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

Back to School Excitement Jigsaw Puzzle (20 pieces)

Back to School Excitement Jigsaw Puzzle (56 pieces)

A Basket of Apples Jigsaw Puzzle (80 pieces)

School Word Search click on school

What's wrong in the Picture? Find 11 things wrong in the picture

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 These are great activities to use when students finish their work, or as a daily challenge, or even as a group challenge

School Daze An online word search puzzle (requires flash)

Printable Fact-filled Bookmarks Choose from reading, math, science or social studies. These are for upper elementary or middle school students

Quizinator for Teachers  a free online application to help teachers and instructors create, store, and print their worksheets, and exams

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

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Miscellaneous Back to School Activities

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

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

Make Class Yearbooks (elementary)Use this template for Microsoft Publisher to make and assemble class yearbooks at the beginning of the year. Students can add pictures and information as the year progresses

Back to School Ideas These ideas are from other teachers

Back to School Theme from Kinderkorner

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

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. 

More Back to School links HERE

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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

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

Welcome Back - 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

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Open House and Other Communication with Parents

Countdown to Open House There's some good information here as well as some open house activities

Suggestions for Preparing for Open House

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

Open House Invitation Just write in the date, time, and room number

Back to School Night Invitation Write in the date, time, and room number

Colorful Open House Invitations (four to a page)

Welcome Parents A Microsoft template. Requires PowerPoint 97 or later

Microsoft Newsletter Templates A large number of templates for Word or Publisher  from which to choose

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 from teachingheart.net

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

Reward Charts for Parents to use at Home  Help reinforce positive behaviors by having parents use these at home

Also check Teacher Timesavers

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