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Back To School

Welcome Bags

I print out little notes and place them inside
smiley face treat bags. Each child finds one in their cubby
or on their desk at Open House/Meet the Teacher day.

J Welcome to Mrs. Bond's Class! J

Book – because we will do a LOT of reading!

Pencil – because we will do a LOT of writing too!

Eraser – because we all make mistakes, and that’s OK!

Smarties – because we are going to learn so much this year!

Smiley sticker – because we will have LOTS of fun together!

2010-Welcome-bags.doc

"I Am - Who Is?" Get Acquainted Game
2010-I-am---Who-is-game.doc

All you need to do is change the names to your kiddos' names.
Give each student the card with their name on the "I am"
line. Then have students sit in a circle or rainbow shape on
the floor. Start with the card that has the

. I like to start
the game so the students can see how to play.
Here's how to play:
I stand and read my card "I am Mrs. Bond."
the students say "Hi, Mrs. Bond"
I read "Who is Taylor?"

Taylor stands up and I sit down. Taylor reads her
card, giving time for the class to say "Hi" to her and
then continues with the rest of the card. Keep going
like this until you reach the card with only
one name and the

at the end.

All About Us
Classroom-Quilt-Block.pdf
Copy the blocks onto cardstock. Have students fill in
the blanks, make a decorative border and color the block
with crayons. Hole punch the sides and tie together with yarn. Don't forget to make a block for yourself too!

Here is a picture from 2009. It is under the bulletin board.
I leave these up all year. The kids LOVE them!

Back-to-school-ME-Bags.doc
I send this home for their first homework assignment. They have a few days to collect items that tell about them. ME Bags are a fun way for students to share a little about themselves.

Friendship-Salad.pdf
This is a great lesson on following classroom rules
and having good manners. It's yummy too!

Books I like to read:
The Kissing Hand
Froggy Goes to School
First Day Jitters
The Night Before First Grade
The Crayon Box That Talked
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
Charlie Cook's Favorite Book

Printable crayon book:

http://www.mrsstoutsclass.com/crayons.htm

Back to school glyphs
http://www.mathwire.com/seasonal/school1.html

Back to school ideas

http://www.kinderthemes.com/backtoschool.html

"I Have" Games

http://www.jmeacham.com/games.htm

Back to School Unit from Shari Sloane

http://kidscount1234.com/

Back to School Unit from Miss Renee

http://lilteacher.com/backtoschool.html

September

Apples

Books I like to read:
The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree
The Apple Pie Tree (there's a recipe on the cooking page to go along with this book)
Ten Apples Up On Top

Apple Units

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/apples/

http://lilteacher.com/apples.html

http://www.teachingheart.net/appleunit.html

http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Apples/index.shtml

http://www.mrsnelsonsclass.com/teacherresources/thematicunits/apples.aspx

http://www.kinderthemes.com/apples.html

http://www.littlegiraffes.com/apples.html

My Apple Printables

2009-Apple-Activities---like-and-dislike-page.pdf

2009-Apple-Jacks-Graph.pdf

Apple-Happy-student-book.pdf

Happy-poems-for-student-books.pdf

Apple-Measurement.pdf

Apple-Glyph-Legend.pdf

Transportation

http://www.mrsnelsonsclass.com/teacherresources/thematicunits/transportation.aspx

Fall

Fall Units
http://lilteacher.com/fall.html

http://www.thekcrew.net/fall.html

http://www.littlegiraffes.com/fall.html

My Printables

Weather-Journal-pages.pdf
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October

Community Helpers

http://lilteacher.com/communityhelpers.html

Fire Safety

Fire Safety Units
http://www.kinderkorner.com/fire.html

http://www.thekcrew.net/units.html

My Printables
Pumpkin-Happy-student-book.pdf

PumpkinHappyclassbookcover2009.doc

PumpkinHappyclassbook2009.doc

Pumpkin-Glyph-Legend.pdf
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November

November
http://www.kinderthemes.com/November.html

Thanksgiving

http://www.mrsnelsonsclass.com/teacherresources/thematicunits/thanksgiving.aspx

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/thanksgiving.htm

http://www.themeunits.com/Thanksgiving_bk.html

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays/thanksgiving/

http://www.thekcrew.net/pilgrims.html

http://www.littlegiraffes.com/thanksgiving.html

http://www.littlegiraffes.com/pilgrimpage.html

http://www.littlegiraffes.com/indians.html

My Printables
TurkeyHappyclassbook2009.doc
TurkeyDressing-2008.doc
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December

Polar Express

http://www.kinderkorner.com/polarexpress.html

http://www.littlegiraffes.com/polarexpress.html

My Printables
The-Midnight-Ride---A-Polar-Express-book.pdf

Christmas from Little Giraffes
http://www.littlegiraffes.com/christmas.html

Pack your bags and get ready to travel all over the world to see
how Christmas and Winter Holidays are celebrated.

Passport-Cover.pdf
Australia-flag.pdf
China-flag.pdf
England-flag.pdf
France-flag.pdf
Germany-flag.pdf
Holland-flag.pdf
Israel-flag.pdf
Mexico-Flag.pdf
Norway-flag.pdf
Russia-flag.pdf
United-States-flag.pdf

To make student passports, print the passport cover in color onto white cardstock and cut in half to make 2 covers. For each student, cut 6 pages of white copy paper in half widthwise and then fold pages in half to make a booklet. Staple with a long arm stapler from the outside of the cover on the crease. Write students' names on the name line. I like to print out information to glue into the inside of the covers with name, grade, school, teacher, and year - kind of like a real passport would be. Now you are ready to begin your journey! Each time we visit a country, the students get a flag from that country and a stamp in their passport. (It's best to print the flags in color.) I make stamps by using the small alphabet stamps from Target. I separate the individual letters and then tape them together to form the names of the countries. Then I simply stamp the country name under the flag picture in each student's passport. If you don't have alphabet stamps, you could print small labels with the names, or write them with marker. My kids really get a kick out of getting their passports stamped. They feel grown up!