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A Letter from Your Teacher on the First Day of Sch

A Letter from Your Teacher on the First Day of School” by Shannon Olsen and illustrated by Sandie Sonke is the perfect read-aloud to kick off your school year. This heartwarming story helps set expectations and eases first-day jitters by giving students a glimpse into what their classroom experience will be like. This companion resource pack includes a variety of meaningful and fun activities: an ‘All About Me’ pennant banner for a welcoming bulletin board display, comprehension strategy practice, a class book activity, a student survey, a sorting task, a first day of school board game, and a hands-on graphing activity—everything you need to start building classroom community from day one! #aletterfromyourteacheronthefirstdayofschool #tpt #firstgraderoars #readingcomprehension #backtoschool #firstgrade #community #firstweekofschool #firstdayofschool

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“I loved using this resource the first week of school! My kids enjoyed the activities to go along with the read aloud. Great for creating community within the classroom!”

“My students loved completing these activities after we read A Letter from Your Teacher on the First Day of School. It was a great way to start the school year. Thank you for creating this wonderful resource!”

“Great resource for such a sweet book! Thank you for creating amazing resources and sharing them with all of us! My students loved this!”

Start your school year off by reading this fun Bac

Start your school year off by reading this fun Back to School poem with your students. While you read, you can create a delicious first day of school snack. Begin building classroom community and rhave fun too. After reading the poem, your students can color the school bus and add the snack items, play the board game included, or complete one of the many writing extensions provided. You can also graph if they like the snack and complete a matching or coloring page too. There is so much included in this fun first day or week of school activity. #firstgraderoars #backtoschool #tpt #firstgrade #kindergarten #firstdayofschool #firstweekofschool #snackinacup #snackactivity

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“This activity is the perfect first day of school lesson. It encompasses community building, social and emotional learning and relationship building. All of the additional activities will carry you through the rest of the day. There is no need to plan anything else for the first day of school. This covers it all! ”

“I used this resource on the first day of school. The kids absolutely loved it, as did I! Definitely will be doing this again next year!!”

“I use this as a Back to School SEL, following directions and team building exercise. I also get some writing samples to use as a base line. I have other products in this line and 3rd graders love them! I just bump up the writing components.”

✏️ Say goodbye to writing block stress… I’ve done all the planning for you! 🙌
This 8-week step-by-step Writing Program has everything you need to launch your first grade writers with confidence. 👩‍🏫 “I Do, We Do, You Do” model 📚 Literature & writing center extensions 📝 Slides, rubrics, posters & more!
By the end? Your kids will be writing full 5-sentence stories with a beginning, middle, and end! 💥

💛 Teacher-loved. Student-approved. Writing made EASY.
👇 Tap ❤️ if you’re ready to rock your writing block! 🎒 Comment Writing and I will send you the link! 📌 Save this for back-to-school!

#FirstGradeRoars #FirstGradeWriting #BackToSchoolPrep #WritingBlockWin #GuidedWriting #1stGradeTeacher #TPTResource #WritingWorkshop #BackToSchoolEssentials #TeacherTimeSaver
“This is a MUST HAVE resource! Well worth every penny! I needed a place to start my writing lessons, and this gave me just that. I love the books that are listed for each lesson. This is my go-to from now on when starting writing.”

“I have never liked teaching writing until I bought this!!! Thank you. I found a love for writing. This was so easy to implement! I loved the consistency, the slides, the layout of the printables. I loved it all!”

“I used this resource during my writing block to go along with Step Up to Writing. My students were very engaged and I plan to purchase the remaining units! This writing unit is AMAZING and perfect for the start of the school year!”

Update ALERT! If you own my my First Day Jitters,

Update ALERT! If you own my my First Day Jitters, it just got a HUGE makeover. If you don’t you will want to grab it ASAP as it is on sale now! Start your school year with the perfect back-to-school read-aloud: First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg! This comprehensive resource is packed with engaging activities that help students connect with the story, ease their nerves, and build classroom community. Inside, you’ll find reading comprehension lessons (predicting, retelling, main idea, sequencing, inferencing, and more), vocabulary activities, writing prompts, colorful posters, and math games. Plus, bring the story to life with hands-on fun like jitter juice, jitter jars, jitter glitter, and jitter critters! This First Day Jitters unit is a must-have for the first week of school. It is perfect for easing first-day nerves and kicking off a positive school year!

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“This was an excellent resource to use to extend the learning with the book First Day Jitters. My students really enjoyed the activities and were very engaged.”

📚🚌 The Pigeon Has to Go to School — and yo

📚🚌 The Pigeon Has to Go to School — and your class will be so glad he does! This back-to-school read-aloud by Mo Willems is a classroom favorite, and I just updated my companion resource to make it even better!
💙 Whether it’s your first time using it or you already own it — you’re going to LOVE all the fun-packed activities that bring this story to life!
✨ What’s Included: ✅ Reading Comprehension (retelling, predicting, text-to-self, problem/solution & more) ✅ Writing Prompts + Class Book Pages ✅ Word Work + Pigeon Worry Sorts ✅ Pigeon Craft (paper topper & full body) ✅ School Bus Crafts (color + cut/paste options) ✅ Math: Graphing, Bingo, Gameboards ✅ Posters, Anchor Charts, Sorting Mats & more!
🕊️ The perfect way to kick off the year with fun, connection, and meaningful learning!
🚨 Just updated! If you already own it—go re-download now! 💸 ON SALE for the next 24 hours ONLY!
👇 Comment “Pigeon” and I’ll send you the link! 📌 Hit SAVE so you don’t forget this for later!
#ThePigeonHasToGoToSchool #MoWillemsBooks #BackToSchoolReadAlouds #FirstGradeROARS #TpTFirstGrade #TpTBackToSchool #ReadingComprehensionActivities #PigeonCraft #BackToSchoolCrafts #MathCentersFirstGrade #ELAandMathCenters #TpTTeacherLife #PrimaryTeacherTools #FirstWeekOfSchoolFun #TpTSale #JustUpdated #BackToSchoolFavorites

It’s $2 Tuesday! Six great goodies for $2 each!

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Six great goodies for $2 each!
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