$5 - $10 5th Grade Classroom Community Activities (by date, oldest first)

Use these worksheets during you SEL instruction time throughout the day. These worksheets are each dedicated to a different feeling children experience. There is space for them to draw the feeling, reflect upon the feeling, and describe a time they felt that feeling. A perfect activity to use as an introduction to talking about a certain feeling.

Welcome to the back-to-school bundle, designed to foster a positive and engaging classroom community from day one! This comprehensive set includes six thoughtfully crafted resources that will help you kickstart the school year with excitement, creativity, and connection.

Here’s what’s inside:

1. Food Pair Partner Cards

Make partner activities a breeze with these fun and interactive Food Pair Partner Cards! Each card features a food item that pairs with another, making it easy for students to find their partners. Perfect for icebreakers, team-building activities, and group projects.

2. All About Me: Favorite Things

Encourage self-expression and creativity with the "All About Me: Favorite Things" activity. Students can fill out pages with their favorite things, color in images, or use the digital version to type their answers. It’s a fantastic way to get to know your students and let them learn about each other.

3. Back to School One Pager

Help students reflect and set goals for the new school year with the Back to School One Pager. This versatile activity comes with different templates, including blank versions and partially completed ones, allowing students to express themselves in a creative and structured way.

4. Open House Bookmarks

Welcome your students with these adorable and motivational Open House Bookmarks! Featuring cute, catchy phrases and vibrant designs, these bookmarks are perfect for the beginning of the school year or open house events. They come in multiple styles, including color-your-own options, to add a personal touch.

5. Growth Mindset Puzzle

Promote a positive classroom culture with the Growth Mindset Puzzle. This engaging activity encourages students to think about their goals, reflect on their achievements, and embrace a growth mindset. It’s an excellent way to start discussions about perseverance and self-improvement.

6. Get to Know You Bingo Cards

Break the ice and build connections with the Get to Know You Bingo Cards. Each bingo sheet contains 25 unique prompts that encourage students to mingle and learn fun facts about their classmates. This activity is perfect for the first week of school and helps to create a warm and inclusive classroom environment.

Why Teachers Will Love This Bundle:

❤️ Versatile Activities: Suitable for various classroom settings and adaptable to different teaching styles.

❤️ Time-Saving: Ready-to-use resources that save you preparation time while delivering high-quality, engaging content.

❤️ Community Building: Each activity is designed to foster a sense of community, helping students get to know each other and feel comfortable in their new classroom.

❤️ Creative and Fun: Encourages creativity, self-expression, and positive interactions among students.

❤️ Flexible Formats: Includes printable and digital versions to suit your classroom’s needs, whether in-person or remote.

When to Use This Bundle:

• First Week of School: Perfect for getting to know students and establishing a positive classroom environment.
• Open House Events: Use the bookmarks and other activities to welcome students and parents.
• Throughout the Year: These resources are versatile and can be used for various activities, reflections, and team-building exercises.

What’s Included:

• **✅**Food Pair Partner Cards (x cards)

• **✅**All About Me: Favorite Things (black and white, black and white with colored background, full color, and digital versions)

• **✅**Back to School One Pager (various templates)

• **✅**Open House Bookmarks (multiple styles including color-your-own)

• **✅**Growth Mindset Puzzle

• **✅**Get to Know You Bingo Cards (three unique sheets)

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Jumpstart your school year with the Ultimate Back to School One Pager Bundle! This comprehensive bundle includes three engaging one-pagers: Back to School About Me, Reflection Goal, and Summer Reflection. Designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and reflection, these activities are perfect for the first weeks of school. With flexible templates and thought-provoking prompts, students can share their stories, set goals, and reflect on their summer adventures. Teachers, get ready to build a connected, motivated, and enthusiastic classroom from day one!

Key Features:

✨ Interactive Learning Tools: Each one-pager combines creative expression with academic reflection.

✨ Flexible Templates: Multiple versions included to cater to different classroom needs.

✨ Student-Centered: Focuses on student interests, goals, and reflections.

✨ Visual and Written Elements: Encourages a blend of drawing, writing, and creativity.

✨ Detailed Rubrics: Clear expectations for students' work, making assessment easy.

What's Included:

• Back to School About Me One Pager:

  • Blank version with just the rubric for starting from scratch.
  • Template with just a border for those who don’t want to draw.
  • Template with the title and borders for easy fill-in.
  • Version with the title and no border for ultimate creativity.

• Reflection Goal One Pager:

  • Blank version with just the rubric for starting from scratch.
  • Template with just a border for those who don’t want to draw.
  • Template with the title and borders for easy fill-in.
  • Version with the title and no border for ultimate creativity.

• Summer Reflection One Pager:

  • Blank version with just the rubric for starting from scratch.
  • Template with just a border for those who don’t want to draw.
  • Template with the title and borders for easy fill-in.
  • Version with the title and no border for ultimate creativity.

Why Teachers Should Purchase:

• Problem Solved: Need engaging activities to start the school year? This bundle turns those first-day jitters into genuine connections and reflections.
• Value Add: Helps teachers understand their students' personalities, goals, and summer experiences, creating a foundation for a positive classroom community.
• Top Reason: Finally, back to school activities that won't make your students (or you) yawn!"

When to Use This Resource:

• Beginning of the Year: Ideal for icebreakers and getting to know students.

This bundle offers a comprehensive set of tools to kickstart the school year, helping students and teachers connect, reflect, and set the stage for a successful year ahead.

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Get the best of both worlds with this Partner Cards Bundle! This comprehensive set includes 40 Food Pairs Partner Cards, 40 Antonym Partner Cards, and an additional 22 Antonym Partner Cards, offering endless opportunities for student engagement and learning. This bundle provides a fun, interactive way to pair students for activities, encouraging collaboration and teamwork.

Why Students Will Love ❤️ It:

• Diverse and Fun Activities: A variety of cards keep the activities fresh and exciting.

• Interactive and Engaging: Combining different themes ensures students stay interested and involved.

• Collaborative Learning: Encourages teamwork and social interaction in a playful setting.

Why Teachers Will ❤️Love It:

• Ultimate Versatility: With over 100 cards in total, you’ll have a wide variety of options for pairing students and conducting interactive activities.

• Educational and Fun: Combines language practice with engaging gameplay, keeping students motivated and involved.

• Long-Lasting Quality: All cards are printed on cardstock and laminated for durability, ensuring they withstand frequent classroom use.

Key Features:

✨ 100+ Total Cards: Includes 40 Food Pairs, 40 Antonym Pairs, and 22 Additional Antonym Pairs.

✨ Diverse Themes: Combines food pairs and antonyms to offer a range of interactive activities.

✨ Bright and Colorful Design: Eye-catching visuals that appeal to students and make the activities engaging.

✨ High-Quality and Durable: Print cards on cardstock and laminate for long-lasting use.

✨ Versatile Applications: Suitable for icebreakers, academic practice, and team-building exercises.

✨ Enhanced Engagement: Keeps students motivated and involved with a variety of fun and educational activities.

This bundle is perfect ❤️ for any classroom looking to enhance student collaboration and engagement with enjoyable, educational activities!

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If you’re looking for an easy and effective way to teach kids impulse control, then the Impulse Control Mini-Lesson and Workbook is the perfect learning resource!

With creative illustrations, metaphors, and analogies that help reinforce self-control and impulse control skills, this mental health mini-lesson helps students succeed. No prep is necessary! This social emotional learning resource is full of psychoeducation material, worksheets, activities, and more to drive home the importance of developing these skills in today’s classroom.

If a student struggles to think before they act or has ADHD, this SEL mini-lesson can provide a great foundation for their emotional regulation. The engaging approach makes it easy for kids to master the fundamental executive functioning skill of self control and apply the concept to their own lives inside and outside of the classroom. This mini-lesson is perfect for counselors, SEL lessons, individual activities, or group work.

✎✎✎ Topics Covered:

• What is Impulse Control?
• Self Reflection Questionnaire About Impulsivity
• STOP & THINK Strategy
• Brain as a Remote Control – exploring our “buttons” and their implications and consequences.
• Exploring Actions and Consequences
• Making Better Choices – Emotional Regulation Strategies
• Think it Out Examples and Template
• Review Questionnaire

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• Behavior and Feelings Workbook
• Self Esteem and Feelings Workbook
• Emotions & Self Care Workbook
• My Anger Management Workbook

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If you’re looking for an easy and effective way to teach kids impulse control, then the Impulse Control Anger Management Board Game is the perfect learning resource!

With creative illustrations, metaphors, and analogies that help reinforce self-control, emotional regulation and impulse control skills, this mental health board game helps students succeed.

If a student struggles to think before they act or has ADHD, this SEL board game can provide a great foundation for their emotional regulation. The engaging approach makes it easy for kids to master the fundamental executive functioning skill of self control and apply the concept to their own lives inside and outside of the classroom. This board game is perfect for counselors, SEL lessons, individual activities, or group work.

✎✎✎ Topics Covered:

Using the analogy of a “remote control” students are asked to reflect on their behavior and the impact when they can:

• “pause and stop” and think about their behavior
• “fast forward” where impulses take over
• “play” when you can just keep going
• “rewind” when they can take a step back after our impulses have got the better of us and think about the consequences.

There are over 115 reflective question cards with 23 cards in each of the five various color-coded areas. These include:

• Reflect – practical and relatable scenarios to help put learning into practice
• Let’s Pause – reflecting on impulse control and its impact
• Better Choices – exploring emotional regulation, coping strategies and strategies
• Let’s Chat – conversation starters to build rapport
• Anger – exploring anger management

This is a great game which is a perfect supplement for our Impulse Control Mini-Lesson and Workbook

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• Behavior and Feelings Workbook
• Self Esteem and Feelings Workbook
• Emotions & Self Care Workbook
• My Anger Management Workbook

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If you’re looking for an easy and effective way to teach kids impulse control, then the Impulse Control Mini-Lesson and Workbook is the perfect learning resource!

With creative illustrations, metaphors, and analogies that help reinforce self-control and impulse control skills, this mental health mini-lesson helps students succeed. No prep is necessary! This social emotional learning resource is full of psychoeducation material, worksheets, activities, and more to drive home the importance of developing these skills in today’s classroom.

If a student struggles to think before they act or has ADHD, this SEL mini-lesson can provide a great foundation for their emotional regulation. The engaging approach makes it easy for kids to master the fundamental executive functioning skill of self control and apply the concept to their own lives inside and outside of the classroom. This mini-lesson is perfect for counselors, SEL lessons, individual activities, or group work.

✎✎✎ Topics Covered:

• What is Impulse Control?
• Self Reflection Questionnaire About Impulsivity
• STOP & THINK Strategy
• Brain as a Remote Control – exploring our “buttons” and their implications and consequences.
• Exploring Actions and Consequences
• Making Better Choices – Emotional Regulation Strategies
• Think it Out Examples and Template
• Review Questionnaire

► Looking for more workbook topics? We've got you covered!

• Behavior and Feelings Workbook
• Self Esteem and Feelings Workbook
• Emotions & Self Care Workbook
• My Anger Management Workbook

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Las emociones no son buenas ni malas. Algunas emociones pueden ser aterradoras y abrumadoras, especialmente cuando son intensas. Pero aprender a aceptar y procesar sus emociones requiere práctica y con más práctica, más natural se vuelve.

Este libro ayuda a los pequeños aprendices a reconocer su respuesta emocional y acceder a estrategias que les permitan reducir la intensidad de la emoción que están sintiendo. Los pequeños aprendices trabajarán en lo que necesitan en relación con apoyos y estrategias para poder controlar los comportamientos impulsivos cuando experimentan emociones intensas.

EL LIBRO DE TRABAJO EXPLORA LO SIGUIENTE:

Todo sobre nuestras emociones

Explorando la metáfora de las emociones y la regulación del arco iris

Cuatro estados emocionales (azul, verde, amarillo, rojo)

Estados emocionales (¿cómo te podrías sentir, cómo te verías y qué podrías necesitar?)

Carteles de estado emocional

OCUPACIONES

Actividad 1: Clasificación de las emociones en estados emocionales

Actividad 2: Estrategias calmantes y clasificación en estados emocionales

Actividad 3: Comprender mis emociones (cómo te sientes, cómo te ves, qué necesitas y resumen)

Actividades creativas que incluyen Buscar una palabra y Citas inspiradoras, ¡y mucho más!

ENGLISH - Emotions are not good or bad. Some emotions may be scary and overwhelming especially when they are intense. But learning how to accept and process your emotions take practice and with more practice, the more natural it becomes.

This workbook supports little learns to recognize their emotional response and access strategies that allow them to reduce the intensity of the emotion they are feeling. Little learners will work through what they need in relation to supports and strategies to be able to control impulsive behaviours when experiencing intense emotions.

THE WORKBOOK EXPLORES THE FOLLOWING:

- All about our Emotions

- Exploring the metaphor of rainbow emotions and regulation

- Four emotional states (blue, green, yellow, red)

- Emotional States (how you might feel, how you might look and what you may need?)

- Emotional State Posters

ACTIVITIES

- Activity 1 – Sorting Emotions into Emotional States

- Activity 2 – Calming Strategies and sorting into emotional states

- Activity 3 – Understanding my Emotions (how you feel, what you look like, what you need and summary)

- Creative Activities including Find-a-word and Inspirational Quote and much more!

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Behaviour and Feelings Workbook

Self Esteem and Feelings Workbook

Emotions & Self Care Workbook

My Anger Management Workbook

SOCIAL SKILLS, PUBERTY, PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS, RELATIONSHIPS AND SEXUALITY

Puberty Lesson and Activity Book

Appropriate V's Appropriate Things to Say

Learning about Bodies and Puberty Workbook

Protective Behaviours, Relationships and Puberty Special Game

Stranger Danger Education

Road Safety Social Story

Fire Safety Social Story

Safety In The Community Activity and Educative Book

AUTISM, SOCIAL STORIES & ACTIVITIES

How My Engine Runs Social Story

Teaching Children about Personal Space

Noises Hurt My Ears - Social Story - Sensory Defensiveness

When a loved one dies - grief and loss social story

Understanding Divorce Social Story

Being Nice and Making Friends Social Story

Doing a Poo on the Toilet Social Story

SPECIFIC TEACHING AND COUNSELLING RESOURCES

Supporting Students to Gain Insight through Reflection

Supervision and Reflective Practice Templates

Increasing a Child's Attention Span

Behavioural Strategies for Fostering Self Esteem

Anxious Children - Behavioural Strategies

Children with Attachment and Abandonment Issues: Behavioural Strategies

Recognising Defences in Children

ANGER MANAGEMENT

Anger Management Plan

Anger Management Activity Worksheets

Anger Management Traffic Lights Activity

My Anger Management Workbook

BEHAVIOUR ASSESSMENT AND BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT PLANS

Managing Aggressive Behaviours and Outbursts

Understanding Behavioural Triggers

Behaviour Reward Chart - Girls (editable)

Behaviour Reward Chart - Boys (editable)

Behaviour Thermometer - Incident Prevention and Response Plan (editable)

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AVID Costa's Level of Questioning and Thinking Scenes Activity - Editable: This AVID digital activity is the perfect inquiry resource for your AVID classroom! Use to promote critical thinking skills, as an icebreaker activity, a supplemental lesson for Costa's Level of Thinking, an inquiry lesson, a Fun Friday activity, and so much more!

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Directions:

• Review Costa’s Level of Thinking by having students take notes over the teaching slides provided.
• Students apply their learning by creating their own leveled questions over the provided scenes.
• Revisit and discuss the essential questions at the end.

What's Included:

• Essential questions slide
• Direction Slide
• Editable direction slide to add your own wording
• 7 Costa's Level of Thinking teach slides
• 54 Google Slide Scenes with question writing tasks, for example: "Create a level 3 question related to the scene below..."

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Use this team building no-prep icebreaker emoji picture phrases game during morning meeting, brain breaks, indoor recess and more! Improve your student's critical thinking skills and vocabulary by having them decipher some of the most commonly spoken summer phrases shown in a series of picture characters. Some emojis can be combined without the use of words to create a new word or phrase! For example, a dog emoji that is combined with a house emoji translates to "doghouse."

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What's Included:

• 40 Emoji picture guessing slides
• 40 Answer slides (one behind each guessing slide)
• 1 directions slide
• 1 editable directions slide template
• 1 editable emoji phrases slide template for you to customize your own phrases

How to play:

• Students will guess the summer phrases or words based on the emoji pictures provided.
• Reveal the answer by moving to the next slide.
• Consider splitting the class into teams to see who can guess the most phrases!

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This AVID Speed Philosophical Chairs note taking lesson plan with teaching slides has everything you need to teach your students the process of speed philosopical chairs while they practice the 5 phases of focused note taking! This lesson also includes 40 speed philosophical topics for students to apply they're learning at the end of the lesson.

What's Included:

• Lesson plan that walks you through the slides
• 43 teaching slides
• 40 speed philosophical chairs topics
• participant reflective checklist
• rules of engagement poster/handout
• pre-filled in/scaffolded digital Cornell Notes
• costa's level of thinking house
• embedded timers for quickwrite and speed philosophical chairs topics
• Video overview/explanation

Note Taking Process and Lesson:

• Students will practice the process of note taking and while learning the process of philosophical chairs

Applying Learning:

• At the end of the note taking lesson and practice, students will practice speed philosophical chairs using 40 of the topics provided OR coming up with their own.
• Students will use the participant checklist to reflect on the process.

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Giving students plenty of public speaking practice is important, but thinking of fun topics takes time! This is an activity with 50 fun and engaging speech topics for your students to practice those very important college and career readiness skills!

Directions

• Share expectations of respectful debating
• Organize students into small groups or create one large circle
• Read the debate prompt out loud
• Students choose a side and think of at least one reason why they chose that side
• When students have at least one reason they hold up a thumb
• Choose a student to begin the debate

What's Included

• 1 directions slide
• 1 expectations slide for students
• 50 debate topis with agreeing/disagreeing chart and sentence starters

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AVID Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" Speech + Socratic Seminar: In this Mini Socratic Seminar and Lesson students will mark the text of the "I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Then they will have Socratic dialogue in small groups in order to discuss the essential question, “What aspects of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech can be applied to the world today?”

By the end of this Socratic Seminar your students will have a deep understanding of what Martin Luther's Speech entails and what aspects of the speech can be applied today which is presented as the EQ of this Seminar. Use this AVID Mini Socratic Seminar Lesson to increase dialogue and engagement in your classroom.

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What's Included:

• Lesson Plan with a walkthrough of all the slides and a video overview and explanation.
• I Have a Dream Speech- google doc which includes a transcript for students to mark their text and come up with questions in the margins for the Seminar. They will also add an essential question at the top, summary at the bottom, and fill out the embedded vocabulary chart.
• Google slides- go over the lesson related to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his speech and discuss the process of a Soccratic Seminar. The slides include embedded links for students to follow along and access required documents.
• Participant Reflection- a digital Google Sheets document for students to summarize and reflect what they learned through the Seminar.

Directions:

• Students will discuss the background of the I Have a Dream Speech as directed through the teaching slides.
• Students will read and watch the speech video and follow directions for marking the text.
• Students will look for integrity and leadership qualities.
• Students will bold unknown words and add these words and their definitions to their embedded vocabulary chart in the speech text.
• Students will come up with questions for the Socratic Seminar using Costa's Level of Thinking.
• Students will meet with a partner to clarify any confusions.
• Students will summarize the text by answering the EQ in 3-5 sentences.
• Students will review the protocol for Socratic Seminars.
• Students will use their questions and provided sentences stems to have dialogue in the Seminar.
• Students will complete a participant checklist in order to reflect on the seminar.

Definition:

A Mini Socratic Seminar is a scholarly discussion of an essential question in which student opinions are shared and refined through dialogue with other students in small groups. In this mini format, the teacher or seminar leader facilitates the discussion for the small groups.

Purpose:

In a Socratic Seminar, participants seek to answer an essential question and gain deeper understanding of laws, ideas, issues, values, and/or principles presented through rigorous and thoughtful dialogue

Advantages:

• Teaches respect for diverse ideas, people, and practices
• Enhances students' knowledge
• Creates a community of inquiry
• Develops critical thinking, problem solving, speaking, and listening skills
• Clarifies one's ideas, ethics and values
• Maximizes student participation
• Encourages divergent thinking

Mini Seminar Directions:

1. Students are placed in small groups or virtual break out rooms of 5-6 students.
2. Teacher poses the essential question.
3. Teacher chooses a Socratic Seminar leader for each group.
4. The leader facilitates the seminar discussion by guiding group members to a deeper and clarified consideration of the ideas, a respect for varying points of view, and adherence to and respect for the seminar process.
5. Students may pose new questions when the discussion is exhausted. New questions posed must relate to students’ ideas and contributions in response to the initial essential question.
6. If dialogue slows use one of the provided questions to encourage discussion.
7. Students complete the participant checklist during the last 5 minutes of class.

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This bundle is perfect for the beginning of the school year! Use this bundle for your first grade, second grade, and third grade students during the first week of school. In this bundle you'll find 8 printable icebreaker activities, 9 math activities with editable templates and 9 coloring pages! Use for getting to know you activities, whole group lessons, icebreakers, morning meeting activities, writing centers, math centers, bulletin board displays and more!

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What's Included

• 9 back to school math activities + editable versions for most activities
• 8 back to school icebreaker activities
• 9 welcome back to school coloring pages

Back to School Activities for 1st-3rd Grade

• 3 Friendship Puzzles: Students work with a friend to color the puzzle pieces. Then they work with their friend to build the puzzle by gluing the pieces to the grid page.
• 3 My Friends Bingo: In each box is a description. After you read the description, students find a friend who fits the description and then they let them write their name in the box on the line. Have students complete all the boxes like a blackout in Bingo or just 3 in a row.
• 3 Student Surveys:
  - Option 1: Choose 1 out of the 3 surveys for students to complete.
  - Option 2: Let students choose 1 out of the 3 surveys to complete. - Option 3: Students can fill out all 3 of the surveys.
• My Class Friends Book: Students will interview a friend with the interview page. Collect and turn into a class book using either the color or black and white cover page. (color and black & white options included for the cover page!)
• My Backpack: Students write their names on the line and decorate their backpacks with pictures of all their favorite things to represent them. Have students share their backpacks in small groups or with a partner.
• 3 Crowns & Extenders: Print on cardstock and allow your students to color the crown and extender pieces. Glue the extender pieces (or sentence strips if you have them) on the crown and wrap them around students' heads. Staple to keep in place. (color and black & white options included!)
• Friendship Bracelets:
  Print and cut the color or black and white friendship bracelets. Students can write the name of the friend they interviewed on the line and color. Wrap around students' wrists and glue in place. They can wear them home to share with parents. (color and black & white options included!)
• Bus Craft & Writing: Students color and cut out the school bus. Then they respond to the writing prompt on the following page and cut out the response. Glue both to a separate page and use for a hallway display if desired.

Math to School Activities for 1st-3rd Grade

• Editable Teacher Slideshow: Edit the templates in Google Slides and share them with your students so they can get to know their new teacher using numbers.
• Figure Me Out Math: Students will introduce themselves to the class by creating math equations that give clues about themselves. Includes an editable template!
• My Grade in Numbers: Students will examine the numbers in their lives while expressing themselves creatively through personal illustrations and coloring. Includes an editable template!
• Math Goal Setting: Students set a goal for math and make a 3 action step plan to reach their goal for the school year.
• Math Survey: Students color in an emoji face that best represents their feelings about each math topic. Includes an editable template!
• Math Bingo: In each box is a description. After you read the description, students find a friend who fits the description and let them write their name in the box on the line. Includes an editable template!
• Classroom Math: Students will take a tour around the classroom. They will locate the items, and write the number of each that they can find. Includes an editable template!
• Math Tool Exploration: Students will take notes as you introduce different classroom math tools. They should write the name of the math tool, draw a picture, and answer the question in each box.
• Mathematicians: Students fill out what mathematicians can do and use. Then they draw a picture of themselves as mathematicians.

9 Welcome Back Coloring Pages

• Preschool page
• Kindergarten page
• 1st grade page
• 2nd grade page
• 3rd grade page
• 4th grade page
• 5th grade page
• 6th grade page
• Welcome back to school page

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

More Back to School Resources:

100's Chart Mystery Picture

Gift Tags

Birthday Crowns, Certificates & Pencil Toppers

Back to School Roll & Read Games:

CVC, Blends & Digraphs

CVCe Long Vowels

Long Vowel Teams

R Controlled Vowels

Back to School Roll & Race Math Games:

Addition & Subtraction Within 10

Addition & Subtraction Within 20

Do you need some fun and engaging activities for your middle school English Language Arts party? Are you looking for some no-prep fun? Then download this Bundle of Classroom Community and Team-Building Activities! This bundle includes a Truth or Dare Activity and a category brainstorming game, which will provide hours of classroom fun!

Fully online, you don't need to spend any time cutting, copying, etc.

➟ CATEGORIES GAME

Great for vocabulary building, memory, brainstorming, and creativity! Students are given a letter and a topic and then begin brainstorming. The team with the most words wins!

• Name a sport that starts with the letter "S".
• What is something you can do on vacation that starts with the letter "H"?

➟ TRUTH or DARE

All the "Truths" and "Dares" are appropriate for students ages 7-adult. No supplies needed!

• TRUTH: "Would you rather have a foot long nose or a foot long tongue?", "If you could ask your pet any 3 questions, what would you ask them?", and many more!
• DARE: "Try to say your full name while holding your tongue between your fingers!", "For the next minute, do NOT smile, while everyone tries to make you smiles!", and many more!

➟ These are fun games that your students will beg you to play often! I know—my students beg me for this game!

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• Truth or Dare...the Classroom Party Game You Didn't Know You Needed!
• Truth or Dare 2nd Edition
• BUNDLE Truth or Dare Versions 1 & 2
• Rock, Paper, Scissors - Grammar Games! Irregular Past Tense Verbs
• Digital Online GAME Two Things in Common (This2That)
• VIRTUAL Grammar Scategories - Making Grammar FUN! by A World to Explore Store
• BUNDLE Grammar Games! Parts of Speech Scategories 2 KaBOOM Irregular Verbs
• KaBOOM Grammar Games - Irregular Plural Nouns by A World to Explore Store
• KaBOOM! Virtual GRAMMAR Game #1 - Irregular Past Tense Verbs
• KaBOOM! Virtual GRAMMAR Game #2 - Irregular Past Tense Verbs
• Happiness Quiz & Reflection Questions (Great for SEL, Self-Esteem, Well-Being!)
• 50 FlipGrid Discussion Questions Posting Tips & Rubric

Are you looking for engaging activities to support classroom community and reflection? Then download this BUNDLE Back to School Reflection Activities Getting to Know You Middle School! This is all you need for your back-to-school activities!

Categories Game

Use this brainstorming game to get students working together and get everyone participating! It's also a fun way to get to know your students!

Students work individually or in small groups to brainstorm answers to various topics and categories. This no prep activity takes one minute to learn, can be played repeatedly, and is perfect for building a foundation of teamwork and thinking forward to the new year.

➟ To play, students will see a prompt and brainstorm answers. Prompts include things such as:

• Name something you will do at the beginning of the school year that starts with the letter "A"
• What is one thing you will do with friends that starts with the letter "C"
• What do you think you will learn about yourself this year that starts with the letter "U"

See how creative your students can get all while learning about each other and thinking ahead to the new year!

Reflection Activity for Team Building and Discussion

In this no-prep resource, students reflect on times they persevered or felt proud of themselves, on friendships, goals, learning strategies, grit, and other topics. Great for Back to School or to strengthen classroom community any time during the year! In a think-and-share manner of engaging, students will build relationships through thinking, participating in small discussion groups, and writing about their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. The activity ends with an engaging Top 10 list. This resource is both reflective and interactive and fosters team building, allowing the students to think about the year ahead. This activity can be completed in 1 class with homework, expanded over 2 classes, or completed during the last 10 minutes of several classes. Other options include selecting only one set of questions on which students can reflect.

Getting to Know You Brainstorming Activity

With this engaging no prep virtual or in class activity, students brainstorm responses for each letter of the alphabet. Questions include sharing about themselves, their likes and dislikes, what they enjoy about school, and things they want to accomplish in their life (aka, a bucket list). 

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❤ Other Resources You'll LOVE:

• Back to School Getting to Know You Activity - Dice Games!
• Back to School Bundle with Categories Game and Reflections
• BACK to SCHOOL Getting to Know You Activity for Team Building
• Bulletin Board to Support Social Emotional Learning on Importance of Education
• Back to School Reflection Activity for Team Building and Discussion

Looking for fun digital resources, like games, brain breaks and activities for your early finishers that aren't lame? This Two Truths and a Lie Gen-Z approved game or icebreaker for Google Drive is the perfect, no-prep activity that helps to build classroom community at the start of the year...or anytime!

This fun whole class game is a stress-free way for your students to get to know their classmates, that build upon their own interests! Topics are geared toward the interests of teenagers, leaning into social media, musical artists, food, fashion and more! You'll see instant engagement as students realize this isn't another boring classroom game. You can also offer small prizes to winners if desired, and you're guaranteed to engage all your students!!

► Use these game slides whenever you need a quick brain break. I like to use about 5-6 slides at a time!

►Use it as an engaging class activity throughout the year! It's the perfect icebreaker for middle and high school!

Simply present a slide with three statements: 2 are true and 1 is a lie! Students guess which statement is the lie. You'll quickly see that students will start opening up as they relax and feel confident to defend their choices.

INCLUDED WITH YOUR PURCHASE:

• Student Instruction Slide
• 25 Activity Slides (Google Slides)
• 25 Answer Slides
• PDF Version

The presentation includes 25 relatable topics. Such as...

• MrBeast
• Kendrick Lamar
• Taylor Swift
• Elon Musk
• Lebron James
• Netflix
• Taco Bell
• Apple
• Amazon
• Spotify
• ....and so many more!

HOW TO USE IT:

• first day of school get-to-know-you activity
• icebreakers
• brain breaks
• morning meetings
• class parties
• day before/after break
• end of the year

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►You will love this well-organized activity that allows students have fun using critical thinking to decipher the lie statements, and hopefully, learn something new!

►This is an activity I use in my classroom every year and I know your students will love it!

Not quite what you're looking for?

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►►►Or check out the new**Gen-Z Game Bundle** that includes Would You Rather, Four Corners, and Two Truths and a Lie! Instant Engagement at Your Fingertips!

LOOKING FOR MORE FUN ACTIVITIES?

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ You may be interested in the money-saving Monthly Early Finisher Bundle. This Bundle includes a packet for each month of the year with 20 pages of seasonal activities, games, coloring sheets and other fun activities.

Each month includes the following:

• 1 Crossword Puzzle with solution
• 1 Sudoku with solution
• 1 Maze - with solution
• 1 Word Search
• 1 Tic Tac Toe partner game
• 1 Dot to Dot
• 1 Word Escape Puzzle - with answer key
• 1 Complete the Picture Symmetry sheet
• 1 Positive Affirmation Mandala Coloring Page
• 1 Think Outside the Box Drawing Sheets - 4 per page!
• 1 Pop Art Coloring Page
• 2 More Coloring Pages
• 1 Grid Drawing Challenge
• 1 Word Work Activity
• 1 Word Scramble with solution
• 1 I Spy Page
• 1 DIY Color by Number
• 1 Design Time Page
• 1 Connect the Dots partner game

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Looking for fun End of the Year projects and activities for the last weeks of school? Check out this printable Time Capsule activity packet that is just perfect for finishing the end of the year strong.  Geared toward Upper Elementary, Middle and High School students.

It is a great no-prep resource that you can use during the busy last weeks of school for an engaging activity that your students will LOVE! Students will have 20 pages in their "capsule" that helps them reflect on who they are as a person, their goals, and personalities. There are plenty of creative as well as writing activities to complete. Lots of activities you would expect to see in a time capsule like letters to your future self, your teacher and a list of current pressing issues happening in the world..all activities that are high-interest for Gen Z!

You can choose to place the completed time capsules in a box and unseal as a class at the end of the year. It'll be great to see how much students grow and change over the course of a single year! Or send the packets home with students after completion. What a wonderful, creative keepsake!

Stay strong teachers...you need a resource like this to make it to the finish line :)

A cover is also included-

Perfect for:

• early finishers
• after testing
• morning work
• independent classwork
• small groups
• sub work
• class games

**CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR FULL DETAILS!***

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE EARLY FINISHERS…

You may be interested in the money-saving Monthly Early Finisher Packets Bundle. Each packet comes with 20 pages. This Growing Bundle will soon include all 12 months of the year!! Get it now for over 30% off because the current price will be going up soon as new months are added! Packets for each month will be posted before the 1st of the month!

Do your kiddos like puzzles?? You might also be interested in the End of Year Puzzle Bundle (18-page packet) which includes:

• 8 challenging mazes
• 4 difficult word searches, with 48 words each!
• 4 word escape puzzles with varying difficulty levels, based on the popular mobile app!

Have a question?

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Looking for fun digital resources, like games, brain breaks and activities for your early finishers that aren't lame? Great for Fun Fridays!

Use this get to know you Four Corners classroom activity to get your students up and out of their seats and making connections! It's a Gen-Z approved game or icebreaker for Google Drive that is the perfect, no-prep activity to build classroom community at the start of the year...or anytime!

It's normal for students to feel anxious and this 4 Corners game is a fun, stress-free way for them to get to know their classmates, while sharing similarities about themselves! You will find a few typical all about me questions, but the majority of the slides are geared toward the interests of teenagers, leaning into social media, musical artists, food, fashion and more! You definitely won't see overused questions like "what's your favorite color?" or "How many siblings do you have?" You'll see instant engagement as students realize this isn't another boring classroom game.

►Use it as an engaging class activity throughout the year! It's the perfect icebreaker for middle and high school!

Simply print the included labels for each corner of your classroom and project one of the questions. Read it aloud, then students should move to the corner that corresponds with their answer choices. You'll quickly see that students will start opening up as they relax and feel confident to defend their choices.

INCLUDED WITH YOUR PURCHASE:

• 50 Questions (Google Slides)
• Includes a Blank Editable Slide
• 4 Printable Classroom Labels

The presentation includes 50 get-to-know-you questions. For example...

• Who do you think would win the rap battle?
• Which music artist do you think has the best live performances?
• If you could collaborate with any fashion brand, which would it be?
• What's your favorite way to spend time online?
• If you could switch lives with any celebrity for a day, who would it be?
• Which fast food restaurant would you want to eat at for the rest of your life?

HOW TO USE IT:

• first day of school get-to-know-you activity
• icebreaker
• brain breaks
• morning meeting
• teach respecting differences

***CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR FULL DETAILS!***

►You will love this well-organized activity that allows students to voice their opinions, defend their positions, and learn something new about each other!

►This is an activity I use in my classroom every year and I know your students will love it!

Not quite what you're looking for?

Check out all of my back to school products here.

►►►Or check out the new Gen-Z Game Bundle that includes Would You Rather, Four Corners, and Two Truths and a Lie! Instant Engagement at Your Fingertips!

LOOKING FOR MORE FUN ACTIVITIES?

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ You may be interested in the money-saving Monthly Early Finisher Bundle. This Bundle includes a packet for each month of the year with 20 pages of seasonal activities, games, coloring sheets and other fun activities.

Each month includes the following:

• 1 Crossword Puzzle with solution
• 1 Sudoku with solution
• 1 Maze - with solution
• 1 Word Search
• 1 Tic Tac Toe partner game
• 1 Dot to Dot
• 1 Word Escape Puzzle - with answer key
• 1 Complete the Picture Symmetry sheet
• 1 Positive Affirmation Mandala Coloring Page
• 1 Think Outside the Box Drawing Sheets - 4 per page!
• 1 Pop Art Coloring Page
• 2 More Coloring Pages
• 1 Grid Drawing Challenge
• 1 Word Work Activity
• 1 Word Scramble with solution
• 1 I Spy Page
• 1 DIY Color by Number
• 1 Design Time Page
• 1 Connect the Dots partner game

Have a question?

Please check out the Q&A section or message me and I'll get back to you within 24 hours.

Don't forget to leave me feedback! I love to hear what my buyers say, how the product worked for them, and any feedback I can use to improve my product! (It also earns you points towards future TeachShare Purchases)

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Looking for fun New Year projects and activities for the first week back to school after break? Check out this printable Time Capsule activity packet that is just perfect for the beginning of the new year. It is a perfect way to ease your students back into the routine of being in school.  Geared toward Upper Elementary, Middle and High School students.

The new year 2024 is the perfect time to reflect on 2023, set goals, and have some fun as students readjust to being back in school after winter break. Have students create this Time Capsule, then share with others to read. Purchase once, and this product can be used year after year and will be updated yearly!

It is a great no-prep resource that you can use during the critical first weeks of school for an engaging activity that your students will LOVE! Students will have 15 pages in their "capsule" (including the cover) that help them reflect on who they are as a person, their goals, and their personalities. Lots of activities you would expect to see in a time capsule like letter to your future self and a list of current pressing issues happening in the world..all activities that are high-interest for Gen Z!

Place the completed time capsules in a box and unseal as a class at the end of the year. It'll be great to see how much students grow and change over the course of a single year! Alternatively, students can choose the "Unseal on Date" as 5-10 years in the future, or on graduation! What a wonderful, creative keepsake!

**CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR FULL DETAILS!***

If you like this resource, you may be interested in the money-saving Monthly Early Finisher Growing Bundle. This Growing Bundle will soon include all 12 months of the year!! Get it now for 25% off because the current price will be going up soon as new months are added! Packets for each month will be posted before the 1st of the month!

**For personal and single classroom use only. If using with multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses at the discounted rate.**

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