Vanity Plates Fun Get to Know You Activity & Bulletin Display

Help students introduce themselves by designing a vanity license plate with words, pictures, and symbols from an all-about-me key.
Grades
Grades 5–8
Pages
11
File type
Multiple File Types
Editable
Yes

Updated Jul 04, 2024

Subject
Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Topic
Vanity plate activity, Student bioglyph
Resource types
Activities, Bulletin Boards, Worksheets
Editable
Yes

Product description

From the author

Looking for a fresh and creative idea for upper grades? Have your students create an All About Me Vanity License Plate! This engaging activity guides students in designing personalized license plates using a key, allowing everyone to get to know each other. It’s the perfect icebreaker for the first week of school and an excellent back-to-school activity.

Printable lettering with the theme "Learning is a Journey" is included, enabling you to instantly display the license plates. This display can be kept up all year and makes a fantastic showcase for Open House events. The resource also comes with an editable PowerPoint, allowing you to customize the directions and key to fit your specific needs.

Try something different this year and let your students express themselves with Vanity Plates!

Includes:

  • Vanity License Plate Template with Key

  • Teacher Tips

  • Printable Lettering for Displaying ("Learning is a Journey")

  • Editable PowerPoint: Customize the directions and key

  • Student Exemplar: Example plate to inspire your students

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Students will record personal facts (birth month and day, home state or country, age) into a structured template.

  • Students will design and hand-letter a personalized vanity plate using block capital letters and color.

Teaching tips

  • Model translating one interest into a picture or abbreviation before students begin.

Skills covered

  • Autobiographical self-description — students select and record their own birth month/day, home state or country, age, and a personal phrase into the plate's fields.

  • Design and lettering — students render their chosen plate wording in block capital letters and color the plate as directed.

  • Following multi-step print directions — students complete a two-step design-then-cut process printed on the template.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Can I adjust the information students include?

The editable PowerPoint lets you customize the directions and key before students design their plates.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Self-introduction

  • Personal narrative details

  • Design and lettering

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