Check out these articles on everything from preparing for the first day to dealing with homework woes, coping as a new teacher and ensuring smooth sailing for substitute teachers. Be sure to explore our 12 volumes of icebreakers and first day of school activities that help students and teachers get to know each other.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Teachers and students come to school bringing a wide range of backgrounds, languages, abilities, and temperaments. Get things off to the best start by asking them to respect their differences and make the most of their similarities. By sharing information on their lives and dreams, students and teachers can build community in the classroom that will support literacy instruction throughout the school year.
Material Type: Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Students write an owner's manual that helps them get to know their classroom, provides them with a sense of ownership, and lets others know about their classroom.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
This online tool enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive
This lesson describes how small groups of students can plan meetings to discuss what they've read in a "just for fun" book club they've organized - and that they control.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Reinforce student understanding of parts of speech through the analysis of sample cinquain poems followed by the creation of original cinquains.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
A collection of sites to live webcams, virtual tours/trips, and other miscellaneous fun educational sites.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This document will be used for initial training on the #GoOpenUSVI Microsite. Educators will be able to return here as often as needed.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This document will be used for initial training on the #GoOpenUSVI Microsite. Educators will be able to return here as often as needed.
Material Type: Lecture Notes
Get ready for the start of school with some of PBS LearningMedia's favorite back-to-school resources! This collection features activities and video resources to help students get to know each other and their new school routines, and lesson plans to help you get your new class off to a great start.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game, Interactive, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy
