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Back to School Common Core SL.9-10.1d resources
WHY STUDY HISTORY | Back to School Activity | First Day of School Discussion
Why do we study history anyway? This back to school activity is a must have for any history or social studies class! Start the first day of school (or the first lesson of any history class) with “WHY” because students always want to know why? Why am I learning about history? Why do we have to study this stuff anyway? When am I ever going to use this in life? Isn’t history about a "bunch of old dead people" and things that have already happened? **Major necessary upgrades have been made to ma
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Back to School Bundle: Icebreakers, Memes, Decor, Rules, Procedures
Back to School Bundle includes icebreakers, get-to-know-you and all about me activities, classroom posters and memes, rules and procedures activity, editable presentations, and more. You will have plenty of resources to last the first few days AND for years to come.These best-sellers are included:Back-to-School Rules and Procedures: Can I Chew Gum in Class? EDITABLE!Teacher Memes Posters {Back to School, Class Rules} EDITABLE! Grammar Fail Presentation: Using Humor to Teach the Importance of Eng
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6th - 12th, Staff
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First Day of School Icebreaker: Cup Towers
Get your students moving, building, thinking and collaborating with this fun and intuitive activity. While they are racing against the clock to build the tallest cup tower, you are evaluating their strengths and interpersonal skills. Finish this engaging activity with a feedback session where students tell you what they observed from their experience. This activity provides a great build up to setting high expectations for the entire year. Mix it up for a project-based learning #PBL activity! Yo
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First Day of School Science Talk Activity
Now with digital worksheet to support distance learning!This product features an engaging back to school Science Talk activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving on the very first day of school. In this activity, they must choose between 6 different quotes about science and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective. Use this lesson every year to set the tone for what you expect in class; it is a great way to gain insight about your students'
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7th - 10th
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Icebreakers 2023
Are you tired of the same annoying icebreakers? Do you hate it when your class says they've already played that game this year? Put a stop to the everyday icebreaker trend with 10 brand new, highly engaging icebreakers specially designed for high energy teens!All of these games are new, unique, engaging, and fun for both middle and high school students. You won't find them anywhere else!Get 10 Brand New Games for...Memorizing NamesLearning Student TraitsCreating RelationshipsBuilding TeamsCreati
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6th - 12th
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Back to School Escape Room, Digital Escape Room
This Back to School Digital Escape Room is an engaging back-to-school or first day of school activity for your new students. Are you looking for some fun icebreakers and collaborative activities? Check out this Back to School Digital Escape Room.In this Digital Escape Ⓡ, there are nine different activities, and your students will complete activities, “Would You Rather…”, Syllabus/Requirements and Expectations Activity, Getting to Know Your Peers, and Class Goals.In this Digital Escape Ⓡ, Mr. Bu
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4th - 11th
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Also included in: ALL the Digital Escape Rooms, Oh My! |Distance Learning
Back to School | Would You Rather | This or That | Break Breaks | Fun Game
A fun, thoughtful 'would you rather' slideshow and accompanying worksheets for middle and high school students with a school day theme. For example, would your students rather do lessons one day a week without electricity, or one day a week outdoors in any weather, and why?You can also find this in my $30 Ultimate Bellringer BUNDLE, which saves you 70%!Encourage discussion around fifteen prompt pairs, all focused on the school theme. Great for warm-ups, bell-ringers or brain breaks. Either use t
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9th - 12th
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First Day Activity - Perception
Need a first day of school activity that isn't reading a syllabus?This interactive lesson on perception is suited for a 45 minute period but can be longer depending on if the final "activity" is an in-class activity or a homework assignment. Through this activity, students will learn that perception is not always reality. I found that this bonded my class a bit more as they were able to learn things about their classmates that they might not have known before. The activity is full of fun optical
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9th - 12th
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On This Day in History...September Daily Warm Up Bell Ringer Distance Learning
Getting students interested in historical events is virtually impossible! That's why we created our “On This Day in History… September'' resource to provide a historical event for each day during the month of September along with a thought-provoking, Generation Z relevant discussion prompt that you can use year after year. What sets our On This Day resource apart from similar resources is that each prompt encourages students to think critically about “their place in the world” with respect to
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Study Habits Survey, Growth Mindset Activities, and Reflective Prompts (Google)
Use this set of reflective surveys and writing prompts to help middle and high school students meditate on their study habits and develop data-driven strategies for achieving a growth mindset. These are helpful back-to-school materials for a range of subject areas and age groups, though they are especially useful in structured study halls with emphasis on improving task management, time management, and organizational skills. Materials are made for Google Drive. (Alternatively, a printable option
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8th - 12th
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Get to Know You Collaborative Hexagon Group Activity
This collaborative, back to school get-to-know-you hexagon activity is perfect for helping your students get to know each other! This hexagon activity can be done with students in grades 8-12 (and younger, with some modifications) and helps students learn each others' names, share safe information about themselves, find commonalities with their classmates, practice critical thinking skills and cooperation, and then reflect on the process as a whole.This resource includes: Teacher instructions, i
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7th - 12th
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First Day of School Activity, Color By Number, Icebreaker
First day of school activities help break the ice with students, as they are nervous and anxious about the new year and meeting new peers; however, students love to color, so why not introduce this first day of school activity as an icebreaker, and make your classroom more comfortable? In this activity, students will work collaboratively, asking each other “Get to Know You” questions and “Would You Rather Questions”. The students are asked to write down their answers, and color in specific spa
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Back to School Bundle
Back To School Mission Statement Activity - Build Relationships and Community
Building trust and community with your students requires more than just a couple of get to know you activities. I created this back to school mission statement to give students an opportunity to work collaboratively toward a meaningful goal - developing a purpose and setting the tone for the school year. I love seeing how tightly knight my communities grow throughout the first few weeks of school, and after some solid relationship building, I know students are ready to work on their classroom mi
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9th - 12th
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First Day of School "Language Talk"
Whether you teach Spanish, French, German, or Mandarin Chinese, this is the perfect lesson to get your students thinking about the purpose of studying foreign languages!This product features an engaging "Language Talk" activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving on the very first day of school. In this activity, they must choose between 6 different quotes about the purpose of learning languages and articulate why the quote aligns with their perspective. I us
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7th - 10th
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Back to School: Creating Class Rules Group Lesson Plan
This lesson comes with everything you need to successfully bring your students into the rule-making process.It is highly structured so that students are immediately introduced to the expectation of rigorous group work and individual responsibilities within the group. Print and assemble Group FoldersKeep Time, help them stay on task, and watch them create and take ownership of the very rules/expectations you would have used in class anyway.So why take the time to do this lesson?Students will own
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Back to School Activities Bundle
Hexagonal Thinking Complete Tool Kit First Day activity high school middle
Have your students taking, discussing, and drawing conclusions. Give groups of students the same 10-12 set of concepts and watch how each group creates something different. Hexagonal thinking works for all subjects! It pushes students to think about how the concepts and vocabulary connect together.Here's what you will getA template for a Hexagonal one pager plus instructions slidesWhile the instructions are designed for a beginning of the year activity, it can be used for many different things.
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5th - 12th
On This Day in History...August Daily Warm Up Bell Ringer Distance Learning
Getting students interested in historical events is virtually impossible! That's why we created our “On This Day in History…August'' resource to provide a historical event for each day during the month of August along with a thought-provoking, Generation Z relevant discussion prompt that you can use year after year. What sets our On This Day resource apart from similar resources is that each prompt encourages students to think critically about “their place in the world” with respect to the eve
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Love Language Survey for the Classroom
I’ve always been very interested in the psychology of teacher/student relationships. I give out a learning style inventory each year so that I know if my students are visual, auditory, or kinetic learners and I've always wanted to know their individual love languages, as well. Each survey I found on-line, however, had vocabulary that was geared towards partnerships and not student and teacher relationships. I have created a student friendly "Appreciation Language Survey" that is safe to administ
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5th - 12th
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Failure & Success | Ready-to-Go Plans! #1 | English | Across the Curriculum (AP)
Updated Nov. 2023 Failure & Success | Ready-to-Go Plans! #1 | English | Across the Curriculum (AP) | Middle and High School English or Across the CurriculumOne to Three Standard Class PeriodsHi teacher friends!We know that now and again their schedule gets thrown under the bus! The solution—before the catastrophe—make copies and put them in an Emergency Sub Plans folder that you keep in a convenient spot. No worries about slapping together lesson plans for an hour when you or the baby is sic
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Find Someone Who..." Class Meet and Greet
An engaging "out of your seat" activity for any age group: a "find someone who..." discussion asks students to move about the classroom seeking other students to talk to about a variety of interesting questions. This worksheet is ready to print, or modify as you see fit!
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Effective High School First Day of School Lesson
Make your first day of school a breeze with these easy-to-use, effective, and engaging First Day of School Stations!These four stations help develop classroom community and critical thinking skills, set classroom expectations from day one, and practice effective communication in groups while giving every student a voice. Everything in this bundle is editable and can be personalized to fit your specific classroom! The pacing guide is set for 75-minute block classes but can be adjusted to other cl
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8th - 12th
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Team Builder or Icebreaker Activity with Popular Characters
Use these character cards to create a positive classroom culture at the beginning of the school year. In a game much like the classic “21 Questions,” students use critical thinking as they walk around the classroom asking one another questions in order to guess the characters from classic and young adult literature named on the cards on their backs. Each card has information on the character to help students respond to the questions. It makes a fun first day of school activity but can also be u
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Team Builder Activities Bundle
Classroom Icebreaker | Get to Know You Bingo
Fresh out of icebreaker activity ideas? Well, this classroom icebreaker is a lot of fun! Get to Know You Bingo gives you 3 different boards, each with 25 questions to get to know your students. That's a total of 75 different questions! You can also use these questions for ice breaker games in the future or build your own board with the 2 provided blank templates. There are 2 ways to use this icebreaker for your classroom:1. Find Someone Who asks students to find a classmate (or teacher) to sign
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: First Day of School Icebreakers BUNDLE
Getting To Know You
Need an icebreaker or activity to help your class bond? First day of school? Need to develop empathy and understanding amongst your students? Try this easy printable worksheet! Partner students up and give them time to interview one another, filling out the questions on this worksheet together. When they are finished, they will highlight or underline the things they they have in common. Expand on this activity by having partners share one thing they learned about the other person, or creating 30
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6th - 9th
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