piece of yarn.

 

Birthday Bear and Balloons Downloadable Display The names of the months are on the balloons

 

Let's Get Acquainted (Crossword Puzzle Board) You could

have a clue for each name. You might use a crossword puzzle maker to make a small puzzle first. You can find one here. Choose Criss-cross puzzle. Lay out large squares in the shape of your puzzle. Number them, tape together and attach to the board. Tell something about each person in the clues.

 

Some months to use on your birthday board are here These are from Jan Brett's web site

 

More Printable Months These are from abcteach.com

 

 

Back to School Word Wall Cards with Pictures

 

A Colorful Word Wall

 

Colorful Schedule Cards from abcteach.com

 

Color Words

 

Number Words

 

Class Rules Display Idea (photo)

 

Check Your Work Posters Colorful posters to remind students to check for certain things before handing in work. This is from instantdisplay.co.uk

 

Birthday Chart from Jan Brett A printable birthday chart for each season. There is room for thirty names on each chart


Music Back to School Bulletin Boards
(with photos)

 

Kick Off the New Year in Music Scroll down to board. There are printable files here for the board.

 

Up, Up, and Away Giraffe Growth Chart This wall or bulletin board chart could be used for a variety of purposes such as "Growing Tall With Books." 

Jan Brett's Numbers Beautiful numbers to put up in your classroom. Just download and print

Jan Brett's Alphabet to download and print in Cursive, Manuscript, or Modern Manuscript

Jan Bett's Alphabet with Manual Signs

Bookworm Pattern This cute pattern from DLTK can be printed in black and white or color

Bulletin Board Borders to Print I put these in a graphic program and resize them

Borders to Print Three pages of borders to print. You will probably need to resize them

Some printable borders (or trimmers) I made:
 

Back to School Border (pdf)
Fall Leaves Border (pdf)

Smiley Face Border (pdf)
Book and Pencil Border (pdf)
Colorful Triangle Border (pdf)
Leaf Border (pdf)
Pastel Flower Border (pdf)
Outer Space Border (pdf)
Patriotic Border (pdf)
Scalloped Border Template (pdf) Print or copy on any color paper or card stock

Backgrounds and Borders Ideas for using things other than paper for backgrounds and borders

Numbers to Print  These numbers are for those large bulletin board calendars that you purchase

Free "I Can't - Yet" Poster to download and print

Jan Brett's Color Words

Jan Brett's High Frequency Word Lists

Jan Brett's Phonograms

Google

 

Songs and Poems

 

Songs and Poems for Back to School

 

Welcome to our Classroom  Back to school song

Kindergarten Songs and Poems

School, Welcome Back to School Songs and Poems

Back to School Songs, Poems, and Chants

I used the following song to teach the days of the week
Sing it to the tune of "Oh My Darling, Clementine."

There are Seven Days

There are seven days,
There are seven days,
There are seven days in a week,
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

©Audrey Smith 2007


The Months Song
(to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")

January, February, March, and April,
May and June, July, and August,
September, October, November,
and December,
There are 12 months in all.

©Audrey Smith

 

Coloring

Back to School Coloring  Choose from twelve pictures at primarygames.com

Back to School Coloring from Billy Bear

Back to School Coloring Pictures to color showing the teacher with children, children raising their hand, etc.

Preschool Back to School Coloring

Welcome Back to School Coloring Page from Jan Brett also Hedgie Gets a Star

Back to School Picture Find 11 things wrong in this picture from Crayola (requires registration)

 

Back to School Crafts

Backpack Buddies This craft idea is from Kaboose. Children will enjoy hanging these from their backpacks or lunchboxes

Make a Back to School Book Have students make this book near the beginning of school. In this book the students write about themselves, their families, and their favorite things. If you want students to make the book later in the year, have them make their own cover

Make a Name Mobile If I were doing this, I would cut card stock into four pieces, and hand out the appropriate number to each child for their first name. Encourage the students to make each letter large and color in the rest of the card

Name Art

Fall Friends Paperdolls to dress in their new school clothes from Makingfriends.com. This site also includes other school related crafts

Back to School Craft Ideas from DLTK

Back to School Craft Ideas from Familyfun

Preschool Activities and Crafts

Back to School Bus Craft A cut and paste activity


Nametags, Center Signs, Sticker Charts and other Teacher Timesavers

A Welcome Note Put these welcome notes on your students desks the first day of school (two to a page)

Welcome to ________ Sign A sign for your door. You write the grade level

A Welcome to Kindergarten Sign  1st Grade  2nd Grade 3rd Grade   4th Grade   5th Grade  (2 pages)

All Purpose Sticker Charts These incentive charts can be used for a variety of purposes. Print these on cardstock and use stars or other small chart stickers (pdf) Two charts to a page

 

More All Purpose Sticker Charts

 

Back to School Sticker Charts (two to a page)

 

Back to School Sticker Charts These printable sticker charts are colorful and can be used for a variety of motivational activities. They are from Preschool Printables

 

Stickers and Sticker Charts A large collection of free, printable stickers and sticker charts

Sticker Charts Choose from blank or with a picture. These are from Activity Village

Full Page Sticker Charts Use these charts from DLTK for various purposes
 
Editable Notes from Alenka's Printables Edit these notes on your computer and print. These could be printed on magnet sheets as well as paper or cardstock

 

Back to School Bookmarks from Jan Brett Just print and cut apart these "Welcome Back to School" bookmarks

Printable Chore Charts Choose the editable charts to use for classroom jobs, behavior charts, or sticker charts for other purposes. These are from Alenka's Printables

Printable Lesson Plan Form This is from abcteach.com

Back to School Desk Nametags Just print these desk tags and write the names

Back to School Nametags or Tent Cards

DLTK Back to School Printables  DLTk has a large number of back to school printables, such as coloring pages, doorknob hangers, treat bags, and worksheets.

2007-2008 School Year Calendar (13 pp.) Requires Publisher 2007

2007-2008 School Year Calendar with Monthly Themes Requires Word 2003 or later

2007-2008 School Year Calendar (13 pp) Requires Word 2003 or later

2007-2008 School Year Calendar (one page)Requires Visio 2003 or later

 

Free 2007 Printable Calendars Just select a month and print

 

Free 2008 Printable Calendars Just select a month and print

Editable Calendar Grid Use this grid for any month. Type a title, day numbers, and any other information

Printable Page of Apples, Ladybugs and Pears from Alenka's Printables. These could be used for a variety of purposes such as nametags, calendar numbers, magnets, and more

Gradebook Based on Averages A Microsoft template. It requires Excel 97 or later

Gradebook Based on Percentages A Microsoft template. It requires Excel 97 or later

Gradebook Based on Points A Microsoft template. It requires Excel 97 or later

Check the Teacher Timesaver Page for more Center Signs, Templates, Forms Printables, and other Timesavers

 

Word Searches and Puzzles and things to do when work is completed

Back to School Excitement (20 pieces)

Back to School Excitement Jigsaw Puzzle (56 pieces)

School Word Search

Back to School Word Search

Easy School  Word Search 

School Supplies Word Search

What's wrong in the Picture? Find 11 things wrong in the picture (requires registration)

Brain Binders These are challenging activities involving folding a sheet of paper to match a finished picture. Choose two, three, four, or five folds

Brain Boosters

School Daze An online word search puzzle (requires flash)

Also check my Puzzles and Games page for many more ideas for printable board games and more

 
K12 Journal: Electronic Grading & Recordkeeping CD-Rom Version 2.2
By Innate Source, Llc
Loaded with features that replace tedious manual record keeping---for any number of students! Create lesson plans * Record completed assignments, attendance, and test scores * Print report cards, transcripts, and grade summaries * Archive various administrative entries for completed school years * Generate record-spreads over any date range * Preview your entries in concise, spreadsheet-style format * Formerly titled e-HomeJournal * 80MB RAM * Windows 98/00/ME/XP * From Innate Source

Miscellaneous Back to School Activities

Back to School Treasure Hunt

Back to School Activities (look for the yellow free samples sign)

Welcome to School Kindergarten Theme

Time for School Mini-Book  This mini-book is from DLTK and is for K-2

Make a Back to School Book Have students make this book near the beginning of school. In this book the students write about themselves, their families, and their favorite things. If you want students to make the book later in the year, have them make their own cover

EdGrowth  This website is a place where educators can share their experiences and their education resources.

When Does School Start Where You Live? A beginning of year activity for grades 3-6 that involves reading a table, answering questions, and writing. This is from abcteach.com

Back to School Ideas These ideas are from other teachers

Back to School Spelling (primary) There are seven pages for this back to school theme with word scramble, story writing, cloze, and more (from abcteach.com)

Back to School Spelling (upper elementary)There are seven pages in this theme with word scramble, word search, and dictionary skills (from abcteach.com)

Three Free Back to School Activities Here These are from Teaching Heart

Make a Name Mobile If I were doing this, I would cut card stock into four pieces, and hand out the appropriate number to each child for their first name. Encourage the students to make each letter large and color in the rest of the card

Back to School Theme from Kinderkorner

Back to School Writing Paper (elementary)

Back to School Resources for Teachers A collection of articles, ideas, and activities for the start of school

Back to School Activities A large selection of back to school activities from abcteach.com

Back to School Safety  Four pages on bus and bike safety for grades 3-5 (this file is in PDF format so you need the free Adobe Acrobat to read and print it

Fall Friends Paperdolls to dress in their new school clothes from Makingfriends.com. This site also includes other school related crafts

Tools and Templates from Education World Award certificates, back to school templates, and forms, assignment sheets, and more

Make Your Own Whiteboard Make individual whiteboards for students. I used  individual chalkboards for guided practice in math. These could be used for small group activities for a nice change of pace. You will need window cleaner for cleaning them and old socks or pieces of felt for erasing. There are links to whiteboard activities here as well

Write On, Rub Off Boards With Foam Frame

Parent Involvement  If you want to get parents involved, check out this page for all kinds of ideas

"Back to School" from the electronic library classroom.  A series of instructional sessions designed specifically for librarians and library staff who have had little or no experience with the Internet. 

Google

Back to School Templates and PowerPoint Presentations

Back to School PowerPoint Presentation A colorful presentation with 17 possible slides. You will need PowerPoint 97 or later

Back to School PowerPoint Presentation This is an editable, colorful, PowerPoint presentation that can be used at Parent Night, or edited for other purposes. The only way I could get this to work was to scroll down to the presentation, right click the link and "save target as" and save to a folder on my computer. Then when you click on the file on your computer it will come up in PowerPoint. It is a great presentation.

K-3 Class Rules A PowerPoint presentation. Requires PowerPoint 2000 or later

An Editable PowerPoint Presentaion You will need PowerPoint 97 or later

Classroom Newsletter Template You need Word 97 or later

True or False Test Template You need Word 97 or later

Brochure Template This brochure template could be used for a variety of reasons. You could hand it out at Open House with classroom rules and procedures in it. Change the graphics and insert your own text. You need Word 97 or later

 

 

Open House and Other Communication with Parents

 

Welcome Letter Template This welcome letter template from Education World will save you some time. Edit sections and add information where needed (Word document)

 

Planning a Successful Open House All the tools you need to make your open house a success. This is from Microsoft

 

Open House Invitation (editable) (pdf) This is from Education World

 

Welcome Parents A Microsoft template. Requires PowerPoint 97 or later

 

Parent Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet

 

Classroom Newsletter Template Requires Word 97 or later

 

Conference Record Use this template from Microsoft to record parent conferences. Requires Word 2003

 

Open House Tips (bottom of page)

 

Open House: When First Impressions Matter

 

Parent Night Ideas from Other Teachers

 

Parent Resources The "How to Help Your Child...." series are excellent handouts to give parents at open house or parent conferences. They contain ideas on how parents can help their children at home

 

Homework Notification Note For missing or incomplete homework

 

Make-up Assignments for a student who was absent

 

Homework Checklist

 

Also check Teacher Timesavers

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