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...		Name Game Improve students' alphabet recognition and letter-sound associations while learning fellow...
Stellaluna Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes...		Classroom Introductions Introduce yourself to your students and discuss year long objectives. Students also introduce...
Attendance and Lunch: A Simple Set-Up An easy system for taking attendance and organizing lunch at the beginning of the day.		Self Portrait Class Book Make a book of self-portraits that you can then use to compare with end of the year portraits.
First Day Celebration Throw a "Getting to Know You" party on the first day of school.		Puppets Tell the Rules Use a puppet to teach students the class rules, goals, and procedures.
A Back-to-School Conversation Foster trust in the classroom through this first day of school activity.		Desk Barriers Students will create privacy shields to create barriers between desks.
Personal Space Use numbers to ensure students have personal space and help them keep track of their things.		Classroom Timesaver: ID Numbers Assigning students I.D. numbers saves time during assignment collection, field trips, and fire...
Our First Classroom Book Build classroom community while creating your first classroom book.		Squiggle Drawing Students learn about group dynamic by creating a group picture.
Name Tags Use name tags to help you learn students' names.		What Is a Peaceable Classroom? An activity to encourage your students to interact peacefully in the classroom.
Opening Activities Teach students that learning begins right away in your classroom with a daily opening learning...		Similar and Different Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different.
Go on a Building Tour Take your students on a building tour so that they may know their way around the school.		Remembering Names Use these fun games to help students remember each other's names.