"We have a new admin at our school this year - we have no idea if we are following the same plan as in the past. The first day of school is a complete blank as of this moment. Please keep the ideas coming as I need as much in the teaching bag as…"
"Thanks a lot for your suggestions. The guessing game would be fun to do as a character sketch and then maybe write in a collaborative way about the character. We, too, have to do rules, etc., but I like to break it up with some activities.…"
"I do have this same problem at the beginning of the school year in my 8th grade class. I teach history so normally I choose to do some activity that the students have to work together to complete. I usually do two different activities one on…"
The new school year is soon approaching, and every year I struggle with what to do on the first day. I don't want it filled with rules, regulations, etc. Most of the 8th graders know each other and have been together since kindergarten, so they know…