First Week of School Lesson Plans
Time is rushing along and it’s time to start thinking about the new school year ahead. There’s so much to do during “back-to-school season” and it always made my palms sweat when I used to think about having to get ALLLL the things done AND lesson plan for a brand-new batch of littles. I’ve put together a resource for you that would take a TON off your back-to-school plate and you can click HERE to grab it!
When thinking about the plans for the first week, I focus on getting to know my students, creating a classroom community, setting expectations, and teaching procedures. Remember that without constant review of these things, it will be difficult to teach your students anything else throughout the year. My advice to you is to spend this week without a huge emphasis on learning standards (yeah- you read that right!). I always say, “go slow at the beginning, to go fast at the end!” Take this time to go slow with your students to make sure they understand how the classroom works, how people should be treated, how supplies and materials should be used, etc. You’re setting the foundation for the rest of the year.
Below I’m sharing a few things from my First Week of School Plans Resource (for K-1) on Teachers Pay Teachers that could be beneficial to you!
ELA, Math, Writing, and Social Studies Activities + Tons of Extras!
This resource is full of over 25 different lesson-planned activities, and over 30+ different fast finisher review printables. It includes differentiated versions of things so that Kindergarteners and First Graders can benefit from it. Within this resource file, there are also tons of helpful things for the teacher including: to-do lists for the end of your day to help remind you of some things you may need to do, an expectations list to help you keep track of alllllll those procedures and expectations you’ve taught, and digital links to read alouds so you don’t have to purchase the corresponding books. I wish I would have had this during my first year of teaching!
Here’s to another fantastic year! I hope it’s amazing. Your students are sooo lucky to have you!