Opening Activities Teach students that learning begins right away in your classroom with a daily opening learning...		Snail, Snail Build community with younger students while playing the "snail" game.
Go on a Building Tour Take your students on a building tour so that they may know their way around the school.		Make a Rainbow Bulletin Board Students describe their helpful behaviors and create a bulletin board.
Classroom Introductions Introduce yourself to your students and discuss year long objectives. Students also introduce...		Business Then and Now Descriptions of old-fashioned names for modern jobs.
Puppets Tell the Rules Use a puppet to teach students the class rules, goals, and procedures.		All About the Human Body Present details of the functions of body systems as well as interesting facts.
Desk Barriers Students will create privacy shields to create barriers between desks.		Interesting Facts about the Human Body A fabulous list of facts about the human body, for example, most people shed 40 pounds of skin...
Classroom Timesaver: ID Numbers Assigning students I.D. numbers saves time during assignment collection, field trips, and fire...		Appreciation Cards Students make "Appreciation Cards" for people who have jobs that impact their lives.
Squiggle Drawing Students learn about group dynamic by creating a group picture.		Career Bulletin Board Create a "Career Collage" and display it on a bulletin board.
What Is a Peaceable Classroom? An activity to encourage your students to interact peacefully in the classroom.		How Do You Say Hello? Children explore an online resource and learn to say hello in Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic.
Similar and Different Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different.		"Hi" in Hieroglyphics Children explore an online resource and translate names and common words from English into...
Remembering Names Use these fun games to help students remember each other's names.		Wave Bottle Students will create wave bottles and observe the motion and patterns of waves. This lesson is...