Community Building - Back to School Getting to Know You Activities for K and 1st

Are you looking for engaging back to school community building activities? This "getting to know you" kindergarten or first grade unit is perfect for the beginning of the year! Build classroom community and engage your students as they work together to solve the mystery of who took the cookies from the cookie jar.

Who took the cookies from the cookie jar? You have a mystery on your hands! Your classroom cookie snack has disappeared!

This unit will lead you around the school, in an interactive and engaging search for suspects, complete with an optional silly string interrogation of the suspected thief! This fun and engaging unit is packed full of literacy, math and science fun. Activities that focus on learning school staff and classmates’ names, as well as school locations, make this the perfect engagement unit to kick off your school year and/or build classroom and school community at any time of year! The differentiated center activities in the packet ensure it’s perfect for a variety of primary learners. This unit guarantees to engage students, teach standards, and impress parents and principals!

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Here is some of what's included:

*The Case of the Missing Cookies

Set Up, Directions & Materials

*Solving the Mystery Activity #1:

*Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar Class Game & “Who Took the Cookies?” Poem

*Solving the Mystery Activity #2:

Search for the Great Cookie Thief – Following the Clues!

*Solving the Mystery Activity #3:

Balloon Blasters/Finding the Suspects

*Solving the Mystery Activity #4:

Fingerprint Science & Solving the Mystery

*Writing Template to draw & write about the learning fun

*Cookie Poem in three different formats pocket chart version, single-page version, and poetry journal version

*Cookie Detective Craft with patterns and directions

*Literacy & Math Centers for kindergarten and first grade.

Color and black and white versions available

Perfect for ROCK YOUR SCHOOL DAY or any other day!

SKU: 2738250