$5 - $10 8th Grade Back to School Resources (by price, low to high)

Elevate your middle school classroom environment with our "Ultimate SEL and Community Building Toolkit." This all-encompassing resource is expertly crafted to enrich your classroom with Social Emotional Learning (SEL), community builders, behavior management techniques, and much more. Whether you're hitting the reset button mid-year, kicking off a new semester, or integrating SEL into your daily curriculum, this toolkit is your go-to resource.

What’s Included:

• 20 Themed Community Circles: Dive into 20 meticulously prepared community circles, each with five thought-provoking questions. Themes range from empathy and leadership to bystander awareness, complete with opening and closing rounds for meaningful discussions. (PowerPoint slides)
• "Picture This" Activity: Leverage technology with our 25 creative photo prompts, encouraging students to share and connect through images from their phones. (PowerPoint slides)
• "Cross the Line" Interactive Slides: Engage your class with 25 dynamic slides featuring prompts about family, identity, and school life, perfect for fostering understanding and empathy. (PowerPoint slides)
• "Who Am I?" Game: A fun, interactive way for students to share unique facts about themselves, enhancing peer connections. (PDF)
• Peer Mediation Worksheet: Empower student leaders with our structured peer mediation worksheet, guiding them to resolve conflicts effectively. (PDF)
• "Find Someone Who" Icebreakers: Seven sets of themed icebreakers, ranging from current trends to school life, music, movies, and pop culture, are perfect for building a vibrant classroom community. (PDF)
• Classroom Time Capsule: Capture the essence of your classroom with a timeless activity, including thoughtful prompts and ideas for items to include. (PDF)
• 20 Gratitude Journal Prompts: Foster a culture of appreciation with prompts that encourage reflective writing and gratitude. (PDF)
• Student Spotlight Worksheet: Shine a light on individual students, promoting recognition and positive affirmations within your class. (PDF)
• Empathy Interviews: Deepen understanding and empathy with 10 sets of interview questions, encouraging meaningful peer-to-peer connections. (PDF)

Each activity in this toolkit comes with comprehensive protocols, clear instructions, essential materials lists, suggested teacher dialogues, and practical considerations. Additionally, you'll find ready-to-use worksheets or engaging Slide presentations to seamlessly integrate these activities into your daily teaching routine.

Ideal For:

• SEL Coordinators
• Middle School Teachers
• Behavior Management Specialists
• New Teachers or Mid-Year Classroom Resets
• Beginning of the Year Activities

Highlights

1. Content Quality and Quantity: This toolkit is comprehensive, offering a wide range of activities with detailed guides, which adds significant value.
2. Preparation and Time Saved: Consider the time and effort you’ve saved for other teachers in preparing these activities.
3. Usability and Reusability: The resource is versatile and reusable throughout the year, adding to its long-term value.

This toolkit is more than just a collection of activities; it's a pathway to creating a nurturing, empathetic, and engaged classroom community. Equip yourself with this invaluable resource and witness the transformative power of SEL in your middle school classroom!

Goal Setting | Goal Tracker | Smart Goals | Goal Setting Activities | SEL

About This Resource

★ Topic - Academic SEL Goal Setting | S.M.A.R.T. Goals

**★ **3 Comprehensive Activities

**★ **18 pages

**★ **Print and Digital versions

**★ **Suitable for Middle School and High School

**★ **Social Emotional Learning

This resource includes:

**★ **Mapping My Academic Goals Packet

**★ **Academic Growth Tracker Goals Packet

**★ **Strengthen My Skills Goals Packet

**★ **Detailed Sample Responses

**★ 3 **Google Slide links

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Support student success with this Academic Goal Setting SEL Packet, featuring three comprehensive, student-centered activities designed to help middle and high school learners reflect, set goals, and take ownership of their academic growth. Each activity is built around social-emotional learning and helps students build self-awareness, make thoughtful decisions, and set realistic academic goals they can work toward throughout the school year.

These activities are designed to help students develop academic goal-setting skills through guided reflection, SMART goal creation, and actionable planning.

This resource includes:
✔️ 3 unique academic goal-setting activities (3 pages for each activity)
✔️ Print and digital formats for flexible use (Text boxes already created)

✔️ Detailed sample responses for every section
✔️ No prep required – ready to use

What's Included:

✅ Mapping My Academic Goals

**Focus: Reflecting on academic habits and setting general academic goals
Students complete an Academic Self-Check, develop a SMART goal, outline an Action Plan, and reflect on personal motivation and challenges.

Best for: Start-of-term goal setting, grade reflection, or academic resets.

✅ Level Up My Learning – Academic Growth Tracker

Focus: Improving learning habits and self-awareness
Students explore how they learn best, choose an area for academic growth, create a personalized SMART goal, and reflect on how to stay motivated.

Best for: Building self-regulation, metacognition, and growth mindset.

✅ Strengthen My Skills: Academic Focus Plan

***Focus: ***Strengthening a specific academic skill
Students select a focus area (e.g., note-taking, organization, class participation), set a targeted goal, and create a strategy for improvement.

Best for: Study skills units, student support programs, or academic interventions.

Benefits of Engaging in these Activities:

▶ Build self-awareness and reflection around academic habits

▶ Teach students how to set and follow through on SMART goals

▶ Encourage responsibility and ownership of learning

▶ Improve motivation, organization, and study skills

▶ Reinforce key SEL skills like self-management and decision-making

▶ Help students use feedback to grow as learners

▶ Prepare students for success beyond the classroom

▶ Easy to implement with no prep—ideal for advisory, SEL, or study skills lessons

Ideal for:

★ High school students (grades 9–12)

★ Middle school students (with scaffolding or support)

★ Advisory/homeroom periods

★ Study skills classes

★ SEL lessons or workshops

★ Academic coaching or intervention groups

★ College and career readiness programs

★ Students needing goal-setting support or reflection time

★ Special education or resource room settings (with differentiation)

★ Back-to-school or mid-year academic reset activities

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It's time to get organized for the 2024-2025 school year. Here is a cute monthly-themed school-year calendar! Use it as a communication tool to parents, map out curriculum, keep track of meetings and important events, or use it as a classroom calendar. I hope it helps you get organized!

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French Listening Comprehension -La Rentrée des Classes - Compréhension Orale

This is a listening comprehension exercise to accompany the episode «Babar: La Rentrée des Classes»

There are 45 chronological multiple choice listening comprehension questions for your students to work through while watching this Babar episode.

This is an excellent exercise in French listening comprehension for intermediate level students to work on independently, perhaps in the language lab or for homework. You can also use this exercise as a classroom activity for lower levels that students work on together and along with your help.

You may also enjoy the following listening comprehension activities:

• Minuit à Paris: Listening Comprehension Activity + Questions
• Arrival at Paris Airport: Listening Comprehension Exercise and Questions
• Beginner French Listening Comprehension: Les Étudiants
• Une Visite Guidée au Louvre: Listening Comprehension + Questions

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Looking for fun back to school icebreaker activities to make the first days or week of high school effortless? You need your new batch of kiddos to get to know their classmates to ensure a wonderful new year. Then check out these fun Ice Breakers which will get your students to know their new classmates...with questions that aren't lame!

It'll keep your kids busy and coming back for more! It is a great no-prep resource that you can use during the critical first week of school for an engaging activity that your students will LOVE!

This resource includes:

• Find Someone Who... Game
• Fortune Teller Foldable

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You might be interested in the Time Capsule Back to School Packet, which includes 22 pages in a "capsule" that helps students reflect on who they are as a person, their goals, and reveals their personalities. There are plenty of creative as well as writing activities to complete. Also, tons of activities you would expect to see in a time capsule like letters to your future self and a list of current pressing issues happening in the world..all activities that are high-interest for Gen Z! Students love unsealing them at the end of the year or at some point in the future...like graduation!

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Need a fun way to introduce Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets to upper elementary or middle school students? This great lesson incorporates back to school themed art as students learn the basics of Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. First, they'll create a quick pixel art from a given example and then they'll create their own! These are also fun lessons to use if you just need something for a one day lesson. Perfect for the beginning of the school year too.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files Included

• Teacher & Student Resources

• Introduction to Pixel Art Lesson (Microsoft Excel project) with tutorial

• Introduction to Pixel Art Lesson (Google Sheets project) with tutorial

• Legends and Sample Pictures for 8 Additional Pictures

• Full Excel (2016) editable files for all pixel art projects (note: these can be opened in Google Sheets too)

Contains instructions and samples for these pixel art designs:

Samples

1 - Box of Crayons

2 – Calculator

Easy

1 – Apple

2 – Lunch Bag

Additional Pictures

1 – School Bus

2 – Pencil

3 – Combination Lock

4 - Scissors

5 – Stapler

6 – Composition Book

I've used this with 7th and 8th graders who used their free time to create even more art! I hope your students have as much fun as mine did learning Excel!

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AVID Back to School | August Early Finisher Activity Packet-With WICOR Skills: This engaging resource is great for the month of August! Use for early finishers, sub plans, or even as printable worksheets used in study hall. It combines fun activities with academic enrichment, offering a blend of back to school fun and educational content. Students will enjoy exciting challenges, goal-setting exercises, graphic organizers and an inspiring reading passage accompanied by thought-provoking questions, and more!

Get this packet and one for every month of the year by purchasing the AVID Early Finisher Bundle HERE! :)

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Directions:

1. option 1- print and hole punch, students keep the pack in the AVID section of their binders and complete when they finish tutorials or class work early
2. option 2- use for sub plans in the month of August
3. option 3- students complete pieces of the packet each Friday through the month of August

21 Pages Included in This Packet:

• A cover page
• What is AVID reading passage with questions
• What is AVID Costa's questions
• Academic SMART goal sheet
• Create your own missions statement
• SAT vocabulary
• Non-academic SMART goal sheet
• Student interest survey
• My AVID binder symbols page
• Pathos, ethos and logos worksheet
• AVID student Frayer model
• Think about it sheet
• AVID contract review with questions
• All about me this or that
• Partner interview sheet
• In my AVID era coloring page
• Back to school finish the story prompt
• Sudoku
• Summer snapshots
• Maze challenge
• Sudoku answer key
• Maze answer key

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Get Back to School ready with this fun Space Classroom Decor Pack. This easy to print resource is perfect for preschool, pre-K, kindergarten, first & second grade. It includes editable name tags, Days of the Week flashcards, Months of the Year posters and group labels. Easily edit your labels and tags to suit your classroom needs using the editable name tags. Whether you're enhancing your bulletin boards, creating interactive displays or fostering a sense of belonging with personalized name tags, this pack is has you covered. From rocket ships and planets to twinkling stars and astronauts, the Space theme will ignite the imagination of your students and foster a love for learning.

Included in the pack:

• Editable Name and Desk Tags,
• Number line Desk Tags. (editable and no editable)
• Group Work Tags,
• Days of the Week, (Two designs)
• Months of the Year. (Two designs)

To edit the Name Tags open it with Microsoft Powerpoint, Google Slides or Keynote on your device. Choose any font you like and type in your text. Editable refers to the *text* within the file being customisable. Images and color palettes are not editable.

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Welcome to (pre-k, kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th) grade pastel bulletin board kit. Transform your classroom with our Dreamy Pastel Bulletin Board Kit, designed for an elegant back-to-school makeover! This kit features boarders, letters, and tags, allowing you to personalize your bulletin board to perfectly match your back to school classroom theme. With its soft pastel colors, it creates a calming and inviting atmosphere that will inspire both you and your students.

Perfect for teachers looking for stylish and customizable classroom decor, this kit is ideal for setting up your bulletin board with ease and creativity. Enhance your classroom environment and make a lasting impression this school year!

Elevate your classroom decor with our Dreamy Pastel Bulletin Board Kit, perfect for a fresh back-to-school season! This versatile kit includes boarders, editable letters, and stylish tags, making it easy to create an inviting and organized classroom decoration.

✨Zip file includes:

1- Editable PowerPoint Document (to edit name tags)

2- PDF (for fast print)

✨What is included?

10 colorful pastel color boarders

10 colorful pastel pencil boarders

1 colorful boarder

10 editable pencil name tags

26 large pastel uppercase letters

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, - for pre-k

10 colors colored pencils for decoration

10 colors arrow decoration

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Start each and every morning on a positive note with these unique inspirational quotes, motivational quotes, or daily quick write statements. Use the included inspirational quotes in a variety of ways, my favorite being as a quote of the day activity with students. This download includes a printable version and a link to the digital Google Slides™ version.

Pick one of the 180 included inspirational quotes to read aloud to your classroom or on the school news. Engage students in a discussion as to what the inspirational quote means to them. Deepen student understanding and enrich student learning by using these motivational quotes as a daily quick write activity prompt with your students. 

Included in this Download:

• 180 Inspirational Quotes (PDF Download, Printable)
• "I liked the quote.." Exit Tickets 
• Google Slides™ Link (clickable link found on page three of PDF)

Start school on a positive note as you build classroom community and make your students feel at ease in the classroom. At the beginning of each class or at the start of the day, pull out a quote at random and read it to the class. Leave “I Liked the Quote” slips next to your Inspiration Jar (the container you house the quotes in). When a student feels moved by a quote, they can write down the quote to keep for when they need a little inspiration.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ VI says, "These are thought-provoking and genuinely suitable for upper primary aged students. Brilliant for discussions and a "Quote of the Day." Thank you"

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Jumpstart the back-to-school season with our comprehensive resource designed for grade 7 and 8 teachers. Our "First Week Back" guide offers engaging daily activities to ensure a smooth and successful transition into the new school year. Each day is tailored to captivate students, set clear expectations, and build a positive classroom environment from day one.

What's included:

Day 1

• 21 slides (Includes introducing yourself to the class, basic expectations/rules, name tag creation, knowledge and creativity quiz, and character traits in the classroom.

Day 2

• 31 slides (includes review of day 1, team building activity, math problem solving activity, art/relaxation activity, nature scavenger hunt – note activity is done using metric terms)

Day 3

• 8 slides (listening activity, name tags continued, enneagram test, spelling test, read aloud – Where Oliver Fits In

Day 4

• 29 slides (journal writing, art, “One Job” attention to details activity, learning skills activity, back to school writing activity, math mindset survey.

Bonus

• In A Million Words or Less assignment for parents/guardians. This is something to be sent home on the first day of school.

Note: The powerpoint is editable, but will require you to download specific fonts for formatting purposes. Fonts are listed in the resource.

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Winter break has come to an end and students will soon fill the seats of your classroom. Use this icebreaker activity when your kiddos return in January to engage your learners before diving back into the meat of things!

Students can go around the room and learn a little about their peers time off during the holidays by filing out their 15 question activity sheet by writing their classmate's name next to their corresponding activity. This is a great and informal way to allow students time to chat about their time away from school and build community by sharing commonalities.

This "Find Someone Who" icebreaker activity is sure to be a fan favorite!

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This product is the PERFECT back to school bulletin board if you teach Pre Algebra or Algebra 1. The questions are important skills they need to master but they are also doable for the first couple days of school!

Topics Included:

-Solving one and two step linear equations

-Fractions

-Percents & Decimals

-Ratios and Proportions

-Integer Operations

-Perfect Squares

-Order of Operations

-Combining Like Terms

-Greatest Common Factor

-Distribution

What you get:

-22 letters

-80 math problems

-answer key

Size Information

-The font size for each letter is 530

-The height of each letter is about 6 inches

-The width varies depending on the letter

-All letters print on 8.5” by 11” paper

How does it work

-The letters to the phrase “LOOK WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW!” are one to a page for a total of 22 characters all together.

-On each letter are anywhere from 2-4 math problems from 6th - 8th grade Math.

-If you have 22 students in your class, give your students each a character. If you have more or less put them in groups and give them more than 1 or have the work together on one letter.

-Have them solve the problems, color the letter in and then cut it out!

Why is this awesome?

-You can let your students choose their letter (that way they can take questions they feel confident in)

-Students will be creating your bulletin board and take ownership of their work. This makes the class feel like their class!

-You can start them off showing them HOW MUCH THEY ALREADY KNOW and building confidence in them from the start!

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Get ready for a groovy year with our Retro Summer Bulletin Board Kit! Perfect for summer classroom door decor and June-July bulletin board ideas, this kit brings those vibrant summer vibes right into your classroom. Let's groove into summer together!

Included with this digital download:

—3 Different Sayings in 3 Different Color Choices

(Solid Black, Multicolor, & Black Outline)

—Bulletin Board Banner

—Bulletin Board Decor

—Bulletin Board Borders

—PDF (8.5x11)

—JPEG files for Cutting Machines

—Editable Nametags

Why You'll Love This Kit-

• Vibrant and Fun: Bright, retro colors and designs bring an energetic summer vibe to your classroom.
• Engaging Themes: Groovy patterns and catchy phrases like "Groovin' into Summer" create a lively learning environment.
• Easy to Use: Simple setup and versatile components make decorating quick and effortless.
• Seasonal Inspiration: Perfect for June and July, this kit keeps the classroom atmosphere fresh and exciting.
• Inclusive Decor: Welcomes students back with a warm, inviting summer theme that fosters a positive mood.

Use this kit to decorate any size display area!

You can easily enlarge or shrink any of the decor pieces or letters during printing using Adobe Reader(free to download if you dont already have) it.

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Looking for a versatile and engaging resource to kickstart your classroom each day? This comprehensive set of 50 check-in slides is perfect for any subject area, advisory periods, or as conversation starters, bell ringers, or SEL activities. These slides are designed to foster reflection, build community, and create meaningful conversations in your classroom, all while being easy to use and adaptable to your needs.

Product Features:

• 50 Unique Check-In Slides: With a wide variety of themes including emojis, weather, animals, colors, songs, and more, these slides ensure that your students start the day reflecting on their emotions, sharing their thoughts, and connecting with their peers.
• Flexible Use: Whether you're teaching math, language arts, science, or social studies, these slides can be seamlessly integrated into any lesson. They are also perfect for advisory periods, morning meetings, or as part of your SEL (Social Emotional Learning) curriculum.
• Year-Round Utility: With 50 unique slides, this resource can be used for 10 weeks straight without repeats, making it a staple in your daily routine. Whether you need a quick bell ringer, a conversation starter, or a community-building activity, this resource has you covered.
• Build Community: Encourage students to share and listen to each other's responses, fostering a positive and supportive classroom environment. These activities help students develop self-awareness, empathy, and communication skills.
• Engage All Learners: The diverse range of check-ins ensures that there’s something for every student, whether they relate more to visuals, emotions, or metaphors. This inclusivity helps every student feel seen and heard.

Ideas to Use:

• Morning Routines: Start each day with a quick and easy check-in to gauge your students' mood and mindset.
• SEL Activities: Incorporate these slides into your social-emotional learning curriculum to help students develop key emotional intelligence skills.
• Bell Ringers: Use these slides as an engaging way to transition into your daily lessons, helping students shift their focus and prepare mentally.
• Advisory Periods: Foster deeper connections and discussions during advisory time with thought-provoking questions and activities.
• Conversation Starters: Encourage students to share and discuss their thoughts, building communication skills and classroom community.

Why This Resource?

Creating a classroom environment where students feel connected, understood, and engaged is key to successful learning. These check-in slides are designed to help you achieve that goal effortlessly. By incorporating these daily check-ins into your routine, you’re not just starting the day on the right foot—you’re building a classroom culture where every student feels valued.

Get ready to make mornings the best part of the day with these engaging, reflective, and fun check-in slides. Perfect for year-round use and suitable for students of all ages!

Using cootie catchers (fortune tellers) to get students speaking to each other and to help them get to know their classmates better is a great idea at any time of the year. Your students already love them, and cootie catchers are the perfect ice breaker activity for back to school. This resource is in English and is suitable for any teacher who wants his or her students to interact and learn fun facts about each other.

This file includes ten different ice breaker cootie catchers. The file also contains 2 blank templates for making your own cootie catchers (a perfect activity for test review questions). Each version includes 8 fun questions for a total of 80 getting to know you questions. Some of the questions are really silly while others demand more reflection.

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Here's everything you get:

10 different cootie catchers, each has 8 questions for a total of 80

Color and black and white copies are included

2 blank templates to make your own review games (one with classic cars and one with flowers)

Instructions on how to fold cootie catchers

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AVID Back to School | September Early Finisher Activity Packet-With WICOR Skills: This engaging resource is great for the month of September! Use for early finishers, sub plans, or even as printable worksheets used in study hall. It combines fun activities with academic enrichment, offering a blend of back to school fun and educational content. Students will enjoy exciting challenges, goal-setting exercises, graphic organizers and a reading passage accompanied by thought-provoking questions, and more!

Get this packet and one for every month of the year by purchasing the AVID Early Finisher Bundle HERE! :)

✨AVID Growing Bundle✨

✨AVID Back to School Bundle✨

Directions:

1. option 1- print and hole punch, students keep the pack in the AVID section of their binders and complete when they finish tutorials or class work early
2. option 2- use for sub plans in the month of September
3. option 3- students complete pieces of the packet each Friday through the month of September

21 Pages Included in This Packet:

• A cover page
• Finish the Story with lined paper
• Sudoku (with answer key)
• Academic Goal Sheet
• Non-Academic Goal Sheet
• Autumn Word Search (with answer key)
• Create Your Own AVID Word Search
• Connecting Thinking Sheet- using notes from a core class
• Think About It Reflection Sheet
• My AVID Family Bingo
• SAT Vocabulary Chart
• Create an AVID Graphic Organizer
• Organization Checklist and Goal Setting
• 4 Day School Week Passage with questions
• Connecting Thinking- writing questions over the passage
• AVID Survey
• Riddle Me This (with answer key)
• Coloring Page with Inspirational Quote
• WICOR This- adding WICOR activities seen in other classes
• Creating an AVID Classroom Slogan
• AVID Goals Sheet

AVID

Early Finisher Packets

*Note all products may be used in virtual systems like Outschool without the purchase of extra licenses

Growth Mindset Bundle

Are you looking for a way to get your students to think more deeply about their mindset toward learning. This huge set of writing prompts, growth mindset vs. fixed mindset posters, and quotes provides opportunity for student to think about and write about each of the growth mindsets as well as a way to apply them to their own lives.

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Do you need a Growth Mindset display only or just the writing prompts? Check out these fabulous resources!

Growth Mindset Poster Set.

Growth Mindset Journal Pages.

Growth Mindset Digital Journal- Google Slides.

All Growth Mindset Products are available in white and dark backgrounds! Check them all out at Kile's Classroom

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More Great Products from Kile's Classroom

5th Grade Math Interactive Notebook.

Interactive Word Wall.

Reading Logs for a Full Year.

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Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with this heartfelt bulletin board kit featuring globes, apples, succulents, and books, symbolizing the invaluable knowledge and nurturing spirit of our teachers, staff, faculty and administration in your school. Show your gratitude and admiration for teachers and staff with this thoughtful classroom decor, a beautiful way to say "thank you" during Teacher Appreciation Week and all year round.

Included with this digital download:

—3 Different Sayings in 3 Different Color Choices

(Solid Black, Multicolor, & Black Outline)

—Bulletin Board Banner

—Bulletin Board Decor

—Bulletin Board Borders

—PDF (8.5x11)

—JPEG files for Cutting Machines

—Editable Nametags

—Photo Frames

Use this kit to decorate any size display area!

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End Of Year Bulletin Board Kit

Spring Bulletin Board Kit Bundle

Boho Rainbow Classroom Decor Bundle

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10 Motivational Math Posters includes Black & White version. Classroom Posters or Bulletin Board additions. INCLUDES FIRST DAY / BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITY SHEEETS

Inspire your students with this set of 10 motivational math quotes posters, designed to brighten up your classroom and encourage a positive attitude towards math. Each poster features a unique and uplifting quote with vibrant clipart, and a black & white version is included for added flexibility. As a BONUS, this bundle comes with three engaging activity sheets that will help students connect with the quotes on a deeper level.

What's Included:

1. **Motivational Math Quotes Posters:
   **10 colorful posters featuring motivational math quotes.
2. **Black & White Posters:
   **Black & white versions of each poster for easy printing and customization.
3. Activity Sheets: (see preview)

• ACTIVITY 1: Clipart Scavenger Hunt: Students will embark on a fun scavenger hunt to find specific clipart within the posters. Once they locate the clipart, they will write down the quote from that poster, ensuring they read and reflect on each inspirational message.
• ACTIVITY 2: Reflection Sheet: This activity encourages students to think critically about the quotes and how they relate to their personal experiences and goals.
• ACTIVITY 3: Create Your Own Motivational Quote Poster: Students will be given an instruction sheet and a blank sheet to create their own poster.

Key Features:

• Engaging and Inspirational: Motivational quotes to boost students' enthusiasm and positivity towards math.
• Interactive Activities: Fun and thoughtful activities to help students connect with the quotes.
• Versatile Use: Posters and activities are perfect for classroom decoration and individual reflection.

OTHER BACK-TO-SCHOOL PRODUCTS:

• ALL ABOUT ME Grades 6 - 8
• MATH ABOUT ME
• HUMAN BINGO with a twist
• WORD SEARCH
• WOULD YOU RATHER
• BACK-TO-SCHOOL Taboo Presentation
• BACK-TO-SCHOOL Taboo Cards
• CLASSROOM RULES POSTERS

Keywords: Motivational math quotes, classroom posters, back-to-school, first day activities, math inspiration, student engagement, interactive worksheets, reflection activities, clipart scavenger hunt, DIY, create your own poster

See what teachers are saying:

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"This poster+activity set is fantastic! The motivational math quotes are inspiring, and my students loved the scavenger hunt activity. Highly recommend!"

— Ms. Thompson, 5th Grade Teacher

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"These posters are perfect for decorating my classroom at the start of the school year. The bonus activity sheets are a great way to get students interacting with the quotes. My class particularly enjoyed making their own motivational posters. This bundle is a wonderful addition to my classroom resources."

— Mr. Garcia, Middle School Math Teacher

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"I was looking for something unique to inspire my students, and this product delivered."

— Mrs. Lee, 8th Grade Teacher

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"My students absolutely love the motivational math quotes! The reflection sheet prompted some great discussions. This bundle has made a positive impact in my classroom."

— Ms. Patel, High School Math Teacher