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Getting to Know You: Activities for the First Day of School

If you’re an experienced teacher, you probably have a few favorite activities that you use every year to get acquainted with your new students. They work — so you stick with them — or maybe this will be the year when you try something new.

Found in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, August, Character Education, Kindergarten, Language Arts, September

Fourteen MORE Activities for the First Days of School!

So here, in a follow-up to Fourteen Great Ideas for the First Days of School, is the second batch of reader ideas — 14 more activities for the first days of school!

Found in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, August, Character Education, Kindergarten, Language Arts, September, Social Studies

Fourteen Great Activities for the First Days of School!

14 great activities to help you get to know your new students — and to help them get to know you!

Found in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, August, Kindergarten, Language Arts, September, Social Studies

First-Day-of-School Icebreakers Help Students and Teachers Warm Up!

Each year at this time, creative teachers share with Ed World readers their favorite first-day-of-school activities. Each year, Ed World readers respond by sharing new ideas! This year, we’re pleased to share 19 brand-new, teacher-tested ideas for getting to know your new students!

Found in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, August, Kindergarten, Language Arts, September, Social Studies

Mapping Your Identity: A Back-to-School Ice Breaker

In this “ice breaker” lesson, students use Visual Thesaurus maps as a source of inspiration for creating their own “identity maps” to identify their own multiple roles, qualities and attributes. Then, students share their identity maps as a means of introducing themselves to their peers.

Found in: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, August, Character Education, Language Arts, September