| The best ideas for this time of year come from
working classroom teachers. They know what is happening and
have the best ideas. Check out these sites, modify the ideas
and make your year more enjoyable. This website has two large
sections for teachers in this regard:
Classroom
Management
What to do before school starts
Tips
and Ideas for the First Day of Classes
Outline of preparations
General sites
101
Things You Can Do the First Three Weeks of Class
Directed at older students
Back
to School
Huge selection of ideas from ProTeacher
Back
to School Themes
Poems, songs and more involved lessons
The
First Day
Using questionnaire and other basic ideas
First Day of School Quiz
First
Day Checklist
First
Day of School Activities
Middle and elementary school ideas
A
Great Bulletin Board!
Putting the teacher on the bulletin board to create a good
feeling
Icebreakers
- Getting Acquainted
Interesting collection for primary level
Kim's
Korner Activities for the First Days of School
Kim's
Korner Back to School
Parents
Have Homework, Too
Ideas for preparing to work with parents
Teaching Heart’s Back to School Site
Teacher
Talk First Day of School
Using a mountainscape to draw young students out
The
Teacher's Desk Back to School
Yahoo Section of Back to School Sites
Some good, some not so good, but there are plenty to sort through
Ice Breakers and Checklists from Education World
Fourteen
Great Activities for the First Days of School
Fourteen
More Activities for the First Days of School
Icebreakers:
Volume 8
Planning
for your First Day of School
A checklist and ideas, including letters
School
Rules!: Ten Activities for Establishing Classroom Rules
Printables for back to school
ABC
Teach Back to School
Back-to-school
Printables and Activity Sheets
Mainly primary
Back-to-school
Worksheets
Seating arrangements, games and much more
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