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Back to School Activities for Your Primary Class

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If you are looking for some simple and printable back to school activities for your primary class, then look no further! Keep on reading to learn about my top four printable activities for the new school year!

First Day of School Booklet

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This back to school activity booklet, “My First Day of School” is a simple way for students to document the memory of the day.

This quick first day of school activity requires teachers to print, staple, and start. Two sheets of paper required for each student (e.g., print back-to-back on two sheets of paper, and then staple).

This activity is most suitable for Grade 1 and 2.

To view a video of the pages, please click here to visit my listing on Teachers Pay Teachers.

All About Me Activities

The Get to Know Me! worksheets are simple and fun to use as a Back to School activity. 

These pages are geared for Kindergarten to Grade 1 students. Students can use these pages to introduce themselves to fellow classmates and have fun learning about their new friends, too.

The pages can be used individually or compiled as a booklet.

To learn more about the various back to school activities in this resource, please click here to visit the listing on Teachers Pay Teachers.

My Name Is Super!

My Name is Super! is a simple worksheet that is a perfect activity for the first day of school / back to school. 

Young learners will enjoy using different colours to write their super name.

Suitable for Pre-K – Grade 1 students or early writers. Quick tips included.

To learn more about this activity, please click here to visit the listing on Teachers Pay Teachers.

Back to School Activity Bundle

If you like all three resources shared above, then they can be purchased in this bundle!

If you prefer that a copy be added to your Google Drive, you can purchase the bundle here.

This Back to School bundle includes three resources from my shop.

This is most suitable for Grades 1 – 2. To view each resource in more detail, click here for more information.

To learn more about this activity, please click here to visit the listing on Teachers Pay Teachers.

A FREEBIE for You!

This FREE digital choice board is especially useful on the first day or week of school.

It’s a great way way for parents to engage their child in conversation about their new class!

Click below to get your copy!

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Encouraging Words: Keep Going. Keep Growing.

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Keep going. Keep growing.

Some days may feel tougher than others, but be encouraged to keep going.

This past year has surely been and continues to be challenging, yet we have been gifted with being here now.

To the teacher who feels frustrated by all of the changes that need to be made in order to create learning experiences for students during this time: keep going.

To the parents who feel more exhausted than ever, trying to balance their own work at home along with remote learning for their children: keep going.

To the students who may feel confused about the times we live in and feel isolated because they cannot connect with their friends as before: keep going.

It’s harder to think so on some days, but it will get better.

It’s my hope (today or one day) that we can see the experiences we have gone through (and continue to go through) as ones where we grew because we kept going.

One step at a time. One day at a time.

Let’s keep encouraging one another.

Keep going. Keep growing.

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How Will I Grow My Mind Today?

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Every year when teachers get their class list for the following school year, we start planning in our minds about how we can reach this future group of students. We think about what worked well (and what didn’t work well) in the past year. We think about new strategies, lessons, and activities that we can use to help facilitate learning with our next class. 

A few years ago, as I was preparing to teach Grade 2, I looked at my new class list and recognized some familiar names. One name in particular got me thinking about how I would be able to help that learner. You see, that student had some difficulties with learning and as a result, was also struggling with low self-esteem. It’s not easy seeing your peers learn new concepts that you consistently have a hard time understanding. When I saw the name, I knew that I had to focus on building self-esteem and to help shift their thinking in order to help create a space for learning and growing. 

Enter Growth Mindset. I was determined to find a way to help that particular student from the very beginning of the school year. Once I learned more about Growth Mindset, I knew that it would not only (hopefully) encourage that student in question, but also benefit all of my students. In my mind, it was worth the effort to teach lessons on Growth Mindset and just watch what happens.

Well, I’m happy to say that it not only helped that child’s self-esteem, but it also strengthened the self-esteem of my other students! Growth Mindset revolutionized my classroom and helped me become a better teacher, too. It’s something that has also been a blessing to me personally as well. I am truly looking forward to exploring and sharing more about Growth Mindset through my Minds to Grow blog, website, and other social media. 

A question I like to ask myself each day is, “How will I grow my mind today?” Sometimes it’s just a small task (e.g., learning a Life Hack) and other times, a larger one. I love learning new things and for that reason, it’s exciting to challenge myself to do things that I may have thought were too difficult to do in the past.   

So I ask you today, too: How will you grow your mind today? What do you have in mind to try out that you’ve wanted to try, but perhaps felt too afraid to try in the past? 

Let’s encourage each other and watch each other grow!

How will I grow my mind today?

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Introducing Minds to Grow: Here We Grow

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Thanks for visiting my blog on Minds to Grow! I’m so glad that you’re here!

My name is Kris. Since I was a little girl, I always dreamed of becoming a teacher. I feel so blessed to be able to live out that dream and be an educator to primary-aged students.

Through Minds to Grow, I help primary teachers save time with tips and resources for the classroom so they can also focus on personal and professional growth.