About This Lesson
The first week of school is an important time for building community and focusing on students’ social-emotional learning. Students will be more likely to engage, take risks, and support each other if they feel a sense of trust and belonging among the group members and with their teacher.
The first-week-of-school activities in this collection address three important goals for the beginning of the school year:
- Reorienting students to school
- Getting to know each other and building relationships
- Creating classroom community
These activities are part of the Back to School Toolkit.
