A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School Activities Bundle

Want a meaningful back to school activity after reading aloud A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School by Shannon Olsen? This book companion is a booklet of writing prompts (or a “letter”) for students to write in response to their teacher after listening to the story. 

*This bundle includes BOTH versions of the book companions for A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School by Shannon Olsen. One is the original version, and the other adapted version has sentence frames and more simplified writing prompts for beginning writers.

Why might you need a set of both versions? You may decide that you need to differentiate for the levels of student writers in your class. It will also allow you to accommodate any student on an IEP who may need modified writing assignments. You might also want to have a set of both if you anticipate possibly changing grade levels in the future.

These are booklets of writing prompts (or “letters”) for students to write in response to their teacher after listening to a read aloud of the story. The pages can be copied and stapled together in a packet, or however you might choose to bind them. You can use all of the pages provided, or just pick and choose specific ones you want to include.

Please see the previews to view all that the bundle includes. It comes with a printable pdf and digital Google Slides version of:

-2 book cover options (boy and girl)

-Greeting page with space for an illustration of student and teacher

-Multiple pages of "get to know you" writing prompts that connect with the book, with spaces for students to illustrate:

• Greeting page
• "There are a few important things I'd like for you to know..."
• "All the things that make me ME!"
• "You'll get to meet my family"
• "I will celebrate with you when I have exciting news..."
• "I'll greet you every morning!"
• "I want to set high goals"
• "Learning isn't just about the schoolwork that I do..."
• Closing page

-The adapted version for beginning writers also comes with the option of half-page templates, which can be cut in half to save paper and used to create mini books.

-Writing page templates, in case you would like to have students write an actual letter in the traditional letter-writing format. These pages could also be utilized for a writing center at a later time in the school year. Pages with primary dotted writing lines and regular writing lines are provided to meet the needs of your students.

Here's what teachers are saying about these first day of school activities:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This was a great beginning of the year activity to use with my students of all academic abilities. It was great for getting a beginning of the year writing sample, as well as learning new things about my students!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My students loved doing this writing activity. It was especially nice to see that there were options for my students. Some of my students that have trouble writing, especially at the beginning of the year, really flourished with the adapted writing booklets. They also loved drawing pictures to go along with their writing!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My students loved doing this resource. It was great for my students to work on this individually when I assessed students."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I read "A Letter From Your Teacher" on the first day of school and the kiddos were so excited to make their own book for me. They all thought I was the one to write the book when they saw that I signed the book. I told them that they can be authors too when making our books!"

You might also like this discounted GROWING BUNDLE of extension activities for all 4 books by Shannon Olsen, which includes these resources and more:

Our Class is a Family Class Family Album

Our Class is a Family bookmarks

Our Class is a Family Memory Book for the End of the Year

Our School is a Family Book Companion

A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School Book Companion

A Letter From Your Teacher: On the Last Day of School Book Companion

Or this MEGA Growing Bundle, which includes all of the above, plus a whole school year's worth of Our Class is a Family themed Morning Meetings for weekly class community building.

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