Best Printables & Activities to Download for
Back-To-School
Get ready, get set…and it’s GO time! Teachers are busy prepping for the first few weeks of school. Read below to learn how teachers are using our printable activities, worksheets, learning mats and videos to supercharge their beginning of the year lesson planning.
Daily Practice
Start your daily classroom routine with engaging morning seat work to set a productive tone for the day. Ideal for the beginning of the year, place a prepared activity on each student’s desk to greet them as they arrive. Enhance the atmosphere with soft instrumental music and clearly outline expectations for ‘silent, solo, independent’ work. Use this time to reinforce morning routines and procedures, while providing your students with valuable practice on previously taught skills.
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Center Stations & Small Group Activities
Begin teaching your classroom’s center stations, workshops, and small group procedures in week one. Demonstrate, practice, and model how students will rotate between stations, the appropriate volume for speaking, the clean-up process, and where to turn in their work. Setting clear expectations and teaching procedures is crucial. Start with engaging, simple activities so students can focus on mastering the procedures. Once they have a solid understanding, gradually increase the rigor of the activities at each station.
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Singing Anyone?
Introduce and teach some educational songs during the first few weeks of school to help students learn their high frequency words, phonics rules, how to line up, or even practice math facts! Have students chorally sing educational songs as they practice transitioning, lining up for recess, sitting on the carpet, and cleaning up at the end of the day to go home.
