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Back-to-School Headquarters

Start your new year off with ease and enthusiasm, and be prepared to answer any questions you or your students might have. Our lesson plans, printables, activities, and advice range from assisting students in learning the school's layout and taking attendance to learning about your new students! Find icebreakers for getting to know your students' names and personalities, advice on seating charts and arranging the classroom, teacher time-savers, behavior management tips from veteran teachers, advice for communicating with parents, and much more.
Slideshows
Favorite Bulletin Boards Slideshow
Behavior Management Tips for the Classroom
Awards, Certificates, and Notes for the Classroom
Lesson Planning Advice from Veteran Teachers
Classroom Organization Tips Slideshow
General Advice for Teachers Slideshow
Teacher-Parent Collaboration Ideas Slideshow
More Slideshows for Teachers
Printables
Bloom's Taxonomy Verbs
Centimeter Ruler, Inch Ruler, and Protractor
Weekly Lesson Plan Form
Conference Documentation Form
Behavior Analysis Log
Rules, Consequences, and Rewards List
Quieting the Class Quickly
More Popular Printables
Awards & Certificates
Homework Pass
Certificate of Appreciation
Perfect Attendance Award
Certificate of Achievement
Certificate of Outstanding Performance
Acts of Kindness Award
Star Performer Certificate
More Awards & Certificates
Art of Teaching Resources
Positive Descriptions of Student Behavior
Bloom's Taxonomy: An Overview
Multiple Intelligences Chart
Positive Classroom Behavior
Top 10 Things Every Teacher Needs in the Classroom
Favorite Icebreakers to Get to Know Your Students
Top 10 Free (& Cheap) Rewards for Students
More Art of Teaching Resources
Lesson Plans
What Am I? Icebreaker
Similar and Different
The Gingerbread Man
Self-Portrait
Follow Me Freeze
What Is a Peaceable Classroom?
Paper Making
More Popular Lesson Plans
Assessment Resources
Report Card Comments & Phrases—Language Arts & Reading
Report Card Comments & Phrases—Math
Report Card Comments & Phrases—End of Year
Report Card Comments & Phrases—General and Handwriting
Weekly Grade Sheet
Skill Assessment Form
Portfolio Assessment Guide
More Assessment Resources
Classroom Management
Report Cards: Advice & Suggested Comments
Classroom Management
Report Card Comments—Academic Achievement & Improvement
Bulletin Boards
Behavior Management Forms
Classroom Forms
Behavior Management Resources
More Classroom Management Resources
Art Activities
Creating an Effective Physical Classroom Environment
Classroom Tree Bulletin Board
Back-to-School Math Bulletin Board
Poster Evaluation
Tips on Creating Art Bulletin Boards
Boy Pattern
Squiggle Drawing
More Art Activities
References
Report Cards: Advice for Parents
American Sign Language Manual Alphabet
When Report Cards Don't Make the Grade: Advice for Parents
Literary Glossary
Adolescent Development
Second Grade Basic Skills
Common-Sense Test Taking
More Popular References
Icebreakers
The Five Senses - Kindergarten
Make a Giving Tree
Class Constitution and U.S. Constitution: Background and Preamble
Getting to Know You Bingo
Icebreakers Printable Book (K-8)
"Getting to Know You" Game
Press Release: Teacher Web Site Offers Printable Lesson Plans & Quizzes by Grade, Plus Harry Potter
More Icebreakers
Bulletin Boards
Bulletin Boards Printable Book (Grades K-8)
Bulletin Boards Printables Slideshow
Make a Rainbow Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board Tips
Apple Pattern
Apple Bulletin Board: Responsibility
Cat Bulletin Board
More Bulletin Boards
Teacher-Parent Collaboration
Parent-Teacher Conference Resources
Teacher-Parent Collaboration
Parent Conference Considerations
Parent-Teacher Conferences: Five Important Questions
Conference Thank-You
Parent-Teacher Conferences: Before, During, and After
Parent-Teacher Communication Advice from Veteran Teachers
More Teacher-Parent Collaboration
Open House Resources
Help Parents Deal with Homework
From the Desk of...
Invitation to Open House: Sample Letter
Parent/Teacher Relations
Getting to Know Your Student
Good Citizen Award
An Autobiographical Poem
More Open House Resources
Science, Health, & Safety Resources
Using Advertising Brochures in Your Lessons
Fall into Rhyme
Fun Calendar for Kids (2-6)
Green Classroom Practices That Save Money
Project Presentation Tips
Cat Pattern
Communities
More Science, Health, & Safety Resources
Language Arts Activities
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Five Elements of a Story
Sequencing
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
Facts Chart
TeacherVision® Widgets
Story Map
More Reading & Language Arts Activities
Mathematics Resources
Double Venn Diagram, Version 1
Making Connections -- Version 2
Decimal Place-Value Charts
12-Digit Place-Value Charts
Blank Pictographs
Triple Venn Diagram
26-Digit Place-Value Charts
More Math Activities
Social Studies Activities
Problem Solving Sheet
Effective Accommodations for IEPs
Substitute Teacher Information
Decision Making Sheet
Same Name Word Puzzle
The IEP Cycle: The General Educator's Role
School Jobs Crossword Puzzle
More Social Studies Activities

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Highlights

November Events

Find educational resources for every day in November. Fill your November lessons with activities for Thanksgiving (Nov. 27).

Math Printables

Browse our most popular math resources in our Printable Rulers & Protractors Slideshow and Number Lines & Place-Value Charts Slideshow.

New Resources

Not only have we added new printable books for Maps & Activities and The Human Body, but we've also focused on new classroom management resources. Try our Homework Excuse Form, Quieting the Class Quickly, Handling Misbehavior During Instruction, and Checking Student Progress in Homework. Take a look at all the new pages added to TeacherVision.

Walden Forums

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2009 Educators' Calendar

There's something worth celebrating every day! Find fun and educationally relevant holidays, events, and celebrations for each day of the year.

Printable Maps

Enrich your lessons with our collection of printable world maps depicting continents, countries, capitals, political boundaries, lines of longitude and latitude, climate zones, oceans, land forms, and more. Plus, browse our collection of Unites States maps.

Daily Printables

Add a TeacherVision widget to your blog, personalized homepage (such as iGoogle or Pageflakes), or social networking sites (such as Facebook). Our widgets feature a different fifth-grade language arts printable or fourth-grade math printable for each day of the year.

Discussion Guide: The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World

The teacher's guide for The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World, from Penguin Young Readers, is filled with discussion questions, research assignments, and writing activities to engage your students in early American history. Enjoy this book with your students around Thanksgiving or when introducing them to the Colonial Period and Native American History.