How to get your teacher ready book activities

Jean Reagan and Lee Wildish have done it again. You are ready for school but how about your teacher? I love this "how to" story and I...

The beginning of the school year is all about getting to know your students and building relationships. I always share an "All About Me" (teacher version) on

Check out my list of 9 great back to school read alouds all about diversity, conquering fear, and mastering communication and behavior in the classroom.

If you're looking for a great book to help set the tone for the new school year, try reading A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School. After reading this book, your students can write a letter to you with this free letter and envelope craft.

Teacher Read Aloud to build class community, available on Amazon. Perfect for the First Day of School or Back to School time, or for the last day of school or end of the year. Can be read over Zoom or Google Meets for distance learning. Has illustrations for inclusion, add it to your diverse books in your classroom library!

In this blog post, you'll find the best books, resources, ideas, and activities for the first week of school! If you're looking for the perfect back to school read alouds for your elementary classroom, they're all right here in this post! You'll find unique and engaging activities that can be paired with each of my books within this blog post. My books focus on building classroom community and setting the tone at the beginning of the school year! Get all of the back to school ideas here.

Create a supportive learning environment and cultivate Growth Mindset in your students from day one. Why not start with the heartwarming back to school read alouds, "The Magical Yet", and introduce Growth Mindset as well as The Power of Yet strategy to your students? Follow up with a Free back to school activity! Click on the link to discover how to use this book and get a free teaching resource for your first week of school activities.

In need of some new ideas for get to know you back to school activities? This book companion for A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School will give you some immediate insight about each of your students. This back to school activity is a must for your first week lesson plans. After reading this back to school read aloud, students get to write a letter to their teacher. This helps to build student relationships and increase classroom community. Win!

A blog for teachers to find example questions and ideas for different reading skills and strategies for over 100 different picture books.

A back to school book companion for the read aloud "Our Class is a Family." Students create a Class Family Album as an extension activity after reading aloud the story. Great first day of school activity for social emotional learning and class community and the beginning of the year. Implement as literacy center or writing center