Table of Contents:• First Day of School Checklist

• Weekly Planner

• Procedures & Routines

• Routines

• Supply Labels

• How We Are Going Home Chart

• Attention Grabbers

• Read Aloud Books

• First Day Certificates

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□ Procedures and Routines checklist

□ Plan for supplies

□ Students’ names written on necessary items &

bulletin boards

□ Read aloud books

□ Getting to Know You activities

□ Certificates or Happy Notes to send home

□ Class Checklist (#, name, locker #, etc.)

□ Tour of school building

□ Chart showing how students are going home

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State, explain, model, and

demonstrate the procedure.

Rehearse and practice the

procedure under your supervision.

Reteach, rehearse, practice,

and reinforce the classroom procedure until

it becomes a student habit or routine.

� Restroom & drinks from the water fountain

� Where to put notes to the Teacher

� What to do when my teacher is talking to another

adult

� Computers

� Pencils to be sharpened

� Classroom library

� Student desks and supplies

� Homework

� Classroom jobs

� Teacher’s signal(s) for getting students’ attention

� Finishing work early

� What to do when my teacher is working with a small

group and I need help

� What to do if my teacher is not in the room

� How I can get my teacher's attention

� How to sit on the carpet

� Where I can find classroom supplies

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� Lining up

� Beginning of the day (unpacking, morning work,

etc.)

� End of the day (packing, stacking chairs, cleaning

room, waiting for dismissal)

� Attendance/Lunch Count

� Snack (if applicable)

� Walking in the hall

� Lunch

� Turning work in

� Transitions between stations/centers

� Fire Drill/Disaster Drill/Lockdown Drill

� What I do when my teacher’s phone rings

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markers crayons

pencils glue

rulers erasers

pens highlighters

colored pencils

scissors

glue sticks

paint

notebook paper

spirals

dry-erase markers Sharpies

folders constructionpaper

manila paper

hand sanitizer

wet wipes

Kleenex

Car Pool Walker

Bus Day Care

Bike Other

• Give Me Five - Raise your open hand in the air without saying

anything. Your students then put their hands in the air. Start

counting down on your fingers (not saying anything, just moving

your fingers) and your students will follow along moving their

fingers. Teach them that by the time you are making a fist

(representing zero) everyone should be quiet and looking at you.

• Clap, snap, or tap in a pattern and your students mimic your

rhythm.

• Use sound signals…a train whistle, a wind chime, a rain stick, a

bell, quiet music.

• Give a command for children to do if they can hear you. Teacher

[using a soft voice]: “Put your hand on your head if you can hear

me.” Those listening should follow the command. Teacher then

gives another command and hopefully more of her students will

hear and follow the command. Continue until every student has

complied.

• Turn your classroom lights off to signal students to be silent and

looking at the teacher for directions.

• Countdown/Count-up – Tell students they have until a particular

number to be ready to listen. You can count down starting at 10

or you can count up by 5s. Great way to reinforce multiples.

• Sing, “If you can hear my voice, clap your hands.” (to the tune of

If You’re Happy and You Know It.”

• Sing to the Frere Jacques tune: "Are you listening? Are you

listening? Everyone! Everyone! If you are listening, if you are

listening, look at me, look at me." Other ways to end the song

are: "Snap your fingers" or "Pat your head.

• Secret word - the secret word can be “salami” which stands for

“Stop and Look at Me Immediately.” You say the secret word,

and the kids will immediately stop and look at you. Your will love

knowing that their class has a secret word that only they know.

• Teacher says: Freeze like a Popsicle or Freeze like an icicle. Say

what you need to as far as directions then say "Thaw" or "Melt".

Teacher: Ba da ba ba ba (McDonald's Theme)

Students: I'm Lovin' It!

Teacher: Na na na na, na na na na

Students: Hey, hey, hey, goodbye

Teacher: Chicka, chicka

Students: Boom Boom

Teacher: Hocus Pocus

Students: Everybody focus!

Teacher: Macaroni and Cheese

Students: Everybody freeze!

Teacher: Ready to rock?

Students: Ready to roll!

Teacher: Goodness gracious!

Students: Great balls of fire!

Teacher: All set?

Students: You bet!

Teacher: Holy moly!

Students: Guacamole!

Teacher: Tootsie Roll, Lollipop

Students: We`ve been talking, now

let's stop."

Teacher: Hands on top

Students: That means stop (put hands

on their heads)

Chrysanthemum by

Kevin Henkes

The Best Place to Read

by Debbie Bertram

Have you Filled a Bucket

Today? by Carol

McCloud

How Full is Your Bucket?

For Kids by Tom Rath

Splat the Cat Back to

School, Splat

by Rob Scotton

Miss Nelson Is Missing

by Harry Allard

The Teacher from the

Black Lagoon series by

The Name Jar by

Yangsook Choi

Nobody’s Mother is in

Second Grade

by Robin Pulver

A Bad Case of Tattle

Tongue by Julia Cook

The Recess Queen by

Alexis O’Neill

Howard B.

Wigglebottom Learns to

Listen by Howard

Binkow

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