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• 23 Aug 15
  

  khitchings

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• 12 Aug 15
  

  Vicki Kastanis
• 08 Jul 15
  

  jkeisker

  Good middle school first day suggestions. Teacher introduction.

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• 02 Aug 14
  

  Olivia Carson

  Lots of activities

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• 01 Sep 11
  

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• 25 Aug 11
  

  Josh Flores

  Again, never too many. RT @techgirlangie Activities for the First Day of School http://t.co/V8FQOUg #edchat #bced #bcpvpa

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• 18 Aug 11
  

  Candy Nowlin

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• 04 Aug 11
  

  Lisa M

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• 20 Jul 11
  

  Tami Rowe

  First Days of School

  • As an icebreaker/opening  activity we do a tried and true activity, KWL, with the topic being "Mrs.  Honour" For those unfamiliar with the activity, the students make a list  of things they already "K"now about the topic, things they "W"ant  to know about the topic and after the "lesson" the students list  what they have "L"earned about the topic. We generally get a pretty  good list going about what they know about me (common knowledge) .... I drive  a green mini-van, I shop at Food Lion, I have two children who go to this  school.... Then we get a list of what they want to know... in the past, the  students have wanted to know what do I do for fun, what kinds of music do I  listen to, and if have I ever met anyone famous .... 

     

     

     

    Now for the lesson... I  prepare a list of facts about myself, ranging from where I was born to I  manage my own fantasy baseball team, and other similarly  "interesting" facts.. I fold each one and put them all in my fact  jar. I have a large piece of white butcher paper taped to the board with my  name circled in the center. (this introduces the freeform concept mapping  activity I use regularly in class) I ask for volunteers and one by one the  students illustrate the fact and students guess what it is... when someone  gets in right, they illustrate the next fact... Each class produces a free  form map of me! I tell them that they will need to learn this valuable  information about me. 

  • The next day - I leave all  the classes maps of me up, and pass out a 20 question "quiz" in  multiple choice format, and tell them to feel free to use the "visual  resources" on the wall. Auughhhh a quiz on the second day, they groan....  good news for them is that after I "grade" the quizzes, I return  them the next day with a coupon attached... I grade the quiz based on 10  questions and for every question they get right over the 10, they get a coupon  worth that many extra credit points on a real quiz! 

     

    We then go back to the KWL  list and I have each class contribute 3 new things they know about me... So  now, the mysterious teacher at the front of the class seems to be more like a  real person to everyone, and for homework they are to create their own  free-form concept of themselves (7-10 facts illustrated on a 81/2X11 unlined  paper), and viola, I have great "stuff" for a bulletin board just in  time for open house. 
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  Natalie Bieber

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• 19 Jul 11
  

  Kevin Stein

  • Learning Styles Inventory

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    <!--mstheme--> Give your students  the learning styles inventory to determine how they learn  best. This will be beneficial to both you and your  students. Links to assessments are below. Some  assessments can be taken online while others will need to  be printed and hand scored. Not all of the assessments  look at the same traits, so please look at all of them  before making a decision.     <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->  <!--msthemelist-->  <!--msthemelist-->  <!--msthemelist-->  <!--msthemelist--> <!--mstheme--> Index  of Learning Styles Questionnaire -- found at North Carolina State  University      <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--> <!--mstheme--> VARK  Questionnaire -- found at  Honolulu Community College Intranet       <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--> <!--mstheme--> Learning  Styles and Multiple Intelligences -- found at The Vancouver Island  Invisible Disability Association Website       <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--> <!--mstheme--> Learning  Style Inventory -- found at Psychology at Red Rocks Community  College
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• 29 Sep 10
  

  J M

  "Here are some activities you can do with students on the first day back to school. Some are fun, some are valuable as learning tools, and some are both."

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• 19 Sep 10
  

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• 05 Sep 10
  

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  Laurie Toll

  RT @tombarrett: RT @janetbianchini: RT @vale360 RT @TechnologyToday: ACTIVITIES FOR 1st DAYS OF SCHOOL http://bit.ly/22zHr #newclass

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• 31 Aug 10
  

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• 30 Aug 10
  

  Jessica Collins
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    I teach various social  studies subjects at Keystone Heights Jr/Sr High School in Keystone Heights,  Florida. We are a 1200+ student, 7-12 public school in Northeast Florida.   Since we are a relatively small school in a close-knit community I often  "know" the students in my class prior to them actually being in my  class, and in turn they think they "know" me. 

  • Pretest

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    <!--mstheme--> Give a pretest to determine the  class's strengths and weaknesses. This will help you plan  lessons throughout the year. You will know which areas to  skim over and which ones to cover thoroughly.
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  Ryan Kinnett

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  Dianne Tarmann

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  Adam Blumer

  A couple of good ideas and links on learning styles, icebreakers etc.

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  Ann Lusch

  Icebreakers

• 29 Aug 10
  

  Aaron Shaw

  This is something that often gets overlooked. Although the students know your name, they do not know you. Let them know some things about you. Let them know where your grew up, where you went to school, your teaching background and how long you have been teaching.

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  Karen Oppenheim

  first day activities first day introductions

  • As an icebreaker/opening  activity we do a tried and true activity, KWL, with the topic being "Mrs.  Honour" For those unfamiliar with the activity, the students make a list  of things they already "K"now about the topic, things they "W"ant  to know about the topic and after the "lesson" the students list  what they have "L"earned about the topic. We generally get a pretty  good list going about what they know about me (common knowledge)
  • Now for the lesson... I  prepare a list of facts about myself, ranging from where I was born to I  manage my own fantasy baseball team, and other similarly  "interesting" facts.. I fold each one and put them all in my fact  jar. I have a large piece of white butcher paper taped to the board with my  name circled in the center. (this introduces the freeform concept mapping  activity I use regularly in class) I ask for volunteers and one by one the  students illustrate the fact and students guess what it is... when someone  gets in right, they illustrate the next fact... Each class produces a free  form map of me!
  • The next day - I leave all  the classes maps of me up, and pass out a 20 question "quiz" in  multiple choice format, and tell them to feel free to use the "visual  resources" on the wall. Auughhhh a quiz on the second day, they groan....  good news for them is that after I "grade" the quizzes, I return  them the next day with a coupon attached... I grade the quiz based on 10  questions and for every question they get right over the 10, they get a coupon  worth that many extra credit points on a real quiz! 
  • We then go back to the KWL  list and I have each class contribute 3 new things they know about me.
  • for homework they are to create their own  free-form concept of themselves (7-10 facts illustrated on a 81/2X11 unlined  paper), and viola, I have great "stuff" for a bulletin board just in  time for open house. 
  • Visit the Icebreakers  and Energizers page.

  • Student Made Bulletin Board

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    <!--mstheme--> Have the students  create something for a student made bulletin board. For  example, give each student a puzzle piece cut from  posterboard or tagboard. Have each student decorate her  puzzle piece to show her unique qualities. Items to  include are name, hobbies, interests, and family. Provide  magazines and clip art for the students to use if they  are not artistic. Student can work on this while you are  checking out materials, assigning lockers, etc.     <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->

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  • lassroom Quilt

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    <!--mstheme-->  At the beginning of the year I like to have my students  participate in an activity that will last the entire year.  Each child  receives a square made of material that they decorate according to a theme  (such as Olympics) that includes their name.  Those squares are then  sewed together to make a curtain, room divider, or wall hanging for the  entire year!  The last time I made one the students chose a state that  started with the same letter as their name, researched the state, and  included some information about that state through pictures.  I  completed the quilted curtain by sewing in some red and blue pieces to  accent their white ones!

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  Andrea Grant

  teaching firstweek

• 20 Aug 10
  

  Chris Campbell

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• 13 Aug 10
  

  Brenda Bennett

  This site has some ideas for the first day of high school. I like the learning styles inventory from N.C.

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• 11 Aug 10
  

  Rita Baca

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• 10 Aug 10
  

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  tracywleigh

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  Denise Martinez

  Icebreaker

  • Who  Is Your Teacher? bulletin board to use with your introduction
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• 05 Aug 10
  

  gizelle wells

  Back to school idea- day 1

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• 23 Jul 10
  

  kkitchen

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• 11 Dec 09
  

  Meg Perron

  First day activities

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• 28 Aug 09
  

  Chris Prout

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  Sara Wellman-High Horse

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• 23 Oct 08
  

  Cindy Jones
• 23 Sep 08
  

  April Hughey

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• 14 Aug 08
  

  bill tobin

  icebreakers

  • Classroom Quilt

       <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->  <!--msthemelist-->

    <!--mstheme-->  At the beginning of the year I like to have my students  participate in an activity that will last the entire year.  Each child  receives a square made of material that they decorate according to a theme  (such as Olympics) that includes their name.  Those squares are then  sewed together to make a curtain, room divider, or wall hanging for the  entire year!  The last time I made one the students chose a state that  started with the same letter as their name, researched the state, and  included some information about that state through pictures.  I  completed the quilted curtain by sewing in some red and blue pieces to  accent their white ones!         <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->  <!--msthemelist--> <!--mstheme-->

  •  Links to other ideas for first day activities:

      

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    	<!--mstheme-->  Getting  to Know You: Activities for the First Day of School  -- found at Education World<!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->
    	<!--mstheme-->  Fourteen  Great Ideas for the First Days of School  -- found at Education World<!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->
    	<!--mstheme-->  Fourteen  MORE Activities for the First Days of School  -- found at Education World<!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->
    	<!--mstheme-->    Break  the Ice -- found at Honolulu Community College<!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->
    	<!--mstheme-->  Icebreakers  -- found at Indiana University Teacher Talk<!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->
    	<!--mstheme-->    Icebreakers/Mixers --  found at B'nai B'rith Youth Organization<!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->
    	<!--mstheme-->    The  First Days of Middle School -- found at MiddleWeb
• 07 Aug 08
  

  Rachel Sanders
• 06 Aug 08
  

  Karen McMillan

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• 21 Oct 07
  

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  Denise Martinez on 2010-08-10
  Loved the "Who Is Your Teacher?"

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