10 Back to School 2021 Ideas to share with your teacher best friend (FREEbies included!)

Your Back to School 2021 Ideas perfect for any classroom!

Back to School Name Activity 2021

Knowing your students names, how to pronounce them, how they are spelled and the history can be so important

This is a great back to school activity to research and learn more about each other!

This Name Project you learn not only the name, pronunciation, history and meaning but also make a fun acrostic for student expression as well!

Best Back to School Activities

Back to School Would you Rather is such an awesome collaborative activity! Answer questions, learn more about each other incorporate movement, it’s a WIN- WIN -WIN!

Distance Learning Virtual Would you Rather Game (EDITABLE)

A Scavenger Hunt is an awesome Back to School Activity as well! (hint: it doesn’t have to be virtual)

You can have students draw what they would find or use it as writing prompts.

This back to school scavenger hunt can be used so many ways!

Emoji Introduction Activity

This Back to school 2021 Activity is SO FUN!

Students answer questions and can use as printed or digital activity. Great for get to know at Open house or meet the teacher 2021 as well!

First Weeks Back to School Plans to build Classroom Community 2021

These first week of school lesson plans 2021 have some awesome ideas to build classroom community!

Broken down in easy to manage steps you’ll have your first day or weeks all planned out and ready to go for back to school 2021.

Back to School Editable Postcard FREEBIE

This Back to School EDITABLE postcard ROCKS- seriously!

So easy to add your information in, customize to meet your needs (add picture, QR code, video link) and topics you are going to learn about this year to personalize and send to students.

What better way to start off the year build classroom community and family connections ahead of back to school 2021.

A Back to School Bulletin Board Activity for 2021

This Back to School Bulletin board is perfect for your classroom!

Students respond to prompts on the feathers to create a display that can be used for pictures. This would be fun for a back to school night and involve the whole school community – what a great community building activity.

This Back to School Activity is awesome to keep up for awhile and involve other classes as well.

iPad Introduction Back to School Activity 2021

I love this iPad Introduction Activity for students! Such an in-depth and fun momento to make your back to school time together meaningful.

This is a great way to learn more about your students and make great student connections.

This iPad Introduction activity is great to present to class or learn about a partner!

Back to School Supplies 2021

School supplies are always a back to school necessity

Do you have these on your Back to School Supply List 2021?

Back to School Open House 2021

All of your Back to School Open House ideas!

What to keep on students’ desks, what information parents need to know, what activities can be done?

Everything you need to know for Open House Back to school!

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21 Comments

  1. MaryEllen S Flickinger on August 1, 2021 at 5:42 am

    The virtual scavenger hunt sounds fun! Love the open house ideas…hope we are able to have it in person!

  2. Cheryl Kropp on August 1, 2021 at 5:49 am

    What fabulous ideas!!! Thank you for putting all these resources together and in one place! 🍎

  3. Laura Hawley on August 1, 2021 at 6:55 am

    I really like the bulletin board activity

  4. arthur milton on August 1, 2021 at 7:27 am

    LOVE IT

  5. Prudence on August 1, 2021 at 7:34 am

    This post is jam packed with engaging and motivational ideas! Thanks, Amber!

  6. Lori on August 1, 2021 at 7:51 am

    I LOVE ❤️ the bulletin board idea! It’s beautiful and could involve several of our classrooms.

  7. Lori on August 1, 2021 at 8:22 am

    These were some really good ideas for back to school. I really like the Name ideas. Plus the bulletin board is beautiful!

  8. Caitlyn Quinsey on August 1, 2021 at 9:03 am

    It can be harder to find back to school ideas for upper elementary student but this bundle gives me so many options I could use that they would enjoy. Thank you!

  9. Ashley Hobbins on August 1, 2021 at 10:04 am

    Building relationships with your students is always the best way to start the year. It will help the year go so much smoother. These are all great ideas/activities to start.

  10. Brooke H on August 1, 2021 at 10:21 am

    Love these ideas! Having the first week planning chart is especially helpful for our departmentalized team so we aren’t all going over the same thing with our 5th graders. I like being the one who trains them on the technology.

  11. Theresa Simoneaux on August 1, 2021 at 11:16 am

    I LOVE the “hello my name is” slides! So appreciate the mature look of your work!

  12. Kaeleigh Edwards on August 1, 2021 at 11:32 am

    These back to school ideas are really creative. I am a first year social worker and needed some ideas for the first week. This is very helpful and I’m excited to use this ideas! Great job and thanks for sharing!

  13. Diana on August 1, 2021 at 1:14 pm

    The Name project would go great with the book The Name Jar!

  14. Diana on August 1, 2021 at 1:16 pm

    I like sending a postcard to students before the year starts to get them excited about coming back!

  15. Diana on August 1, 2021 at 1:18 pm

    I didn’t see any information on virtual field trips. Is that a different link?

  16. Carla Lowther on August 1, 2021 at 2:09 pm

    I am so hoping for a somewhat “normal” year. Any starting up ideas are welcome.

  17. Julia Stover on August 1, 2021 at 4:21 pm

    I have done a name research project with my students in the past and we all loved it. It was so much fun to learn about the meaning of their names and how they got it. I like the Soar bulletin board idea.

  18. Adeline on August 1, 2021 at 10:13 pm

    Love all of these ideas! The scavenger hunt is my fav

  19. Mike on August 2, 2021 at 7:52 am

    Love the emoji bubble pop idea. Very clever!

  20. Mike on August 2, 2021 at 7:53 am

    I thought this would be for virtual field trips, but I don’t see it here.

  21. Terressa Campbell on August 3, 2021 at 2:29 pm

    Appreciate the Open house ideas and all the amazing student activities like the name project and scavenger hunt. Love them all!

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