If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a...		Sign In Use sign language to help lower the noise level in your classroom.
Research Paper: Take Notes How to identify important information and take useful notes for a research paper.		Getting to Know Each Other Through Poetry Students get to know each other through a poetry writing activity.
Reading Textbooks Tips for reading and retaining information from textbooks.		Our First Classroom Book Build classroom community while creating your first classroom book.
First Day Celebration Throw a "Getting to Know You" party on the first day of school.		Personal Space Use numbers to ensure students have personal space and help them keep track of their things.
Attendance and Lunch: A Simple Set-Up An easy system for taking attendance and organizing lunch at the beginning of the day.		Name Tags Use name tags to help you learn students' names.
Decorating Tips for the Classroom Tips for creating a more comfortable classroom atmosphere.		Name Game Improve students' alphabet recognition and letter-sound associations while learning fellow...
A Back-to-School Conversation Foster trust in the classroom through this first day of school activity.		Self Portrait Class Book Make a book of self-portraits that you can then use to compare with end of the year portraits.
Baseball Card Interview Questions Questions to accompany the Back to School Baseball Card activity.		Opening Activities Teach students that learning begins right away in your classroom with a daily opening learning...
Bio Poem Handout Use this template when writing a bio poem, a great format for students to write creatively...		Go on a Building Tour Take your students on a building tour so that they may know their way around the school.
Student Baseball Cards Students make baseball cards as a way of getting to know one another.		Classroom Introductions Introduce yourself to your students and discuss year long objectives. Students also introduce...