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

By Life Between Summers

Want a meaningful extension activity after reading aloud A Letter From Your Teacher: On the Last Day of School by Shannon Olsen? This book companion will provide students with a special keepsake to take home with them at the end of the year. It

Subjects:

End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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

By Life Between Summers

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

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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$4.00

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Our Class is a Family Activity : Class Family Album

By Life Between Summers

Want a meaningful extension activity to go along with the book Our Class is a Family? This book companion (created by the author, Shannon Olsen) will help build classroom community, foster reading and writing skills, and is ideal for back to school

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables

$4.50

1,371

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

By Life Between Summers

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

Subjects:

Writing, Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

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$6.00

260

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Our Class is a Family Activity : End of Year Memory Book

By Life Between Summers

Want your students to have a special keepsake of their memories from the school year? This memory book is an end of the year activity that can be used as an extension for the book Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen. It's a fun way for students

Subjects:

Back to School, End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables

$3.00

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Our Class is a Family Bookmarks

By Life Between Summers

After reading aloud the book Our Class is a Family, these bookmarks make for great back to school or end of the year gifts for your students!Please note: This is a downloadable file to print and cut your own bookmarks (they do not come

Subjects:

Back to School, End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Printables

$1.00

243

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Student of the Week Award - Star Student Compliment Cards Book from the Class

By Life Between Summers

Want a consistent way to build classroom community, as well as students' self-esteem and leadership skills? Have a Star Student of the Week Award or Star Student to spotlight in your class each week throughout the school year! Students will write

Subjects:

Writing, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

$3.00

243

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

By Life Between Summers

Want a meaningful extension 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

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables

$4.00

251

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Editable Back to School Get to Know You Jenga Game

By Life Between Summers

Your new students can get to know each other and build classroom community during back to school time with an engaging Get to Know You Jenga game! This set contains ready to print "All About Me" questions. Editable cards are also included so that

Subjects:

End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

SL.1.6, SL.2.6, SL.3.6

$4.00

165

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Classroom Community Bundle - Our Class is a Family & A Letter From Your Teacher

By Life Between Summers

Looking for meaningful classroom community activities to go with all four books by Shannon Olsen? These book companions for Our Class is a Family, Our School is a Family, A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School, and A Letter From Your

Subjects:

Back to School, End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

$27.50

$23.00

124

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Our Class is a Family Morning Meeting Slides for Class Community Building

By Life Between Summers

This is a whole school year's worth of weekly Morning Meeting slides for building classroom community! It has text connections to the books Our Class is a Family and both A Letter From Your Teacher books by Shannon Olsen.You can call it either

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

$10.00

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Editable End of the Year Jenga Game Cards with Reflection Questions

By Life Between Summers

Your students can reflect on their memories from the school year with an engaging Jenga game! This set contains game cards with pre-made questions for kids to make reflections at the end of the year. Editable cards are also included so that you can

Subjects:

End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$4.00

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End of the Year Summer Photo Booth Props

By Life Between Summers

You and your students will have a blast with these summer-themed photo booth props for the end of the school year! Includes all elementary grade levels (preschool-6th grade). Great for school-wide events or if you change grade levels!Simply print,

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Summer, End of Year

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables

$3.00

Digital Download ZIP (3.26 MB)

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Nuestra clase es una familia / Our Class is a Family Book Companion in Spanish

By Life Between Summers

This is a book companion in Spanish to go along with the Spanish edition of the book "Our Class is a Family" by Shannon Olsen, Nuestra clase es una familia. It will help build classroom community, foster reading and writing skills, and is ideal for

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables

$3.00

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The Invisible String Book Companion

By Life Between Summers

Make every student in your class feel that they are still connected to their teacher, classmates, and loved ones even when not together. This is an extension activity that goes along with the book “The Invisible String” by Patrice Karst. Works

Subjects:

Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables

$1.00

Digital Download ZIP (6.05 MB)

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Class Community MEGA Bundle- Our Class is a Family & A Letter From Your Teacher

By Life Between Summers

Subjects:

Back to School, End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

$37.50

$30.00

Bundle

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Our School is a Family Activity for Building School Community

By Life Between Summers

Want a meaningful extension activity to go along with the book Our School is a Family? This book companion (created by the author, Shannon Olsen) will help build school community, foster reading and writing skills, and is ideal for back to school

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.W.4

$4.00

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Our School is a Family Activity - Adapted

By Life Between Summers

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.W.4

$4.00

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Notre classe est une famille / Our Class is a Family Book Companion in French

By Life Between Summers

This is a book companion to go along with the French edition of the book "Our Class is a Family" by Shannon Olsen, Notre classe est une famille. It will help build classroom community, foster reading and writing skills, and is ideal for back to

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables

$3.00

Digital Download ZIP (1.00 MB)

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Valentine's Day Activities Friendship Book

By Life Between Summers

Valentine’s Day is a time for love, which also means a time for friends. Promote a classroom community of kindness and caring with this Valentine’s Day (or PAL-entine’s Day!) Friendship Activity Book. It contains pages with activities that encourage

Subjects:

Life Skills, Writing, Valentine's Day

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.1.5, W.2.5, L.1.1f, L.2.1e, L.3.1a

$3.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am the author of "Our Class is a Family" and both "A Letter From Your Teacher" books (for the first day and last day of school). They are read alouds to help build class community and positive relationships in the classroom. I've taught 2nd grade for 15 years and am passionate about creating engaging, hands-on resources for the classroom. I especially enjoy making extensions activities to go with my books, math & literacy center games, and resources that integrate writing.

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. English with Honors (cum laude), University of California Irvine. Master of Arts in Teaching, University of California Irvine.

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Social Studies, World Languages, French, Spanish, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Math Test Prep, Life Skills, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Decimals, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, End of Year, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community