We end our second day of school by making some friendship soup. They help each other out by taping it on their friend's wrist. Next, students work with their partners to make friendship bracelets. They paint kindness rocks and play a memory game about friendship. We set up friendship stations around the room and the kids work with their new friends for the day. It shows them having some troubles with a bully and getting lost but through it all, they stick together and are best friends.Īfter reading the story, the students get a partner to work with for the day. This cute book tells the tale of two little friends and all their fun adventures together. We start our friendship activities with the book Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry. It's a good idea to do some friendship activities to ensure that everyone has a friend in class and someone to play with on the playground. Some kids will know each other from kindergarten but others may be new or just shy. On day two, it's time to get to know the other students in your class. These first week of school activities are the perfect way to get off to a fun start to the school year!ĭay 2 – Stick And Stone Friendship Activities We made some Jitter Juice to help ease our worries and did an interactive writing activity listing the ingredients for Jitter Juice.įinally, the students used a simple writing template to tell how they felt on the first day of school and made a cute jitter juice craft. Next, we did all the First Day Jitters activities. The book makes it seem like it's a child but the surprise ending is that it's the teacher who is nervous!Īfter reading the story, we talked about our feelings and made a simple graph to show how we were all feeling on the first day of school. Throughout the story, it shows someone who is nervous about going to school. This is a cute story about being nervous on the first day of school.

We start our first day by reading an all-time favorite First Day Jitters. I find that when I do these fun first week of school activities with my students I have a better year in the long run. Students need to build their stamina for sitting and working for long periods of time. It's good to have a “soft start” to the school year and that includes lots of stories, crafts, and fun. Looking for more back-to-school tips? Check out this post:įirst Week Of School Activities Day 1 – First Day Jitters.Day 5 – Pete The Cat Rocking In My School Shoes.

Day 2 – Stick And Stone Friendship Activities.

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