Middle school beginning of year activity

With the start of school upon us, it is time to begin planning for the first-week-of-school activities you’ll complete this school year. Here are 15 engaging and fun first-day and first-week school activities for middle and high school students. Including student survey, classroom welcome slides, back-to-school stations/centers, growth mindset activities, class contract, and more! Go to www.thedaringenglishteacher.com for more engaging resources and helpful tips!

I've put together an easy "back to school recipe" filled with activities for middle school students to do when they head back to school. You'll find warm-ups, back to school games, and first day activities that are perfect for 6th, 7th or even 8th graders at the beginning of the school year! Make back to school for junior high and middle school students fun with these back to school activities for middle school students!

Back to school season is almost here...are you ready for the first day of middle school? Whether you've welcomed students into your classroom for many years or it's your first year ever, it's always exciting (and sometimes a bit terrifying!) to meet so many new students at the start of the year. Click the pin to read about 5 ideas to take with you into the new school year.

You are a great teacher (that's why you're checking out products related to building relationships) and you know how important it is to spend time getting to know WHO your students are before you jump head first into content.This post will give you four ideas you can use with your middle school students that first week of school. #secondaryteacher #middleschoolELA #firstweekofschool #iteachmiddleschool

As students head back to school, ELA teachers everywhere are considering how they are going to begin the school year, so I wanted to walk you through one of my favorite lesson plans entitled, “Why do we read?” As an educator, there are few things as exciting and rewarding as introducing a young person to […]

With the back-to-school season upon us, it is time to begin planning for the first-week-of-school activities you’ll complete this school year. Here are 15 engaging and fun first-day and first-week school activities for 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th grade students. Including student survey, classroom welcome slides, back-to-school stations/centers, growth mindset activities, class contract, and more! Go to www.thedaringenglishteacher.com for more engaging resources and helpful tips!

A simple and quick back to school activity that will keeps students talking about it all year. This lesson plan will really get your students thinking in the long term through the entire school year.

With the back-to-school season upon us, it is time to begin planning for the first-week-of-school activities you’ll complete this school year. Here are 15 engaging and fun first-day and first-week school activities for middle and high school students. First week of high school English | Back to School Secondary ELA | Back to school activities | first week of school lessons | secondary ELA | high school English | middle school ELA

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