Back to School Activities Management, Decor, and First Week Activities

Back to School must haves for setting up your classroom and activities to do with your students for the first couple weeks of school!

BONUS - Back to School STEM Challenges with editable forms as been added for free!

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BONUS - Back to School STEM Challenges with editable forms as been added for free!

Back to School Slides:

Are you looking for a way keep your students on task before the bell rings? Or at any time of the day? As teachers, we know the importance of time management and this product helps to keep your class on task. This product is an Editable To-Do List/Morning Message Template with Editable Digital and Gradient Timers.

There are 4 different styles with 4 different headings that say "Good Morning!", "Good Afternoon!", "Hello and Welcome !", and one that is completely blank and editable! This is a great way to let students know your expectations every morning (or afternoon)! It also helps to keep them moving so you can start your morning on time! :)

This product is an Editable Template with Editable Digital and Gradient Timers. The digital timers come in 20 minutes, 15 minutes, 10 minutes, and 5 minutes.

The gradient timers are defaulted to 10 minutes, but can be changed to any amount of time. The templates come in 4 different styles. All styles come with gradient, digital, or no timers. There is also templates that are blank and editable.

►Slides can be imported to Google Slides and the fonts and templates will stay the same. However, this may effect how the timers work. You can always add your own timers if you decide to import them to Google Slides.

*The Digital timers work with using Quicktime.

*The Gradient Timers are set at 10 minutes, but can be adjusted to fit your needs. Instructions are included on how to do this. If you need further assistance with this, please watch this video -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAOECpQbPoU&t=6s

Before purchasing - QuickTime and PowerPoint versions MUST be newer than 2003 for the timers to work. Use the timers through PowerPoint ONLY. Slides can be imported to Google Slides, but you will need to add timers yourself.

Back to School Night Open House Slides:

Great resource for Back to School Night or Open House. Comes in a black and white format to save on colored ink! Stations can be printed or projected. Stations are editable to fit your needs! It also allows you to add more stations!

Back to School Self Portrait:

This FREEBIE is a back to school self portrait template!

►Great for Open House Night - Have the students make their self portrait and then the parents can guess on which one is their child.

►Great for memory books!

Back to School Word Work:

This product is great for introducing Word Work Activities into your classroom at the beginning of the school year. These engaging word work activities can be done with ANY word list. If you are wanting your students to use them to review, I have included the Fry's 100 word list for them to use. Please look at the preview to see the different activities!

The eight word work activities included:

- Word search

- Scrabble spelling

- Squiggle spelling

- Roll and Color

- Fill in the Picture

- Bus Words

- Silly Sentences

- Word Typing

Bathroom Passes:

This product includes 4 bathroom passes in a rustic plant theme! You can adjust the layout when printing to make the passes fit your desired size! In my classroom, I simply print the classroom bathroom pass I want on cardstock. Then I laminate and cut out the passes. I then hole punch the passes and either make them into bracelets using plastic scrunchies or necklaces. I have the passes on my whiteboard, so when a student is using it, they take the pass and write their name on the whiteboard. When they return, they put the pass back and erase their name!

Behavior Think Sheet:

This sheet allows students to think through their choice and reflect on the actions they took. I find it super beneficial in my classroom! It also helps to effectively communicate with parents!

Editable Newsletter and Homework Templates:

Continuously changing up the look of your newsletters helps to keep families engaged, which helps to ensure that they are reading about your classrooms. This product included 36 different clipart styles on an editable newsletter and homework template.

Since some of the newsletter have colored pieces and I want to save paper, I send my newsletter via email. I ‘Save As’ each newsletter as a PDF (click on ‘File Type’) to keep the newspaper elements from shifting and this also keeps your fonts from changing. All newsletters can easily be printed on a black/white school copier or in color. I do this to post outside our classroom, as well as, for families without an email address.

Ketchup, Mustard, and Pickles:

These EDITABLE ketchup, pickles, and mustard templates are a wonderful way to allow your students to "ketchup" on incomplete work while other students "pick" an activity to do! You may also assign mustard "must do" activities to be completed. This template also includes EDITABLE timers so that students can properly manage their time!

UPDATED - Now includes the following slide templates:

→Ketchup and Pickles Templates with an editable gradient timer or digital timers

→Ketchup and Mustard Templates with an editable gradient timer or digital timers

→Mustard and Pickles Templates with an editable gradient timer or digital timers

→Ketchup, Mustard, and Pickles (2 versions) Templates with an editable gradient timer or digital timers

→Ketchup Folder Headers

→Mustard Folder Headers

→Pickles Folder Headers

This product is an Editable Ketchup, Pickles, and Mustard Template with Editable Digital and Gradient Timers. The timers come in 20 minutes, 15 minutes, 10 minutes, and 5 minutes. The Gradient Timers are defaulted to 10 minutes, but can be changed to any amount of time. The templates come in 5 different styles. All styles come with gradient, digital, or no timers.

►Slides can be imported to Google Slides and the fonts and templates will stay the same. However, this may effect how the timers work. You can always add your own timers if you decide to import them to Google Slides.

*The Digital timers work with using Quicktime. They come in 20 minutes, 15 minutes, 10 minutes, and 5 minutes.

*The Gradient Timers are set at 10 minutes, but can be adjusted to fit your needs. Instructions are included on how to do this. If you need further assistance with this, please watch this video -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CLvGxrAF6M&t=12s

Before purchasing - QuickTime and PowerPoint versions MUST be newer than 2003 for the timers to work. Use the timers through PowerPoint ONLY. Slides can be imported to Google Slides, but you will need to add timers yourself.

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►You can import slides to Google Slides to use. The fonts and template will stay the same. You will need to add your own timer for it to work

Morning Meeting Questions:

Get back to school morning meeting ready with this product!

Morning Meeting is a great way to start your day in the classroom! It helps to get students effectively communicating with each other in a positive way. It also helps to build and foster a positive learning environment. These questions can be printed, laminated, cut, and glued onto popsicle sticks as a quick way to ask though provoking questions for your students to answer.

This product included 30 Morning Meeting questions in 8 different styles and 2 different fonts! :)

Also included editable template to create your own questions!

Refection End of Day Questions:

This product is a wonderful way to end your school day with your students. These Reflection/End of the Day Questions help to foster a positive learning environment for your students. These questions getting them thinking and reflecting on what happened in their day! This helps help to remember the important parts of the day so they can share with their family members when they get home!

This product included 30 Reflection/End of the Day Questions in 12 different rustic styles! It also included a black and white copy to save on ink! Instructions on how I use this product are included.

This product now also included an editable template to make your own questions!

Voice Level Posters in Black and White:

Teacher can establish a classroom voice level by using these posters. I practice the different voice levels quite often with my students to ensure they truly understand which each one means and what they expectations are.

*The product includes 2 different black and white styles of the levels of understanding posters. These are perfect for printing on colored paper or for a neutral classroom!

0-No Voice

1- Whisper Voice

2- Regular Voice

3- Presentation Voice

4- Outside Voice

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