First Day of School 2024 Activities Teaching Resources for 1st Grade

My Hopes and Wishes Jar Template

Encourage students to set and write their intentions for the year ahead.

Back To School - Listening Skill Refresh Activity

Refresh student listening skills with a Back to School Listening Skill Refresh Slides and script.

A Letter to My Teacher Activity Sheets

Get to know your students a bit better using a ‘Letter to Teacher’ template.

Meet the Teacher Trivia Game - Interactive Activity

Help your students get to know the teacher with a fun All About the Teacher Trivia Game!

Free Blank Face Templates

Use these blank face templates to create fun back-to-school art celebrating the individuality and diversity of your new students!

Editable Template - All About Me in Grade _____

Use this printable Grade Level Getting to Know You Form to engage your students on the first day of school.

All About Me Bag Ideas & Tag Template

Get to know your students a bit better by having them create ‘All About Me’ Bags!

Student Interest Survey Pack

Use a Student Interest Survey to get to know your new students at the beginning of the school year.

Classroom Rules Writing Prompt Pack

Teach classroom rules and procedures and review early writing skills with Classroom Rule Writing Worksheets for primary grades.

Back to School Today! Poem for Kids

Ease back-to-school jitters and launch your students into a love of poetry with a short poem for kids written just for the first day of school!

Get to Know Me Collaborative Tessellation Art Activity

Invite your students to get to know each other by creating a collaborative About Me Tessellation Art Project.

Get to Know Me Classroom Quilt Template

Create a Get to Know Me Quilt with a printable quilt block template to show off the fantastic new students in your new classroom.

Back to School - Procedure Exit Tickets

Assess student knowledge of classroom rules and procedures with quick and easy exit tickets.

Good Choice or Bad Choice? Worksheet

Help your students differentiate between good and bad behavior choices with a cut-and-paste worksheet.

Back to School Supply Shopping Task - Primary Grades

Calculate the cost of school supplies and answer questions with this back-to-school math activity.

Procedures Scoot!

Review classroom procedures and expectations with with this back to school SCOOT activity.

This Is Me Task Cards

Get to know your students on the first days of a new school year with this fun getting-to-know-you game.

Let's Cooperate Code Cracker - Primary

A whole class game including a collection of 6 activities that students need to solve to reveal numbers for a lock combination.

Back to School - Personalized Name Coloring Bookmarks

Inspire your new students to read, read, read with their very own personalized name bookmark to colour!

Our Class is a Family Activity Flipbook

Start building a classroom community from day one with a printable ‘Our Class is a Family’ flipbook.

Star of the Week Poster Templates

Celebrate successful students with printable Star of the Week Poster Templates!

How Do I Get Home? Backpack Tags & Forms

Use printable backpack tags to organize student transportation at the end of the school day.

Lettuce Get To Know You Craft Activity

‘Lettuce’ Get to Know You with a fun back-to-school Hamburger All About Me activity.

All About Me Sundae - First Day Activity