BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS
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Make a copy of this list to use before school starts each year.
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Make bulletin-board decisions: where to post announcements, menu, and calendar; what kind of welcome-back display to make; which boards will be for subject-area work and which boards students will design; where to display students’ original work.
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Set up learning centers
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Make signs for room
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Prepare class rolls and permanent records
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Make class list to post on door
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Put your name outside the door
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Make student name tags for desks or have them make their own
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Find out schedules for lunch, gym, art, music, library
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Obtain supplies
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Textbooks and supplemental materials
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Plan books
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Storybooks for read-alouds
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Attendance materials
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Paper clips
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Construction paper
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Manila folders
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Different kinds of tape
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Extra writing paper
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Grade book
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Rubber bands
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Stapler and staples
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Handwriting paper
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Spare pencils/pens
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Tissues
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Prepare packets for students to take home the first day. Include:
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Emergency forms
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School rules
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Supplies
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Bus or transportation rules
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Note to parents/request for room-parents
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Check to see which students may be going to special classes
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Check out library books and read-alouds
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Set up a folder for a substitute to use in case of emergency
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Daily schedule (fill in as soon as possible)
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Seating chart (fill in as soon as possible)
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Reproducible activities
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Prepare a file for correspondence from parents
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Prepare a file for faculty bulletins
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Write tentative lesson plans for the coming week
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Duplicate materials needed for the first few days
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Write your name and other important information on the board
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Make a checklist for returned forms (can be used later for report cards and other items)
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