Back to School Theme Units

These Back to School Theme Units are great for any classroom. Engage your students with these Back to School Theme Units. Members receive unlimited access to 49,000+ cross-curricular educational resources, including interactive activities, clipart, and abctools custom worksheet generators. These Back to School Theme Units are great for teachers, homeschoolers and parents.

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Calendar: Blank (landscape)

Simple printable calendar for teaching calendar skills.
Writing Prompt: Back to School Feelings (elem)

Writing activity asking students to write about how they feel at the start of a new school year
Fiction: Ugh! Back to School (middle school)

A realistic fiction story, and great testing practice! This reading comprehension would make a good opening for talking about friends, peer pressure, fitting in...
Fiction: Albert Goes To School

This reading comprehension is a fictional story about a crocodile's first day of school.
Comprehension: When Does School Start?

This reading comprehension concerns information about when school starts in several different countries.
Coloring Page: Schoolbus

Color this picture of a schoolbus, or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
Acrostic Poem: School

This printable school acrostic poem form perfect a Back to School Theme Unit.
Fiction: Aleesha and Allison Go to School (primary)

"Today is the first day of school." A very short realistic fiction reading comprehension.
Bookmarks: Back to School

"Welcome back!" Six back-to-school themed bookmarks per page.
KWL: My School

Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about your school.
Survey: Find Someone Who... (multi-age)

"Go around the room, and ask your classmates about the items below. Have them sign their name in the boxes below."
Unit: Setting & Achieving Goals (upper elem/ middle)

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!
Writing Paper: School Days

Blank paper with a color book and apple illustration in the upper-left and lower-right corners.
Form: All About Me (upper elem/ middle)

Have your students write about themselves, their interests, and their goals.
Word Wall: Back to School (pictures)

From "backpack" to "teeter-totter." These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.
Art: All About Me Collage

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.
Art: Design an "All About Me" Stamp

Students will have fun designing their own personalized stamp that reflects their interests.
Shapebook: How We Go to School

[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.
Postcards: Welcome Back!
Postcards: Welcome to 5th grade!
Postcards: Welcome to Middle School!
Postcard: Welcome to Kindergarten
UK Postcard: Welcome to Year 5!
Postcard: You are a star student!

Make your own postcards. Two per page.
Classroom Bingo (Word)

Use this Word document to add your students' names to this bingo game.
Name Tag: Apple theme

One of many name tags on our member site. Apple-themed name tags, great for back-to-school.
Name Tags: Apple theme (blackline)

Apple-themed name tags, great for back-to-school.
Desk Tag: Welcome Back (Canadian Flag graphic)
Desk Tag: Welcome Back (race car)

Primary lines
Word Wall: August/September Words

[member-created with abctools] From "August" to "writing". These vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls. Use to brainstorm writing topics.
Worksheet: Picture Sentences - School (primary)

"The children are getting on the bus." Choose the sentence that best describes the picture.
Nametags: Pirate theme

Eight "My Name Is" nametags on a page, with pirate ship illustrations.
Word Wall: Back to School

[member-created using abctools] 24 key words, from art to science
Bulletin Board Idea: Crayons theme

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!
Word Problems: School Themed Subtraction (primary)

Nine children are on the school bus. Five get off at the first stop. How many are left on the bus?
Story Sequence: First Day of School (primary/elem)

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.
Circle & Spell: School (boxes)

Circle the correctly spelled words in each set, from BACKPACK to SCIENCE
Candy Wrapper: Welcome to my class!

Print and wrap this candy wrapper around a standard-size candy bar and glue in place for a great "welcome to school" gift.
Back to School: Getting to Know You Survey (elem)

This is a fun getting-to-know-you survey you can have students complete at the start of the school year.
Back to School: Contact Forms

This 5 page packet contains parent forms to be completed at the beginning of the school year. Includes contact information, transportation information, volunteer and conference sign up sheets and a child information sheet.