First day of class activities

Fun and engaging ideas to get to know your students at the beginning of the school year. Build a strong classroom community with these free resources.

Whatever you call it: morning meeting, advisory time, or homeroom, as educators we know that it’s an important start to our students' day. In the middle school classroom, it can be particularly important as it’s a time that can be used to teach necessary life skills like relationship building, self-esteem, grit, etc. Below are 33 of our favorite homeroom ideas that include simple and fun activities that’ll not only get your students excited for the day ahead, but will also foster a strong…

First day of class | 10 of the best EFL ESL back to school games and activities

Back to School Activities that are great for an online classroom or inside a classroom.

Three fantastic icebreakers that get kids talking and start building relationships from the first day of school!

The first week of school can be a daunting time. Not only are you getting a brand new group of students that you need to get to know, you are dealing with paperwork, classroom organization and management issues, AND your specials usually haven't started yet. This means that getting into a routine can be T.O.U.G.H. I have five activities that can help make that time a little bit easier.

It's time to go back to school! With the back-to-school season upon us, it is time to start planning back-to-school activities for the first week of school.

Between teaching routines, testing, testing and more testing, it is also important to have fun and get to know your new students! Because I start the school year with students of all levels, including ELLs,

First days of school can be stressful. There's an insane amount of pressure to make a great first impression. The administration wants you to go over the handbook of rules for the district. There's tons of forms that need to be filled out. You need to learn their names and it's hard because half the names don't match your class list. His name is Samuel but he goes by S.J. Her name on your roll says Mary, but she goes by Mary Beth. You want to start off the year on the right note regarding…