Back To School | First Week of School | Beginning of the Year Activities Bundle

Build classroom community and get to know your students with this Back to School bundle! These five resources include a digital escape room, student interest survey, digital growth mindset activities, all about me flipbook, and back to school writing prompts that are perfect for distance learning or in-person instruction.

What's Included

• All About Me Flipbook (digital & print)
• Back To School Writing Prompts (digital & print)
• Growth Mindset Activities Digital Interactive Notebook
• Student Interest Survey (Google Form & print)
• Back To School Digital Escape Room

• All About Me Flipbook
  • Get to know your students with this All About Me Flipbook. You can choose the flipbook, one page worksheet, or Google Slides version for your students to tell you all about them. Perfect for Back to School through virtual learning or in-person instruction.

• Back To School Writing Prompts
  • This is a writing activity to get to know your students at the beginning of the year. It has six different writing prompts designed to help you learn about your students. It includes a Google Slides version as well as printable writing pages.

• Growth Mindset Activities Digital Interactive Notebook
  • Help your students learn all about growth mindset! Students will use Google Slides to learn about their brain, the power of failure, and how their brain is like a muscle. This digital activity will perfectly accompany your beginning of the year Growth Mindset lessons.
  • Product Features
    • drag and drop activities
    • video activities
    • graphic organizers
    • online activities
  • What Do I Need?
    • Your students will need...
    • internet access
    • access to YouTube
    • a device such as a tablet, Chromebook, laptop, or cell phone

• Google Forms Student Interest Survey
  • Use a student interest survey to begin establishing a relationship with your students. This form has 18 questions and is available in both a printable and digital version to help you learn all about your students and their preferences.

• Back To School Digital Escape Room
  • Build your digital or in class community with this Back to School Digital Escape TM Room. Students will solve challenging puzzles that require teamwork and communication to find the keys to three locks. This resource is perfect for going back to school both digitally and in-person.
  • What will students experience?
    • Students will work together to solve a variety of challenging puzzles. There is a riddle, maze, jigsaw puzzle, unscramble, and a cipher. Students will work to beat the clock in order to "get into the classroom". The story is set on the first day of school and a group of students can not get into their new classroom. Students will be searching for three "keys" to gain access into the classroom.
  • Why use digital escape rooms?
    • Build teamwork
    • Help students practice communication
    • No Prep! Just give students the link and go.
    • Engaging and exciting
  • Requirements
    • In order to use this escape room, you and your students will need the following
      • a Chromebook, tablet, laptop or other device 1:1 is not required
      • a gmail account
      • access to the following sites/apps
      • Google Sites
      • JigsawPlanet.com
      • Google Forms
      • Google Slides
      • Google Drawings

PLEASE CHECK YOUR DISTRICT'S FILTER

If you are utilizing this escape room in person at school, please ensure that your district does not block any of the sites required. Unfortunately, I can not assist with any firewall issues. Please contact your district technology department to request access if any of these sites are blocked.