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A-Z About Me!

A-Z About Me!
, Not Grade Specific,

Invite students to introduce themselves with an alphabet-organised response sheet. Choose from prompted categories or open A–Z lines for personal word choices.

Author Brave Education

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Tags A-Z, About Me, Back To School, Fun Facts, Alphabet

All About my Name Activity

All About my Name Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

A personalised page has students circle the letters of their own name on a full A-to-Z grid, then record its length, first letter and last letter.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags My Name, All About My Name, Back To School, Back To School Activities, First Day Of School, First Day Of School Activities, Handwriting, Back To School Literacy

Back to School Find Someone Who Activity

Back to School Find Someone Who Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Sixteen cactus-shaped prompts, from "likes dogs" to "is excited for school," send students around the room to find a classmate who fits each description and collect initials in the pot.

Author Rathgeber Resources

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Tags Back To School, Find Someone Who, August, Summer, Printable

Back to School Icebreaker: Two Truths & a Lie (French Version)

Back to School Icebreaker: Two Truths & a Lie (French Version)
, Not Grade Specific,

Six French-language cards ask students to write two truths and a lie, then a community-circle reading and guessing game reveals who fooled the class.

Author Brave Education

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Tags Back To School, Icebreaker, French, About Me

Back to School Maths Activity – Complete the Patterns Worksheets

Back to School Maths Activity – Complete the Patterns Worksheets
, Not Grade Specific,

Cut-and-paste pattern worksheets with a back-to-school theme: students look at each row, cut out the pictures at the bottom and glue the one that comes next.

Author Wonderland School

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Tags Back To School Math Activities, Back To School Worksheets, Back To School Patterns, Back To School Complete The Patterns, Back To School Math Worksheets

Brain Teaser - Find and Match Activity

Brain Teaser - Find and Match Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Odd-one-out word puzzles: in each line, students cross out the word that does not belong, then add a new word that fits with the rest.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Brain Teaser, First Day Of School, First Day Of School Activities, Back To School, Back To School Activities, Ice Breaker, Games, Early Finishers

Digital Sticker Charts Rewards | Daily Behaviour Chart Digital Stickers

Digital Sticker Charts Rewards | Daily Behaviour Chart Digital Stickers
, Not Grade Specific,

Digital Sticker Charts Rewards offers two visual tracking boards with student-name fields and repeated sticker positions. Teachers can add a marker as a learner progresses toward a defined classroom goal, routine, or accomplishment. The pages do not specify a behaviour system, reward threshold, or consequence, so those decisions remain with the teacher. Used thoughtfully, the charts can make positive progress visible without publicly comparing students or reducing complex behaviour to a single score.

Author LAMO

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Tags Back To School, Classroom Forms, Classroom Management

DIY Handprint Calendar - June Craft & Poem, Homeschool Activity

DIY Handprint Calendar - June Craft & Poem, Homeschool Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

A June handprint-calendar craft pairs a blank template image with a colour reference image, plus a third note file, for a keepsake calendar project.

Author Forever June Digital Design

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Tags Calendar Template, Handprint Art, Months Of The Year, End Of Year Gift, Kindergarten Poem, Homeschool Resource, Preschool Printables, June Crafts, Father's Day Activity, Spring Summer Coloring Pages

Help Me Get to Know Your Child |Questionnaire Parent Survey Worksheet

Help Me Get to Know Your Child |Questionnaire Parent Survey Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,

The questionnaire begins with household contact and preferred-name fields, then invites family members to describe the child in their own words. Later pages ask about school preferences, strengths, activities, hopes, potential health concerns, and interest in volunteering. Because responses may contain sensitive personal information, completed forms should be collected and stored securely. Teachers can also make clearly optional any prompt not needed for educational planning.

Author LAMO

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Tags Back To School, Handouts

Icebreaker Back To School Battle Brackets

Icebreaker Back To School Battle Brackets
, Not Grade Specific,

The printable provides an image and link to an externally hosted bracket icebreaker. Open the link before class to check access and choose how to use the activity.

Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor

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Tags Icebreakers, Back To School, Battle Brackets, Sel, Social Emotional Learning, Community Building, Games, Advisory, Debate, Social Skills

In My Heart – Back-to-School SEL Lesson

In My Heart – Back-to-School SEL Lesson
, Not Grade Specific,

Four hands-on emotional-literacy activities — a heart puzzle, a mini foldable book, a mood-meter page, and a multi-page flip book — help young children identify and express feelings, designed as a companion to the picture book In My Heart by Jo Witek.

Author Socializing with Sprouts

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Tags In My Heart, SEL, Feelings , Emotional Literacy, Expressing Emotions, Feelings Lesson Plan Preschool, Color Your Heart Activity, Feelings Of The Heart

My New School – Back-to-School Reading Passage

My New School – Back-to-School Reading Passage
, Not Grade Specific,

A short first-person narrative about starting a new school pairs with five comprehension questions and a full answer key.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Reading, Reading Comprehension, Back To School Reading, Back To School, Back To School Activities, August Reading, September Reading, First Week Of School Reading

My School Pledge Worksheet – Back to School

My School Pledge Worksheet – Back to School
, Not Grade Specific,

Thirteen "I will" commitments about effort, kindness and honesty fill a one-page class pledge, closing with a spot for students to sign and add a thumbprint.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Pledge, School Pledge, Student Pledge, First Day Of School, First Day Of School Activities, Back To School, Back To School Activities, Classroom Management

Parent Conference Notes Form

Parent Conference Notes Form
, Not Grade Specific,

Notes form for parent conferences such as parents' evenings, with fields for the student's name, date, strengths, concerns, classroom behaviour, work habits and general notes, repeated on six pages.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Parent Conference Notes, Parent Conference , Classroom Forms, Back To School, Back To School Activities, Parent Conference Form, First Day Of School

Pencils On Strike!

Pencils On Strike!
, Not Grade Specific,

Students plan reasons on a main-idea organiser and use them in a persuasive apology letter intended to bring the pencils back from their strike. A draw-and-write response and eight vocabulary cards extend the writing task.

Author First Grade Fan Club

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Tags Back To School, Persuasive Writing

Punctuation Practice - Cut and Paste

Punctuation Practice - Cut and Paste
, Not Grade Specific,

Cut-and-paste punctuation practice across three worksheets: students read short sentences and glue a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark at the end of each.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Punctuation, Grammar Worksheets, Grammar Activities, Reading Skills, Literacy Centers, Back To School, Back To School Activities, September Activities

Question of the Day | Back to School Edition

Question of the Day | Back to School Edition
, Not Grade Specific,

Back-to-school question of the day cards pose yes or no questions, such as whether students read a lot over the summer, and each child answers by clipping a named clothes peg to yes or no.

Author Easy Peasy Primary Resources

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Tags Back To School, Question Of The Day, August, Summer Activity, Graphing Activity

Routines & Procedures Bingo, Back to school Classroom rules Game

Routines & Procedures Bingo, Back to school Classroom rules Game
, Not Grade Specific,

Forty bingo boards pair with matching calling cards to turn classroom routines and procedures into a group game for the start of the year.

Author Perfect_Printables

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Tags Routines And Procedures Bingo, Classroom Rules Game, Back To School Bingo, Classroom Expectations Game, Classroom Procedures Activity, First Day Of School Game, School Routine Bingo, Classroom Management Printable, Classroom Rules Activity, Behavior Expectations Game

Sentence Sort - Grammar Practice

Sentence Sort - Grammar Practice
, Not Grade Specific,

Cut-and-paste sentence sort: students read phrases and complete sentences, then glue each one under A sentence or Not a sentence, across three pages of six items each.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Grammar, Grammar Worksheets, Back To School, Back To School Activities, Sentence Structure, Phonics, September Activities, Writing Activities

Tally Marks Counting 1 to 20 – Practice Worksheet

Tally Marks Counting 1 to 20 – Practice Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,

Five practice pages each show a set of tally marks for students to count and write as a number, repeating the same simple instruction on every page.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Tally Marks, Counting, Math, First Grade Math, Back To School, Back To School Math, Back To School Activities, Math Worksheets, Numbers

Teacher Appreciation Gift – Thumbprint Art Card

Teacher Appreciation Gift – Thumbprint Art Card
, Not Grade Specific,

The printable offers two closely related message variations for thanking a teacher. Students contribute thumbprints or small fingerprint marks to create a collective artwork, turning the card into a class-made keepsake. The simple format supports participation by many learners without requiring lengthy writing. Teachers preparing the activity should use washable, non-toxic ink and plan adult supervision, drying time, and name placement.

Author Forever June Digital Design

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Tags Thank You Cards, Teacher Gift, Appreciation Week, Last Day Of School, End Of Year, Handprint Crafts, Retirement Gifts, Student Teachers, DIY Fingerprint Art, Back To School Resource

The Kissing Hand – Printable Mini Book Activity

The Kissing Hand – Printable Mini Book Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

The pages reference a named picture book and use short sentence frames about the first day of school and present feelings. Learners complete personal emotion statements, creating a simple bridge between story response and self-reflection. The activity is not a reproduction of the full story, but it depends on a copyrighted source and character. Exact source wording and any identifying details remain minimised pending rights review.

Author Lauren DeSantis

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Tags The Kissing Hand, Writing, Back To School, Social Emotional, Literacy, The Kissing Hand Book Pdf, Kissing Hand Art Activities, The Kissing Hand Lesson Plans And Activities, The Kissing Hand In Spanish, The Kissing Hand Art Projects, Kissing Hand Lesson Plans

The Letter " E" Dot Marker Activity

The Letter " E" Dot Marker Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

A single letter-E page pairs "E is for Eggplant" with a dot-marker outline for practising the letter shape and fine-motor dabbing.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Dot Painting, Dot Marketer, Coloring, Coloring Pages, Letters, Alphabet, Coloring Letters, Back To School, Back To School Activities