Getting to Know Your Students
Featured Resources for Back to School
Get ready for back to school with these printables, activities, and teaching advice. Our icebreakers, classroom introduction lessons, and worksheets will help students and teachers learn about each other and feel more at ease in their new setting. Icebreaker games, questions, printables, and tips will help you learn and remember students' names. From greeting your students and outlining educational objectives to establishing classroom rules, you'll find the tools you need to prepare for your first day.
Icebreakers
Fun activities, such as making animal noises, help ease students' fears of getting to know each other and going to school on the first day.- Personal Mandalas Icebreaker
- What Am I? Icebreaker
- Getting to Know You Bingo
- Remembering Names
- Icebreakers
- Friendly Interview
- Making New Friends
- Make a Giving Tree
- Two Truths and a Lie Icebreaker
- Getting to Know Your Classmates Scoot
- Get to Know You Turn and Talk Cards
- Get to Know You Fortune Teller
- Dicebreaker
- Skit-Tell-Us
- My Summer Break Writing Activity
- Figure Me Out Icebreaker
- Marvelous Me Icebreaker
First Day of School Resources
Be prepared for your first day of school. With our resources to help students feel comfortable getting to know each other through fun "un-classroom-like" activities and advice for the teacher, the first day will be great!Meeting Your Students
Use these resources to help you create a positive atmosphere in your classroom by learning more about your students through our fun and engaging activities.- 5 Tips for Getting to Know Your Students
- Getting to Know Each Other
- Meeting and Greeting Students at the Beginning of Class
- Classroom Introductions
- Getting to Know Your Student
- Name Tags
- Name Game
- Getting to Know You
- Student Inventory: Impressions
- Similar and Different
- Self-Portrait
- Self Portrait Class Book
- Getting to Know Each Other Through Poetry
- Our First Classroom Book
- Getting to Know Me
- Flat Teacher Choice Board
- All About My Family
Related Resources
Organizational advice, numerous resources for new teachers, and community-building suggestions are among our resources available for new and returning teachers.Browse Getting to Know Your Students Resources
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LESSON PLANS
The Five Senses - Kindergarten
This substitute kit for kindergarten-aged children helps them explore the five senses Generate interest and excitement ... -
ACTIVITIES
First Day Activities For Middle School Students
This is a packet of back to school activities for middle school students. Students will be able to get to know one anoth... -
ACTIVITIES
First Day Activities For High School Students
It can be challenging to determine what needs to get done the first week of school. TeacherVision Advisory Board Membe... -
WORKSHEETS
30 Do's and Don'ts of Classroom Etiquette for Teachers and Students
In pursuit of a courteous and harmonious classroom environment, this printable provides etiquette advice for both teache... -
ACTIVITIES
Getting To Know Your Classmates Scoot
In this scoot, students move around the room asking each other get-to-know-you questions. To promote listening skills, s... -
ACTIVITIES
My First Day Of Kindergarten
This handout is designed for our youngest students in order to support them to reflect and identify how they are feeling... -
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Icebreakers and Getting to Know Your Students Classroom Kit
Getting to know your students - and helping them get to know each other - is one of the most important tasks in the firs... -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Meeting and Greeting Students at the Beginning of Class
Are you overlooking a simple opportunity to affect student outcomes? The amount of effort a teacher puts into meeting s... -
ACTIVITIES
Getting to Know Each Other
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WORKSHEETS
Similar and Different Activity
Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different. This is a great activity to enjoy as an icebreaker du... -
TEACHING RESOURCE
First Questions First
Get ready for your first day of teaching with these ideas on how to show your personality to your students. New teacher... -
GAMES AND APPS
Getting to Know You Bingo
This icebreaker game will help your students (and you) get to know each other better. Give students the fun task of find... -
GAMES AND APPS
What Am I? Icebreaker
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ACTIVITIES
Personal Mandalas Icebreaker
Get to know yourself, and others, with this fun personal mandala activity! The word mandala originates from the Sanskri... -
LESSON PLANS
Remembering Names
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CLASSROOM TOOLS
Getting to Know You
Use this sheet to help your students get to know each other and you. Give a copy to each student and one to yourself. Sh... -
WORKSHEETS
Getting to Know Your Student - Student Info Form for Parents
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LESSON PLANS
First Day Celebration
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WORKSHEETS
"Getting to Know You" Game
Need a beginning of the year ice breaker? This game will help pupils get to know their classmates at the beginning of th... -
LESSON PLANS
Classroom Introductions
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LESSON PLANS
Similar and Different Lesson
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LESSON PLANS
Name Game
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REFERENCE
Getting to Know Me
Kids fill-in autobiographical information in this worksheet to tell others about themselves. Use this worksheet at the b... -
ACTIVITIES
Beginning Of The School Year: Find Someone Who
This activity is designed to support your students to get up out of their seats, move around the classroom, and learn mo...