First class activities

Need a fun get to know you activity for the first day of class? This ice breaker is a class mingle activity which your students will love. A fun way to get them mingling and asking each other questions on the first day of class. FREE download on ISL Collective.

Use the All about me printable to make a fun coloring craft/writing activity All about me spinner for first day of school for kids.

Three fantastic icebreakers that get kids talking and start building relationships from the first day of school!

Back to school season is here! If you're looking for a fun printable school activity, you'll love this free back to school word search.

The first week of school can be a daunting time. Not only are you getting a brand new group of students that you need to get to know, you are dealing with paperwork, classroom organization and management issues, AND your specials usually haven't started yet. This means that getting into a routine can be T.O.U.G.H. I have five activities that can help make that time a little bit easier.

Between teaching routines, testing, testing and more testing, it is also important to have fun and get to know your new students! Because I start the school year with students of all levels, including ELLs,

Let’s talk ESL first day activities. If you need some help figuring out what to do for the ESL first day of class, fear not! Here are some of my top recommendations for ESL activities for the first day. #newteacher #esl #eslteacher

Whole page with prompts for speaking practice - can be used for either introducing oneself to the whole group or as an interview exercise. This worksheet can be used as a whole class activity: give students some time to prepare their answers. Then can can individually introduce themselves to the whole class. Alternatively, they can make up all the information and use it for a pair work interview. This worksheet comes in both colour and b/w. - ESL worksheets