A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School Activity

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

Need an adapted version for beginning writers? This similar book companion may be more well suited for kindergarten, other primary classes, or students who need modified writing supports. It has sentence frames and more simplified writing prompts:

A Letter From Your Teacher Book Companion for Beginning Writers

Please see the preview to view the entire resource. 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

-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 this book companion:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This was the perfect activity to incorporate in our first week of school plans. I love the book and the activity pages complimented the book so well! Will definitely be using again in the future!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "It gave my students a chance to open up about themselves while also getting a glimpse at their writing skills."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This aligned really well with the book. I liked how many pages there were and I was able to pick and choose which pages would work best for students."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Great resource for an easy activity for the first day/week of school! I used it multiple times throughout the first week and it helped me get to know my students. Highly recommend!"

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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