Back to School - The First Three Weeks - Part 1

Back to School - The First Three Weeks - Part 1

As teachers head back to school around the world, one of the pressing matters that they are contemplating is how to establish and sustain solid routines, and build a strong classroom culture with their students. For many years I have shared my systems and strategies with teachers around the world, including in this blog. As requested, I have compiled many of these ideas into a 'mega' back to school guide of over 100 pages. 

In this teacher resource, I explain how I set up my first 2-3 weeks of the year, building toward a successful and enduring classroom culture, suitable for teachers of upper elementary and middle school.

This bumper teacher resource is crammed full of ideas for starting your new school year just right, whether you are a new teacher or an experienced teachers looking for inspiration.

Classroom Decor

The first chapter in this resource looks at choosing a unifying theme for your room and using that for all you communication, posters, labels, presentations and so on. Almost considering that theme as your personal and recognisable 'brand'.

One thing to create with that decor theme, are name cards to use as  “business” or “calling cards” for each student. Included are a set of name card borders to print onto card and cut neatly with a guillotine. Students can create their own unique designs for their names. By inserting these into clip-on name tags, you can use them in a variety of ways - for labelling, seating and student drawers/cubbies, to wearing for visitors or relief teachers, attach to completed work in a learning centre for teacher checking, or leave in the place of borrowed equipment e.g. class headphones.

Links to further classroom decor themes, including my FREE welcome buntings, have also been added for you. 

Please join me again next week for another extract from this helpful resource or take a closer look at

BACK TO SCHOOL activities for first weeks of school and start of year - HERE

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