What others say
"This bundle was perfect for the first week of school! The activities were engaging, easy to implement, and helped build classroom community while allowing me to get to know my students."
Erika W.
"This resource made it easy to add some SEL lessons into the first week of school. They were low prep and easy to implement too!"
Samantha L.
Description
Kickstart your school year with this teacher-tested first week of school survival kit! Perfect for K-2 classrooms, this bundle includes printable and digital activities for building community: All About Me books, goal setting flipbooks, class rules collaboration, friendship activities, and parent forms. Save time with ready-to-use anchor charts, lesson ideas, and SEL-focused activities.
✨ WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS RESOURCE:
- Saves Time: No-prep activities for the first week of school, including read-aloud suggestions, lesson plans, and schedules.
- Builds Community: All About Me books, friendship snapshots, class rules collaboration, and "A Good Friend" activities set the stage for strong relationships.
- Organization Made Easy: Editable parent questionnaires, transportation forms, volunteer sign-ups, and Google Forms™ for seamless communication.
- Flexible Formats: Includes Google Slides™, PowerPoint™, Seesaw, and printable PDFs—ideal for any classroom setup.
- Differentiated Options: Primary-friendly versions (PK-1) with picture supports and upper-grade adaptations (2-3).
✨ WHAT'S INCLUDED:
- Community Building & Icebreakers
• All About Me Activities (3 leveled versions + digital options)
• First Day Feelings Graph & Writing Prompts (SEL integration)
• Friendship Snapshots (bulletin board display)
• "We Know a Lot!" confidence-building activity
• Buddy Bingo & Classroom Scavenger Hunt - Classroom Management Essentials
• Class Rules Collaboration Kit (anchor charts, scenario cards)
• Lunch Choices Sort (smart vs. silly behavior activity)
• Hallway Behavior Poem & Procedures Practice
• Problem & Solution Scenarios (conflict resolution)
• Glue Craft with Poem - Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
• Goal Setting Templates (flipbooks for school/home goals)
• "A Good Friend" Activities (sorts, graphic organizers)
• "A Good Teacher/Student" Discussion Prompts - Parent Communication
• Editable Student Info Sheets (transportation, allergies)
• Remote Learning Questionnaire (digital + printable) - Teacher Tools
• 35+ Read-Aloud Recommendations with themes
• First Week Lesson Plans and Schedules
Perfect for:
- First day of school activities (K-2)
- Back to school night and meet the teacher stations
- Open house parent engagement
- First week of school lesson plans
- Classroom routines and procedures practice
- Social-emotional learning (SEL) lessons
- Character education activities
- Parent-teacher communication starters
- Digital learning
NOTE: This is a ZIP file with Google Slides™ links, PowerPoint™ edits, and printable PDFs. Seesaw versions included!
✨ RELATED RESOURCES:
Social-Emotional Learning Bundle
Editable Student Calendar & Binder
Classroom Mottos & Beliefs Posters
All Are Welcome Book Companion
Editable Newsletter Templates
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First Week of School Activities Bundle (Digital & Printable for Back to School)
Teaching with Haley O'Connor
21.1k Followers
$15.00
Highlights
Digital downloads
Grades
PreK - 3rd
Standards
CCSSW.K.2
CCSSW.1.2
CCSSSL.K.1
Pages
300+
Teaching Duration
3 Weeks
What others say
"This bundle was perfect for the first week of school! The activities were engaging, easy to implement, and helped build classroom community while allowing me to get to know my students."
Erika W.
"This resource made it easy to add some SEL lessons into the first week of school. They were low prep and easy to implement too!"
Samantha L.
Description
Kickstart your school year with this teacher-tested first week of school survival kit! Perfect for K-2 classrooms, this bundle includes printable and digital activities for building community: All About Me books, goal setting flipbooks, class rules collaboration, friendship activities, and parent forms. Save time with ready-to-use anchor charts, lesson ideas, and SEL-focused activities.
✨ WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS RESOURCE:
- Saves Time: No-prep activities for the first week of school, including read-aloud suggestions, lesson plans, and schedules.
- Builds Community: All About Me books, friendship snapshots, class rules collaboration, and "A Good Friend" activities set the stage for strong relationships.
- Organization Made Easy: Editable parent questionnaires, transportation forms, volunteer sign-ups, and Google Forms™ for seamless communication.
- Flexible Formats: Includes Google Slides™, PowerPoint™, Seesaw, and printable PDFs—ideal for any classroom setup.
- Differentiated Options: Primary-friendly versions (PK-1) with picture supports and upper-grade adaptations (2-3).
✨ WHAT'S INCLUDED:
- Community Building & Icebreakers
• All About Me Activities (3 leveled versions + digital options)
• First Day Feelings Graph & Writing Prompts (SEL integration)
• Friendship Snapshots (bulletin board display)
• "We Know a Lot!" confidence-building activity
• Buddy Bingo & Classroom Scavenger Hunt - Classroom Management Essentials
• Class Rules Collaboration Kit (anchor charts, scenario cards)
• Lunch Choices Sort (smart vs. silly behavior activity)
• Hallway Behavior Poem & Procedures Practice
• Problem & Solution Scenarios (conflict resolution)
• Glue Craft with Poem - Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
• Goal Setting Templates (flipbooks for school/home goals)
• "A Good Friend" Activities (sorts, graphic organizers)
• "A Good Teacher/Student" Discussion Prompts - Parent Communication
• Editable Student Info Sheets (transportation, allergies)
• Remote Learning Questionnaire (digital + printable) - Teacher Tools
• 35+ Read-Aloud Recommendations with themes
• First Week Lesson Plans and Schedules
Perfect for:
- First day of school activities (K-2)
- Back to school night and meet the teacher stations
- Open house parent engagement
- First week of school lesson plans
- Classroom routines and procedures practice
- Social-emotional learning (SEL) lessons
- Character education activities
- Parent-teacher communication starters
- Digital learning
NOTE: This is a ZIP file with Google Slides™ links, PowerPoint™ edits, and printable PDFs. Seesaw versions included!
✨ RELATED RESOURCES:
Social-Emotional Learning Bundle
Editable Student Calendar & Binder
Classroom Mottos & Beliefs Posters
All Are Welcome Book Companion
Editable Newsletter Templates
Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.
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Great back to school resource!
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
This resource was well designed and aligned nicely with my classroom goals. Thank you!
Takes the guess work away!
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
Takes the guess work out of making first week plans! A lifesaver during such a chaotic time
Staple Lessons
A good unit I often come back to every year to support teaching routines.
Great Resource
Thank you for creating this resource. It is just what I needed.
Great First Week Resource
This bundle was perfect for the first week of school! The activities were engaging, easy to implement, and helped build classroom community while allowing me to get to know my students.
first week of school in a zip
I used the Journey's 1st Grade Unit 2 Digital Resource Bundle | Google Classroom – Independent Practice Activities to provide engaging, standards-aligned literacy practice that students could complete independently. The digital format and interactive activities were especially beneficial for my special education learners, offering visual supports, immediate accessibility, and differentiated opportunities to reinforce reading, vocabulary, and comprehension skills at their own pace.
Fun recource
Fun back to school activity to help with back to school.
Great resource!
This resource was very useful in my classroom! It brought my students and I joy.
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSW.K.2
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
CCSSW.1.2
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
CCSSSL.K.1
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
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