I wanted to stop by today and share some a few of my “go-to” activities during the first week of school to build our classroom community and set expectations for […]

SAMANTHA HENRY

My favorite Back to School Activities in my first grade classroom! These are my go-to activities for the first week of school!

First week of school activities for kindergarten & 1st grade students including First Day Jitters, school bus safety, & friendship activities.

During the first week of first grade, it's important to plan engaging and fun activities to build community and relationships with your students.

Planning for your first back to school activities can feel overwhelming! Here are my first week of school lesson plans and resources.

Want to teach rules and expectations in an engaging way? Use picture books! These 15 picture books are some of the best to start your year.

The first day of first grade is always a really fun, but hectic day for my littles. They are so excited to come to school, but they are always a little nervous since they don’t know what to expect when they walk through my classroom door. I always have an activity such as a first day coloring page or a play-doh model on their desks to work on right when they come in so my students are busy creating while I welcome students and take attendance.

My new firsties and I just finished up our first week (3 days) of first grade! I must say, we are off to one amazing start! Here is some of the stuff we accomplished this week for our first week of first grade! The very first thing we did on the first day of school, after we introduced ourselves was make our Good Morning chart. (Images from Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits) A HUGE mistake I made last year was not having a flow chart for the morning and afternoon. It was a major priority this…