All About my Name Activity

A personalized 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.

Grades: Preschool–4, Elementary
Pages: 1
File type: PDF
Preparation: Print ready

Updated Jun 19, 2025

Subject: Back To School, Holidays, Holiday & Seasonal, Writing, Language Development, ELA
Topic: My Name, All About My Name
Resource types: Centers, Assessments, Lesson Plans, Activities, Teacher Tools, Worksheets & Printables
Preparation: Print ready

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About this resource

Start the school year with a fun and meaningful activity your students will remember, All About My Name! This resource is a great way to help students open up, share their stories, and learn about each other on the very first day. It’s simple, personal, and perfect for building classroom connections.

How You Can Use It:

Great for the first day or week of school to break the ice.
Use it as a writing prompt, part of an introductory lesson, or to create a classroom display.
Works well with students of all ages, from younger learners to teens.
Tie it into language arts lessons on personal narratives or identity.

Why Teachers Love It:

Helps students feel seen and valued.
Makes it easier to remember students' names and stories.
Encourages respect, curiosity, and kindness in the classroom.
Gets kids thinking creatively and writing about something meaningful.
No prep needed, just print and go.
Supports social-emotional learning by letting students share who they are.

Pfg file includes 1 page.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Identify which letters of the alphabet appear in one's own name.
Count the total number of letters in one's own name.
Identify the first and last letters of one's own name.

Teaching tips

Have students complete the circling step first, then use the completed grid to count and confirm the total in the blank at the bottom, since the count prompt follows the alphabet grid.
Model the task once as a class before independent work, since the page gives no worked example beyond the prompt language itself.
Use this as a personalized name activity at any point in the year, since every prompt is completed using only the student's own name.

Skills covered

Letter recognition -- students scan a full A-to-Z grid and identify only the letters that appear in their own name.
Basic counting -- students count the total number of letters in their name.
Positional awareness -- students identify the first and last letters in a sequence (their own name).

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Letter recognition
Alphabet
Name activity

Topics

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

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Back To School Holidays Holiday & Seasonal Writing Language Development ELA

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