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Back to School
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Create a bar graph to show information about classmates.
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Two per page.
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This reading comprehension concerns information about when school starts in several different countries.
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Color this picture of a backpack, or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook. Use to make a cute bulletin board with students names on each backpack.
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[member-created with abctools] Find the school-theme words from "backpack" to "writing" in this "ABC"-shaped word search.
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Color this picture of a pencil, or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
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Simple mobile project.
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Color this picture of a schoolbus, or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
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Fill out the form to help you plan your homework study time and space.
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From "art" to "spelling".
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[made with abctools] An 8-page schoolhouse-shaped shapebook with short sentences and space to draw. "This is my classroom."
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From "baseball" to "tag"
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Jeffrey is very excited to start third grade. A realistic fiction reading comprehension.
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Narrow-lined writing paper with color illustrations of school books and apples in the upper-left and lower-right corners.
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One of many name tags on our member site. Apple-themed name tags, great for back-to-school.
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This "All About Me" page can be filled in with drawings, words, or magazine clippings. It's a fun way for students to tell others about themselves. A nice first day activity.
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[member-created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "playground" to "math".
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Find the words, from CLIMBING to SWINGS
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Color this picture of a schoolbus, or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
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Name, birthday, parent/guardian contact information, etc. Four per page.
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[member-created with abctools] "I like to wear __ clothes. My ears are __ and __." Complete the sentences with adjectives.
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Apple-themed name tags, great for back-to-school.
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Blank paper with a color book and apple illustration in the upper-left and lower-right corners.
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Lined writing paper with an illustration reading "School is fun!" at the top.
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Cut out the six school items and paste them on the matching squares on the board.
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Make your Pre-School students proud with this colorful award.
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"Welcome to a year of learning!"
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Wide-lined paper with illustrations of school-related objects like pencils and apples in the surrounding border, and the prompt "School is..." at the top.
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This reading comprehension is a fictional story about a crocodile's first day of school.
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"It was the first day of school and I forgot..." Fifteen writing prompts and story starters with a back-to-school theme.
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Unlined paper with illustrations of school-related objects in the surrounding border (apples, pencils, crayons) and the writing prompt "School is..." at the top.
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Use these "thinking prompts" to help start brainstorming for a "Summer Vacation" assignment.
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Simple name poster project.
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This bulletin board trim matches our "getting to know you" crayons.
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Lined paper with writing prompt for fiction about school.
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[made with abctools] From ART CLASS to WRITING
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Cut out the six school items and paste them on the matching squares on the board. Print out two copies to create a matching game.
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Make words from the letters in the heading "Back to School Time" and group the words by word family into the provided columns.
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This is a great way of involving parents and students in goal-setting. Starting with a letter to parents and ending with a form for helping students achieve self-set goals, measure their own progress, and learn the sense of accomplishment that comes with achievement!
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Folder game board.
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Medium-lined border paper with color illustrations of pencils in the top left corner.
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"School is fun because..." Colorful border and writing prompts encourages creative writing and a chance to share their opinions in a positive way.
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A realistic fiction story, and great testing practice! This reading comprehension would make a good opening for talking about friends, peer pressure, fitting in...
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Create a bar graph to show information about classmates.
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[member-created using abctools] Find the school-themed words, from bell to pencil sharpener, in this word search.
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Use the tally sheet and graph form to determine favorite subjects and favorite unit.
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"Yo ho ho!" "Ahoy there!" Non-foldable desk tag with primary lines for writing name.
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"Go around the room, and ask your classmates about the items below. Have them sign their name in the boxes below."
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This printable school acrostic poem form perfect a Back to School Theme Unit.
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Students choose goals they would like to accomplish and explain why.
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Full page format for students to write a report on apples.
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This cute colorful sign is perfect to welcome students back to school.
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"The children are getting on the bus." Choose the sentence that best describes the picture.
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"It's a new school year, and everything is different. Junie B. Jones has a new class, a new teacher, and even some new friends. She also has a new problem: she might need to get glasses!" This unit enhances the Barbara Park book with vocabulary and comprehension skills development.
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Drawing of an apple to color.
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Use this Venn diagram to compare school subjects.
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[member-created with abctools] This is a good book to use at the beginning of school. Graph how the children got home, and then make a class book for the children to read, or use on a bulletin board.
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Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about your school.
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From "apples" to "teacher".
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I like to go to school. I like to learn to read and write. I like to add and subtract, too. Science and social studies are fun subjects.
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"All aboard for another great school year." Straight edge, full color.
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[Member-created using abctools] School-shaped page with the story starter "On the first day of school...".
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Colorful matching game with a school theme.
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Great for back-to-school. Learn vocabulary with this fun set: word scramble, story-writing, cloze exercise, and more. From "bus" to "school".
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Great for back-to-school. Learn vocabulary with this fun set: a word search, word scramble, dictionary skills, and more. From "assignment" to "textbook". This is one of many "theme" spelling units on our member site.
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[member-created with abctools] From "alphabet" to "wiggled". These vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls. Enhances Nancy Poydar's book about back-to-school jitters.
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"I survived my first day of preschool!"
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[created with abctools] Favorites, nickname, etc. After each student fills in this information page, paste the pages on colored construction paper and hang them up on the wall so that pupils can get to know each other better.
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Review comprehension and vocabulary of another installment in the popular "Horrible Harry" series by Suzy Kline.
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Students use these alphabet cards to spell out their own names and the names of their classmates in the grid provided.
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Popsicle sticks and an old yogurt container make a cute little "person" to use as a desk name tag.
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Eight "My Name Is" nametags on a page, with pirate ship illustrations.
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[member-created using abctools] Find the words from "blackboard" to "teacher" in this horse's head-shaped word search.
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Design and color your own
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with a graphic of the Australian flag; primary lines
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Paper and craft foam attach to a clip to make a handy address book or note pad. A great "back to school" craft!
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A painted domino attaches to a clip to make a cute way to show school spirit. A great "back to school" craft!
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Desk tag with a space for writing your student's name.
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Folder labels for math, science, writing, poetry, and homework. Eight of each label per page.
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A great use for old jeans: cover a spiral notebook in denim and glitter.
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"Have a hopping good year!"
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Have students fill in these crayons with basic information about themselves. This is a great "getting to know you" bulletin board idea -- perfect for back to school!
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"Ed sits in the front row of class. There are seven girls in the front row and one boy. How many children sit in the front row, in all?"
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Jerry’s school has a maximum capacity of 600 students. Last year, 503 students were enrolled. This year, 287 boys and 285 girls are enrolled. How many students attend Jerry’s school in all?
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Cindy had a summer job bathing dogs. She earned $5.25 for every dog she bathed. She bathed 17 dogs every week. How many dogs did she bathe in two weeks?
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Nine children are on the school bus. Five get off at the first stop. How many are left on the bus?
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A back to school story. Read the story, then number the events as they occur in the story. Write the story again in your own handwriting and draw a picture to go with the text.
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Make your own postcards. Two per page.
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Make your own postcards. Two per page.
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Start the year right by helping students look at themselves and their goals for the coming year with these pages of open-ended and wide-ranging questions about interests and goals.
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"Matt has to read a 53-page book by tomorrow. So far he has read 48 pages. How many more pages does he have to read?" Five school-themed subtraction word problems.
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crayon theme
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Use your students' names to play bingo.
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Use this Word document to add your students' names to this bingo game.
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crayon theme
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Folder game board.
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Folder game board.
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Folder game board.
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Practice writing by copying these sentences about school.
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"All About Me" This fun 15 question game ("Find someone who has been to the zoo this year" etc) is a great getting-to-know-you game-- even for people who think they know each other!
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From "director" to "teacher's aide". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice. Word strips for director, teacher's aide and secretary with a variety of illustrations.
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1 DOWN: what you write on
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Students will have fun designing their own personalized stamp that reflects their interests.
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"All About Me" Younger students will enjoy writing about themselves with this castle patterned writing paper. Primary dotted lines are included.
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You are the apple of my eye. Apple pattern for student's picture and some personal information. Blackline.
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"Cathy bought a bottle of glue and a box of crayons. How much did she spend?" Use the price list to solve these simple addition problems.
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Use this Venn diagram to compare two apples.
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Primary lines
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A Spanish welcome for your female students
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Narrow-lined, castle patterned writing paper with the title "All about me" at the top.
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From "backpack" to "teeter-totter." These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.
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Ashton wins the third grade writing award!
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Trace and cut out. From "backpack" to "writing", each page of this pencil-shaped shapebook has a word relating to school.
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"Welcome back!" Six back-to-school themed bookmarks per page.
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Transform a boring composition book into a playful & functional notebook. Requires old jeans, glue, and a little patience.
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Have your students write about themselves, their interests, and their goals.
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Students enter information about themselves, and then try to guess "who's who?" based on some of the clues.
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From "books" to "teacher".
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"Today is the first day of school." A very short realistic fiction reading comprehension.
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Helps with understanding charts, and serves as a useful teacher reference tool.
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[member-created with abctools] Trace and cut out. This backpack-shaped shapebook has short prompts with space to write, draw, or glue pictures ("This is my name...")
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Helps with understanding charts, and serves as a useful teacher reference tool.
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"Remember when it was scary to go to school? 'Cause it was your first day and you didn't know anything. Meet Junie B. Jones, kindergartner. She's so scared of the school bus and the meanies on it that when it's time to go home, she doesn't." This unit enhances the Barbara Park book with vocabulary and comprehension skills development.
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A Spanish welcome desk tag for your male students.
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Two small poster each with the faces of five children and the message, Welcome Back. Second poster also has a school house graphic.
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upper elementary
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Enhances the H.A. Rey book with vocabulary and comprehension exercises.
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Welcome back to School theme desk tag for the beginning of school. Three-ruled lines for primary handwriting. Print and put on each desk.
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[member-created with abctools] From "August" to "writing". These vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls. Use to brainstorm writing topics.
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[member-created document] "Where do I live?" Trace and cut out. Trace and cut out. This house-shaped shapebook has prompts for students to answer about where they live.
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This fill-in-the-blank story is a good way to get to know your students' personalities and writing abilities--and might be fun to refer back to at the end of the school year!
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back to school illustration
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back to school illustration
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back to school illustration
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back to school illustration
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Print up and fill in this form. Monday through Friday plus Special Announcements. Rectangular boxes.
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Writing Paper with a school theme border.
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Fun school pictures and words make these flashcards useful for school activities.
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bus, walk, car, bike, child care
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Use these picture patterns to make a classroom picture graph. Each student colors a picture that represents them and adds it to the classroom graph.
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Enhances vocabulary for Nancy Poydar's book about back-to-school jitters.
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Enhances Jonathan London's story of back-to-school nerves, from the popular "Froggy" series.
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Enhances Julie Danneberg's witty story of first day nerves. Combine with our Back to School Unit activities in our Theme section.
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Enhances Audrey Penn's heartwarming story of a mother's love for her baby raccoon.
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Writing activity asking students to write about how they feel at the start of a new school year
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[member-created with abctools] From "already" to "trudged". These vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls. Vocabulary words from Julie Danneberg's witty story of first day nerves.
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[member-created with abctools] Trace and cut out. This backpack-shaped shapebook has prompts for students to answer about their favorites. Good for first day back-to-school. Cute for posting around the room, or just learning about your students. Made for middle school.
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(member-created with abctools) "I ride bus number ___" These cute schoolbus notes will help students remember their schoolbus number.
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Color worksheet of things used at school.
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The color version of this rebus is available on our member site.
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Three activity pages designed to accompany Joseph Slate's story of a kindergarten teacher and her first days of class.
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This twelve page unit contains an acrostic form, a word search, a KWL, several writing prompts, and more, all related to the theme of "family".
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"Amelia Bedelia is ready to learn, but it's the class that gets a lesson -- in reading, writing, and ridiculousness!" This unit enhances the Herman Parish book with vocabulary and comprehension skills development.
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"I have a pencil."
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"Yo ho ho! Ahoy there!" Foldable desk tag with primary lines for writing name.
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Colorful game board: Reinforces use of the words "go", "to", and "the".
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A blackline border paper that looks great printed on colored paper. Use for announcements, letters home, poetry border paper, and more.
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A fun silent activity for the classroom. Great for back to school activities.
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[member-created using abctools] 24 key words, from art to science
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[member-created with abctools] Trace and cut out. From "crayons" to "school", each page of this schoolhouse-shaped shapebook has a word relating to school. Makes a great bulletin board decoration.
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Write a note to your students at the beginning of the year with this paper.
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Print and wrap this candy wrapper around a standard-size candy bar and glue in place for a great "welcome to school" gift.
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with a graphic of the Australian flag
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Alcohol ink transforms an old pencil case into something special. A great "back to school" craft!
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Includes patterns for school related bulletin boards. (may be used as coloring pages) blackline
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An old mint tin can be transformed into a handy carrying case for buttons, trinkets, dice, etc. A great "back to school" craft!
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Cover a spiral notebook with construction paper in your school colors to show school spirit. A great "back to school" craft!
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Students use these alphabet cards to spell out their own names and the names of their classmates in the grid provided.
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Cover a spiral notebook with this camouflage design and you'll never misplace it!
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This is a fun activity to help your students get to know each other. Great for the beginning of the school year.
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Lined writing paper with an illustration of a sign reading "School is fun!" in the upper-left corner.
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(student's name) had a great first day of school!
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Make this foldable desk tag, with a picture of an overflowing mailbox, to stand upright on your students' desks!
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Cover a simple pen in denim and glitter. Makes a great quick gift craft.
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Seven pages of lined border paper with illustrations of apples and pencils in the borders. Each page features writing prompts for students to answer about themselves, their school, and their interests. Good for first day back-to-school.
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Handy printable cards to fill out and use for reference for each student. Two to a page.
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First day of school activity for primary grades. Get to know the class and create bulletin board using this form.
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Problem solving with a "Back to School" theme. A variety of math skills are needed.
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Circle the correctly spelled words in each set, from BACKPACK to SCIENCE
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A step-by-step guide to establishing classroom rules that work, because students are involved in the process. Includes directions for the teacher and worksheets to guide students through each step.
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Eight per page.
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This bulletin board trim matches our "getting to know you" crayons.
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Lined paper with an illustration of a ruler at the top and the words "School Rules".
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[member-created with abctools] Trace and cut out. This schoolhouse-shaped shapebook has simple sentences for students to read and space for them to write or draw pictures.
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Complete calendar card set in one easy download. ABC pattern with red, green and yellow apples.
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Four hundred and twenty five students attend Jefferson Elementary School. Two hundred and ten of them ride bicycles to school. There are only seventy bicycle stands at the school. How many students must share each stand?
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Intermediate-lined paper with an illustration of desk and chalkboard in the upper-left corner and the text "Welcome back!"
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Ten children get on the bus at every stop. How many children are on the bus after one stop? How many after two? How many after three?
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Pencil shapes hold numbers from 1-31, as well as plus, minus, multiplication and equals signs. Great for making a back-to-school September calendar or for playing math games. Six to a page.
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"Look at the clock. What time does school start?"
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A back to school story. Read the events, put them in order (explaining the reasoning for the order), then write them into a story with creative embellishments. This lesson is adaptable to a variety of levels.
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Back to School Unit: Cut out the pictures and put them in order next to the sentences. Then write a story that uses the sentences as the foundation. Good early reader work.
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To use this four-page poster: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the poster for longer use.
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To use this four-page poster depicting two pupils returning to school: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the poster for longer use.
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"Last year there were 89 third graders at Johnson Elementary School. This year there are five more." Five school-themed math addition problems.
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"There are three rows of pencils. Each row has four pencils. How many colored pencils does Yoko have?" Five school-themed multiplication problems.
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"There are two boys in every row on Bruce’s bus. How many boys are there in two rows?" Five school-themed math problems using skip counting.
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This simple worksheet helps students practice "same" and "different".
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Use the versatility of t-shirt styles to make a bulletin board. Suggestions for using your own materials and/or more bulletin board materials on abcteach for making a great bulletin board.
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Lined border paper with an illustration of school books and a "back to school" title at the top.
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crayon theme
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Print up the form and write in the details (Check out what we're doing, Help Wanted, Special Notes, Reminders) to make a great classroom newsletter. With school house, student and school bus outlines to color.
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Print up the form and write in the details (Check out what we're doing, Help Wanted, Special Notes, Reminders) to make a great classroom newsletter. With colorful school house, student and school bus illustrations.
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Suggestions for how to organize a first day of school.
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Use this Microsoft Word template, featuring back to school illustrations, to type in a newsletter to parents.
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A picture to color and lines to write about returning to school.
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A picture to color and wide lines to write about returning to school.
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A picture to color and lines to write a very short story with back to school theme words from a word bank.
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An apple to color and wide mid-dotted lines to write about back to school.
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Wide-lined border paper with color illustrations of pencils in the surrounding borders.
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Print and wrap this candy wrapper around a standard-size candy bar and glue in place for a great "welcome back to school" gift.
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Recognize your students with this colorful Honor Student Certificate.
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Print and wrap this candy wrapper around a standard-size candy bar and glue in place for a great "welcome back to school" gift.
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"Write your name in the center of the flower. Draw or paste a picture of yourself. In each petal, write things you would like to share about yourself." A great back to school bulletin board idea.
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"School begins at _____." This early reader booklet is great for a lesson on telling time, for helping students understand their schedules, and for the fun of making a personalized book.
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"School begins at _____." This early reader booklet is great for a lesson on telling time, for helping students understand their schedules, and for the fun of making a personalized book.
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"I have a pencil."
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From "book" to "pencil". Printable Word Unscramble with school theme.
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Homework to be done? Forms to be signed? Backpack unpacked for today and packed up for tomorrow? This homework checklist helps keep track of the school week.
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Directions for interviewing a classmate with form of five questions to ask and fill out. Back to school theme.
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Students circle and color cute stick drawings of ways to arrive at school, bus, bicycle, etc.
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Simple printable calendar for teaching calendar skills.
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A seven page packet of materials to start the school year for primary/early el teachers, with a focus on reading and writing. Includes desk name plate, "Just Right" books poster and book marks, student reading inventory, classmate interview exercise, and a handout of reading tips for parents.
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A seven page packet of materials to start the school year for middle elementary teachers, with a focus on reading and writing. Includes desk name plate, "Just Right" books poster and book marks, student reading inventory, classmate interview exercise, and a handout of reading tips for parents.
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A seven page packet of materials to start the school year for upper el/middle teachers, with a focus on reading and writing. Includes desk name plate, "Just Right" books poster and book marks, student reading inventory, classmate interview exercise, and a handout of reading tips for parents.
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Brief reading comprehension, math and direction-following exercises with a crayon theme.
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Cute note to send to parents with a checklist of needed supplies.
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Desk tags can be place on student's desk to welcome them back to school. Other uses includes; tags for lockers, coat rack, notebooks, student word wall.
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Cute school bus graphic and three-ruled lines make this the perfect desk tag for the beginning of school. Welcome students with their names on their desks or tables, lockers, bulletin boards and more.
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"All About Me" This twelve-page unit helps students express their interests and goals.
