BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS

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. 

Set up learning centers

Make signs for room

Prepare class rolls and permanent records 

Make class list to post on door

Put your name outside the door 

Make student name tags for desks or have them make their own

Find out schedules for lunch, gym, art, music, library 

Obtain supplies

Textbooks and supplemental materials

Plan books

Storybooks for read-alouds

Attendance materials 

Paper clips

Construction paper

Manila folders 

Different kinds of tape 

Extra writing paper 

Grade book 

Rubber bands

Stapler and staples  

Handwriting paper 

Spare pencils/pens 

Tissues 

Prepare packets for students to take home the first day. Include: 

Emergency forms

School rules

Supplies 

Bus or transportation rules  

Note to parents/request for room-parents

Check to see which students may be going to special classes

Check out library books and read-alouds

Set up a folder for a substitute to use in case of emergency 

Daily schedule (fill in as soon as possible) 

Seating chart (fill in as soon as possible) 

Reproducible activities

Prepare a file for correspondence from parents

Prepare a file for faculty bulletins 

Write tentative lesson plans for the coming week 

Duplicate materials needed for the first few days

Write your name and other important information on the board 

Make a checklist for returned forms (can be used later for report cards and other items)

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