If you’re looking for first week of school lesson plans 1st grade students will love, these plans are for you! My goals for this week are always 1. Introduce students to back to school routines and procedures, and 2. Help them love school. I spent years creating this schedule and every year, my students are so excited to come back to school after the first week. Whether you’re a new teacher who’s not sure what to actually do when your students arrive or a veteran teacher looking for some new back to school activities, these plans are perfect for you.

This resource is full of simple and meaningful activities that students will enjoy while learning the expectations for their new classroom. I spell out everything for you in detailed lesson plans so you know exactly what you’re doing all day. Each day also includes activities, slides, mini-lessons, and traceable anchor charts. See the list below and check out the preview for more details!

⭐ What’s Included:

•Lesson plans for 5 days with editable versions

•Welcome slides for each day

•Morning meeting greetings, sharing questions, activities, and message templates for each day

•First day nametag activity

•The Pigeon Has to Go to School writing activity

•Classroom scavenger hunt with an editable version

•2 coloring sheet options

•Making Our Rules 4 day process with traceable anchor charts

•Reading mini-lessons for turn and talk, reading the words and pictures, and choosing a good spot

•Read to self introduction

•Reading stamina chart

•Books We Want to Read in 1st Grade traceable anchor charts

•Handwriting traceable anchor chart

•3 handwriting practice pages

•Race to 120 and 120 chart puzzle math games

•3 days of number talks

•Growth mindset lessons with traceable anchor charts

•Parts of a sentence introduction with Writing Checklist traceable anchor chart

•This or That? activity with worksheet and slides

•Tons of procedures introductions

•Additional activity ideas to fill extra time

•List of favorite back-to-school read-alouds

I hope you love using these first week of first grade plans in your classroom! If you have any questions about them, please feel free to ask below or reach out to me at sunnysideupin1st@gmail.com. ☀️