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First Week Lesson Plans + Resources

August 21, 2017 By Rachel

One of my favorite parts of the new school year is setting up the classroom!  I love spending time organizing, crafting, etc.  But I quickly learned that having the most adorable classroom does not make for a well-run classroom!  It’s the first days of school that set your year up for success!  I wanted to share with you my first-week lesson plans because I know that it can sometimes be the hardest week to plan!

First Week Lesson Plans and Resources for 3rd Grade

It’s hard to plan the first week because you need to be teaching all your routines and procedures and you’re not quite ready to dive into the curriculum.  I have used the plans pretty much for the last 3 years!  I always like to add new books and activities, but it overall stays the same.

Here’s a look at the first week of school…

First Week Lesson Plans and Resources for 3rd Grade

 

First Week Lesson Plans and Resources for 3rd Grade

 

First Week Lesson Plans and Resources for 3rd Grade

 

First Week Lesson Plans and Resources for 3rd Grade
Resources from the First Week Lesson Plans

First Days of School Powerpoint

I usually print out my plans and put it on my table, but let’s be honest, those first days are CrAzY and I kept losing it!  So I came up with an alternative that has saved my life! I created a PowerPoint that basically goes through my lesson plans exactly.  It has slides to welcome and introduce myself, teaching procedures, and even slides that remind me to read a certain book or do a certain activity!  It’s pretty much the bomb.com! I have it available in my TPT store.

First Week of School Activities

I shared about the toothpaste, bandage, and saving Sam activity in this post here.

Anchor charts, activities, and more can be found here!

Back to School: First Week Activities to Build Classroom Climate and Culture

 

Read about how we set up my class vision here.

Consensograms are one of my favorite ways to get kids up and moving the first days while learning about your students.  It’s similar to scoot, where kids rotate around the room.  I give each student a set of stickers and send one group of kids to each chart.  They read the chart and place their sticker accordingly.  Then on my signal, they rotate to the next chart until they’ve placed a sticker on every chart.

Free Printables to use during the first week:

First Week Lesson plans and resources for 3rd Grade

The All About Me banner is a great way to get to know your students and it’s a great independent activity for your students to work on while your organizing student supplies!

First Week Lesson plans and resources for 3rd Grade

Math About My Teacher is a great way to assess your students’ number sense plus students love learning about their teacher!

Grab your copy of the All About Me Banner and the completely editable Math About My Teacher for free here!

Other Resources:

Launching Reading Workshop
Launching Math Workshop
Beginning of Year Math Activities
Writing Boot Camp

 

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    1. Unknown says

      September 30, 2017 at 3:12 PM

      I would love, love, love, LOVE to see your lesson plans every week!!!!

    2. Unknown says

      August 7, 2018 at 5:14 AM

      I would still love, love, love, LOVE to see your lesson plans every week!!!!

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1️⃣ Think Time - giving your students time to think about the answer keeps your over achievers from answering all the questions 
2️⃣ Movement - Stand/Sit if this is your answer
3️⃣ Turn & Talk - Everyone shares their answer with a partner
4️⃣ Hand Signals - Perfect for multiple choice questions
5️⃣ Think-Pair-Share - Combines the think time with turn & talk 
6️⃣ Repetition - repeat important information to help it stick
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2️⃣ Relationship Goal - How are you building relationships with students or coworkers?
3️⃣ Balance Goal - How are you trying to have a better work-life balance?
4️⃣ Non Instructional Goal - What other area are you trying to improve?
Here’s my 4 goals!
1. Vocabulary Instruction 
2. 2 Positive Notes a Week
3. Leave by 3:00 3 out 5 days
4. Clean off back counter once a week
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Less teacher talk 🗣
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1️⃣ Give your students time to catch up with each other. Even adults like to chit chat about what we did during break!
2️⃣ Review procedures by playing a fun game. Charades is a great way to act out procedures to see if other students can guess what they’re doing!
3️⃣ The halfway point of the school year is a great time for students to set goals!
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