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Variety of "First Day Activities"

1. Have students finish the following sentence (dictation is OK!): "Today is the first day of _____ grade. The part I liked best was __________." On the last day of school we do a similar paper, then I send both home.

2. We do a self portrait on one of the first days of school. I hang them up at Back-to-School Night. We do another at then end of the year.

3. On the first day I set out math manipulatives that they have used in Kindergarten. Once they get their nametag, they choose an activity. This gives me time to chat with parents and help the nervous ones settle in.

4. I read Owen by K.Henkes and give students their own mini blanket (scrap material). Another good first day book is The Kissing Hand.
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