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Back to School Icebreaker Worksheet
This Back to School Icebreaker Worksheet is the perfect way for your students to get to know each other and have fun during the first days of school.
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Back to School Icebreaker: Guess Who?
Fun activity to do as a whole class or smaller groups! Each student fills out the card and the rest of the students guess which card belongs to who.
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Back to School Icebreaker: Talk About Us
This activity is a fun way for your students to get to know their classmates. Just roll the dice twice and discuss the selected subject!
Math review
Back to School Jigsaw Puzzle
a digital, self-checking jigsaw puzzle in PowerPoint where students solve two-digit addition and subtraction equations and reveal/assemble puzzle pieces as a reward for correct answers
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Math review
Back to School Math Escape Room Bundle / 2nd Grade Math Centers
A themed math 'escape room' activity where students solve math problems at stations to earn code digits and unlock a final code, for Grade 2 review.
Back To School September | Kindergarten Unplugged / Digital Coding
An unplugged/digital coding (computer science logic) activity themed around back-to-school and Hour of Code, teaching kindergarten students basic programming logic without necessarily requiring computers.
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Beginning of the School Year | Get to Know You SEL Activity
Build classroom community and social-emotional/communication skills at the start of the school year through a 'Boom Cube' get-to-know-you game.
Beginning of the Year Escape Room
A growth-mindset-themed escape room activity for the start of the school year, combining puzzle-solving with lessons on reframing negative self-talk.
Bingo Game Kindergarten Bundle | All Year Long | Holidays and Seasons
Do your littles like to play bingo? Here is a bundle that has 35 themed BINGO Card Sets! It has one set for every holiday and lots of themes to keep you going all year round!
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Classroom Procedures Bingo – Back-to-School Game
Use a familiar bingo format to introduce a classroom-procedures activity. The download includes bingo boards with a central free space, calling cards, printable markers and a guide for preparing and running the game. Choose a winning pattern before play and model how to match a called item to a board square. The materials can be kept together for another group game.
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Find Someone Who- All about Summer!
Students use two Find Someone Who grids to talk with classmates about summer experiences and interests for the new school year. They ask questions and record a matching classmate in the appropriate box. Model a follow-up question before circulating so the activity can lead to a short conversation rather than stopping with a yes-or-no reply.
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First Day of Middle School Activities
A set of first-days-of-school icebreaker activities for middle school students to build community and get to know classmates.
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French: Back to School Task Cards
The French: Back to School Task Cards resource is a great activity for back to school! There are 25 questions to be printed 4 per page. A recording sheet is included for students to play SCOOT.
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Getting to Know You - Back to School Cootie Catchers
Kickstart the back-to-school season with our exciting resource: "Back to School Cootie Catchers" – the perfect way to foster classroom community and have a blast while answering fun questions!
Math review
Grocery Game: Estimating, Adding, and Multiplying Decimals - Fall Edition
Do you want your students to practice loads of decimal operations and money math without using a worksheet? Try this fun math game that your whole class can play while they pretend to grocery shop and stick to a budget!
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Ice Breakers: Games to Get them Going #2: Social Interaction Activities
Ice Breakers: Games to Get them Going #2: Social Interaction Activities This is a highly valuable teaching resource specifically designed for educators.
Icebreaker Back To School Battle Brackets
Open the linked six-slide Google Slides file and make a personal copy to edit. Choose a themed bracket or the blank version. Have students vote between paired choices, record the winners and repeat for the semifinal and final rounds. Invite students to explain their preferences; there are no right or wrong answers.
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Maneesha Goes Back To School Boom Cards! An SEL Choose Her Fate Deck-With Audio & Handout!
Maneesha Goes Back to School - An Interactive Audio and Handout Learning Tool Introducing an artfully designed educational resource, the Maneesha Goes Back to School interactive deck.
Middle School TEKS Team-Building Challenge: 11-Station Journey
Middle School TEKS Team-Building Challenge: 11-Station Journey Introducing a dynamic way to kick off the school year or shake up the classroom routine with our Middle School TEKS Team-Building Challenge.
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Première semaine d'école, septembre vol 1 (#696)
A French-language back-to-school activity workbook (eduKted #696, 'Première semaine d'école, vol 1') covering icebreakers, classroom vocabulary, social skills, drama, and writing activities for the first week of school.
Routines & Procedures Bingo, Back to school Classroom rules Game
Make a beginning-of-year routines review into a shared bingo game. Show and name each calling card, invite a quick discussion of the routine, and let students cover the matching written routine on their board. Forty boards, printable markers, and directions support whole-class play; choose a row, column, or diagonal as the winning pattern before starting.
Math review
September Dice Games Bundle | Roll and Cover/Color/Write
This bundle of September Dice Games comes with printable activities to include: -Roll and Cover (22 handouts) -Roll and Color (14 handouts) -Roll and Write (8 handouts) Each handout comes in color and black/white.
Speed Dating Get to Know Activity for Older Grades
Grab this engaging back-to-school Speed Dating/Speed Meeting icebreaker activity! This activity encourages fast-paced conversations where students discuss fun get-to-know-you questions using 30 printable 3-D foldable tent cards. Start the school year by having students make meaningful connections, and relationships. Break the ice…
Team Quest - General Knowledge Interactive Class Quiz for Back to School or End of Year
An animated, interactive PowerPoint general-knowledge team quiz game for the classroom (Team Quest), with a built-in on-slide scoreboard.