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This first week of school activities pack for 2nd grade includes everything you’ll need to establish a positive classroom climate and informally assess your students’ writing abilities and self-confidence!
The summer mini-book, back-to-school glyph, first-of-the-year flip book, STEM challenge, and interest inventory are sure to help you understand your new class of students in no time and will also help students get to know each other!
These activities were specifically designed for 2nd grade, but there are also First Week of School Activities products available for 1st grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade in my TPT store!
PLEASE NOTE: The glyph in the printable file is DIFFERENT from the glyph in the Google Slides™ version due to the restrictions on using moveable clip art in Google activities.
This back-to-school activities product includes the following activities:
All the activities in this First Week of School Activity Pack start the year on a positive note! Please see the thumbnails and preview for a sample and photos of the activities.
NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!
This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.
This PDF file contains 52 pages + Google Slides.
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This is everything you could need and more. The titles are awesome, and the activities are so well done. My kids loved it across both of my grades. Wow!
I am very pleased with everything I purchased from your store! Thank you for creative, colorful, USEFUL resources!
I loved this resource! It was simple to use, engaging, and relevant. I loved the simplicity of each slide. The text and graphics were kid-friendly, beautifully formatted for easy reading, and best of all, there was no prep!
This has been a great resource for our journal writing in class! The prompts are always thought provoking and even get my hesitant writers to get something on the paper. Thank you!
This was the best resource I have found for teaching my students strategies for figuring out unknown words. We completed one of each type of activity in a whole group setting. Then they practiced with a partner before doing their independent practice. My students were highly successful with this resource. Thank you!
This resource doesn’t take much time to prep. I made copies on color paper, cut, and laminated them so I could store them for future use. Each morning, I share an affirmation that I feel my students can relate to and I have them share their feelings or point of view on the affirmation. I post each day’s affirmation on the wall near the classroom door, and we reference past ones as needed. My goal is to have a wall of affirmations by the end of the school year.
This is an amazing resource and I have used it over and over again! Thank you for such tremendous products! It barely fits in a year without skipping a few lessons.
I love ALLLLL of your resources and this one is no exception! I use these (laminated) Yoga cards to reference when either myself or another student is leading the class in Brain Breaks in between subjects.
I used this during our Owen & Mzee unit on an emergency SUB day! The digital resource was perfect to assign via google classroom at home. I loved that my students were able to independently review multiple skills with our current text.
I loved everything in this resource. My fifth graders loved the flipbook. They reflected and practiced self-awareness, which is something we covered in SEL. I did this at the end of the year as a fun activity.
I’ve purchased many Growth Mindset resources over the years, and this is by far one of the best. It is thoughtfully put together, thorough, and meaningful. The students are engaged…and mindsets are shifting! Love it. Thanks!
The task cards work wonderfully in literacy centers. They provide quick review and serve to upgrade student’s writing. Environment skill support is essential, and the anchor charts provide the scaffolding needed by many.
These task cards are set-up for easy use by the students in the Google classroom. The text is engaging and with the recommendation for 3rd grade to 6th grade, all students have an opportunity to have success.
I love this bundle! I have used it for the past two years and it has been so great to use it to get to know my new students. My students also enjoy doing them as they are easy activities to do.
The examples on the cards were awesome. I was able to use the cards in multiple ways (bingo, flashcards, etc). This is an awesome resource.
Getting to the main idea of a passage can be difficult for some students. Use this digital, as I did, for morning work or homework. Print out the PDF version and work small group.
I absolutely loved these awards! I love all the categories. I love all the sayings that go with each category. I love how there are boy and girl awards for each category, and most of all I love how super easy it was to use! All I had to do was enter my name and date and it was added to each award automatically. Then all I had to do was fill in the names. Thanks for this resource!
WOW!!!!!! Five stars is not enough!!! I could not have been more impressed with the quality of this product!!!! Do not hesitate to purchase from this seller!
This is an excellent resource. Well created, student friendly, clear and concise! Thank you so much for sharing your talents!
My class does Daily Affirmations, and these cards create great conversation starters as well as reminders. They enhance our Growth Mindset board so beautifully and help keep me on track when I start to feel frustrated. Print, laminate a set for your wall, and have kids copy them into a journal. Such a great boost to start the day!
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Amanda H –
Great ideas for the first week!
Amanda H –
Great ideas for the first week!
Jessica L –
Great product. I will use this. It would be great to have a section of the items in use with pictures of how you used it.
Thanks
Laura C –
I will be using some of these ideas to get to know my students better.
Laura C –
I will be using some of these ideas to get to know my students better.
Amanda B –
I love the activities!!
Amanda B –
I love the activities!!
Alyssa S –
Some fun stuff! 🙂
Alyssa S –
Some fun stuff! 🙂
Lucy M –
Great back to school activities!
Lucy M –
Great back to school activities!
Breanna F –
This packet is full of back to school culture-building and getting to know you activities! The activities are creative and can be used year after year. Heads up: Be ready to print and make some copies, but totally worth it!
Breanna F –
This packet is full of back to school culture-building and getting to know you activities! The activities are creative and can be used year after year. Heads up: Be ready to print and make some copies, but totally worth it!
Marilyn S –
Just what I was looking for. Thanks so much!
Marilyn S –
Just what I was looking for. Thanks so much!
Tessa C –
My class loved doing the STEM experiment! Thank you!
Tessa C –
My class loved doing the STEM experiment! Thank you!
Jill O –
This was great, my Grade 1/2 class loved the STEM challenge and it was a good way to get them excited on the first day!
Jill O –
This was great, my Grade 1/2 class loved the STEM challenge and it was a good way to get them excited on the first day!
Cathy B –
Great ideas!
Cathy B –
Great ideas!
sarah J –
What a creative and fun way to engage the students from day one.
sarah J –
What a creative and fun way to engage the students from day one.
Lynne G –
Thank you
Lynne G –
Thank you
lori O –
Great Product
lori O –
Great Product
amanda B –
Great resource!
amanda B –
Great resource!
Laramie P –
Great!
Laramie P –
Great!
Sol Teacher –
thank you can’t wait to use it!
Sol Teacher –
thank you can’t wait to use it!
Tammy Unterschultz –
Great ideas!
Tammy Unterschultz –
Great ideas!
Saylor’s Sailing Sailors –
Awesome source. Thank you!
Saylor’s Sailing Sailors –
Awesome source. Thank you!
Michelle M –
this is a good resource
Michelle M –
this is a good resource
Heather W –
Particularly like the Puzzle Bulletin Board and the Interest Inventory.
Heather W –
Particularly like the Puzzle Bulletin Board and the Interest Inventory.
Justin M –
Great tool for back to school.
Justin M –
Great tool for back to school.
Rachel P –
merci
Rachel P –
merci
Jenny H –
I was excited to use this resource. I wanted to get a glimpse of my students participation before school ended. They were very excited and did well. Thanks.
Karen Franklin –
Wow! I loved all the different activities you packed into this resource! It was so nice to choose something completely different for the first day of school and the kids enjoyed it. It was very creative and helpful! Thanks so much!
Tierney H –
I loved using this resource to plan lessons and activities for my second graders! It’s full of so many engaging community building activities, some of which are similar to ones I have used prior. Definitely worth the purchase!
Kristy G –
Great product for beginning of the year. Got this and a few more other items.
Monique B –
This was great! My students loved the activities and were engaged. Very easy to use a prep.
Brianne D –
Great activities for back to school!
Chelsey C –
Fun first week activities
Kinsey S –
Thank you for this resource! It was so helpful for the first week of school!
Dallas H –
So fun! Thank you.
Tweety –
This is full of so many engaging community building activities. I love the interest survey. It helped me get to know my students.
Michelle V –
Thank you! Just what I needed!!
Becky T –
It was a nice addition to the beginning of school for our class. I did not utilize all of it, but it was helpful.
Amber M –
I really liked this package and if we had been distance learning it would have been exactly what I wanted to start with. I am glad I purchased it for future use.
Katie Paffe –
I love these activities to get to know the kids!
Lisa M –
great resource
Michelle F –
This was great for the first week of school. They were fun activities that helped me get to know more about them and their abilities. It was a great way to ease them back into school.
Faith Shores –
Very useful
Stacey W –
Fun project that all learners can enjoy. The students really loved sharing about themselves.
Mary Frances W –
Awesome!
Eileen Schulz –
Great for back to school.
Debra S –
Fun packet to start the year.
lisa C –
My students have enjoyed the projects so far.
Pencils and Primary –
Great resource for back to school!
Heidi Crane –
Very useful!
e D –
Can’t wait to use this again this September!
samantha H –
Loved this!!
Chrissy H –
Great ideas!
Kristy W –
This is a great, no-prep resource!
Jennifer W –
I switched grade levels and this resource was a life saver! Thanks!
melissa arata –
Cute
temiko scott –
My students loved this resource and were engaged.
christine S –
New to the grade so this was great
Coffee First Teach Second –
Did most of these in the first two weeks! Engaging and fun!!!
Kristie D –
Great resource! Thanks!
Rachel K –
This was a great resource with many options and activities the students enjoyed the first week of school.
Jaclyn E –
Great Resource
Debbie C –
Great resource
Barbara S –
Great resource!
Melissa Santos –
Thanks! It’s just what I needed!
christine higgins –
I used some of the materials during the first few days of school. Good for independent work.
Sherry Jarrell –
Students were very engaged with some of the activities.
susan szepelak –
Students loved working together with this activity. Very engaging and hands on.