Back to School Printables and Worksheets

• Back to School Newsletter Template (color) (b&w)

First Day

• Fun Playdough
  This goes with a first day of school activity found at Little Giraffes Teaching Ideas. Each student starts with a ball of playdough and a rhyme to ease the first day jitters.
• Back to School Bus Puzzle (color) (b&w)

Writing Pages

• I Like School Writing Practice Page 
  “I like school…” writing practice page. Has a picture of a bus and writing lines.
• School Themed Writing Paper: Bus or School Border
  
  

Desk Tags / Nameplates

See also: NAMEPLATES

• Back to School Nameplates / Desk Tags Desk tags or nameplates with a school bus and abc 123 back to school theme. Choose from color or black and white.
• Crayons Desk Tags / Nameplates  (color) (b&w)
  Printable crayon desk tags available in color or black and white.

Printable Books

• Chester Goes to School Book
  This book was originally available at The Learning Leap website.  It has since gone offline but we have a copy of the book archived here.  Find more activities for The Kissing Hand at Little Giraffes.

  

• Class Book: “To School” Innovation
  An innovation of “To Town” by Joy Cowley; a Rigby Story Box book – Print one copy of the cover for each book you plan to make. Print one copy of the cloze page for each student. Discuss with the students different ways to get to school. If available, read “To Town” by Joy Cowley with the class. After each child has come up with a way to go “to school”, help each student decide whether to use the page that says “…on a _____.” OR “…in a _____.” Encourage students to use inventive spelling to fill in the blank and illustrate their pages appropriately. If students are not able to use inventive spelling to fill in the blanks independently, an adult should fill in the blank for the students.

Getting to Know You, Icebreakers

• Find Someone Who Worksheet
  A fun getting-to-know-you, icebreaker, or back to school activity. Students find someone who matches the criteria listed in each square.
• Getting to Know You Worksheet 
  Students answer questions about classmates by finding someone who matches the criteria. Color Black and White

Graphing

• How do you travel to school? Pocket Chart Graphing Printable
  Includes header card and graphing cards for your pocket chart, plus a graphing sheet.

Classroom Rules

•  Classroom / School Rules Student Contract
  A contract for students to list school or classroom rules, then sign and date.

Language Arts

• Back to School Alphabetizing (color) (b&w)
• Back to School Alphabet Tracing Cards (color) (b&w)
• Back to School Consonant Digraphs Sort 
  School bus themed cards with words beginning in ch, ph, sh, th, wh.  Choose from color or black and white.

• Glue Bottle Alphabet – Lowercase
• Glue Bottle Alphabet – Uppercase (color or b&w)
  

Math

• Odd and Even Number Sorting (color) (b&w)
• School Bus Tracing Numbers (color) (b&w)
• Count by 5s Pencils  
  Available in both color and black and white. Pencils for skip counting by 5s.