1st Grade Back to School Games

Start your class off with these engaging icebreaker dice where students have fun doing animal actions like:

Act; stomp; eat; hop; sound; run... like a... monkey; frog; cat; cow; elephant; lion.

What is this and what should you do?

Each student rolls the action die and the animal die. Students act out whatever they get.

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It's back to school time! This fun maze will help student get ready for a fantastic year.

Here's what you'll find:

• A maze with friendly school supplies.
• A clear path to follow.
• Fun for first to third graders to practice their problem-solving skills!

Bonus: Once you've completed the maze, why not color in all the school supplies?

Get ready for a great year!

Winter | Spring | Earth day | easter mazes are the best activities for brain teasing labyrinths, these exercises support learning through play by developing concentration and problem solving skills.

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WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 6 Free Pages of Mazes

• ( PDF File )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

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• You can print as many copies as you want.

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Use this no-prep icebreaker would you rather game as a brain break, morning meeting activity, community building activity, or discussion starters. You can also use these questions as writing prompts or even debate prompts. Your students will love having the opportunity to share and discuss some fun topics!

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What's Included:

• 3 would you rather sample game slides
• 1 directions slide

Directions:

• Display the slides for students.
• Read the two options and students must choose which one they would rather do.
• Students can respond in many different ways: sharing with the whole class, small groups, partners, debating, writing, etc.

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⚡ This Alphabet Letter Recognition Matching Circles activity is a simple yet effective tool designed to help young learners practice letter recognition through an interactive and engaging game. Ideal for classrooms, homeschooling, or at-home learning, this black-and-white set encourages students to match uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and pictures. It’s a fantastic resource for building alphabet knowledge, phonics skills, and early literacy.

✅ What’s Included:

• 3 Circles for Each Letter of the Alphabet (A-Z): Each set includes an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, and a corresponding picture.
• Two Picture Options: Choose between a picture alone or a picture with the word missing the first letter, allowing for different difficulty levels.
• Black & White Design: Perfect for easy printing and customizing, students can color the circles after completing the activity for added creativity.

⚡ Target Vocabulary: apple, bird, cat, dog, egg, fig, goat, hat, ink, jam, kite, lion, mum, nurse, orange, pen, queen, rabbit, sofa, teddy, umbrella, van, window, fox, yo-yo, zebra, duck, banana, elephant, fish, house, insect, monkey, octopus, tree, violin, X-ray, yoghurt.

✅ How It Works:

• Letter Matching: Students need to find the matching uppercase letter, lowercase letter, and picture circle for each letter of the alphabet. This helps reinforce letter recognition and phonics skills.
• Picture-Based Learning: The picture circles add context, helping students associate letters with words and images. For extra challenge, use the picture with the missing first letter for students to practice identifying letter sounds and completing the word.

✅ Key Benefits:

• Hands-On Learning: Engages students in matching uppercase, lowercase, and picture circles.
• Boosts Letter Recognition: Reinforces both letter identification and phonics skills.
• Customizable Difficulty: Offers picture-only or word-based options for flexible learning.
• Simple & Print-Friendly: Black-and-white design for easy, budget-friendly printing.

✅ Why Choose This Set?

With its straightforward design and flexibility, this black-and-white alphabet matching set is an excellent resource for helping young learners develop letter recognition, phonics, and early reading skills. The game’s simple setup and customizable difficulty make it perfect for both home and classroom use!

Enjoy this FREEBIE Back to School Bingo! The perfect product for your classroom at the beginning of the school year! It comes with two pages. The first is a blank bingo board. The second is a page of 30 school-related pictures where students can cut out and glue into their blank Bingo board. Enjoy!!

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This resource is a student data tracker designed to complement the Reflex Math Fact Fluency program. It's perfect for helping students monitor their progress in each month during the school year! Print this at the begining of the year, it will be useful.

You will need this monthly Reflex green light tracker.

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This apple themed roll and read phonics worksheets for CVC words will help students improve reading fluency and decoding skills. Use it for a first week of school phonics activity, literacy center, guided reading activity, morning work, Johnny Appleseed activity, and more! This games is great for kindergarten, first grade and second grade students.

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What's Included:

• 1 mixed CVC short vowel board
• Directions page
• Color & black and white option

How to play:

• Roll a die, read a word on the corresponding apple and color it!
• Keep rolling and reading until one whole apple is colored first OR all of the apples are colored!

More Back to School Roll & Read Games:

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Back to School Activities for 1st-3rd Grade

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Let's Draw with Circles!

This fun worksheet will show kids how to turn a simple circle into amazing animals! Grab pencils, crayons, or markers and get ready to create!

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This virtual or in person stand up digital game is the perfect icebreaker that will help students get to know each other and build relationships, germ free! Use this no prep brain break activity during morning meeting, indoor recess, and more! It will allow students the opportunity to compare their personality and experiences with their peers.

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Directions:

Read the statement on the slide.

Students who relate to the statement will stand.

Allow time for students to look around and share commonalities.

What's Included:

5 "stand up if" game slides

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These I Ready Data Tracking Graph and Data Checker Form for Reading and Math are so nice and convenient for students to check their growth on iReady each time. This student data tracker designed to complement the I-ready Math and Reading program. It's perfect for helping students monitor their progress toward achieving goals!

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This apple themed roll and cover math game helps students practice subtraction within 20. Use it for a first week of school math activity, math center, math small group activity, early finisher activity, morning work, Johnny Appleseed activity, and more! This game is great for kindergarten, first grade and second grade!

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What's Included:

• 1 board for subtraction within 20
• 1 recording sheet
• Color & black and white option
• Directions page

How to play:

• Roll a die, solve an equation on the corresponding apple, and color it.
• Students keep rolling and solving until one whole apple is colored first OR all of the apples are colored!

More Back to School Math Roll & Race Games:

Addition & Subtraction Within 10

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Birthday Crowns, Certificates & Pencil Toppers

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Need a no-prep engaging ice breaker activity for your class? Find someone who will help build classroom community while practicing speaking and listening skills. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various getting to know you themed categories, such as "find someone who has at least one pet cat." This is the perfect activity to allow students to socialize, get to know each other and build a strong classroom community.

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What's included?

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in

How to use:

• Students will walk around the room and find different classmates who fits the description in each box.
• Once they find a classmate who fits the description they will have them write their name in the box.
• Students will keep finding classmates until all 16 boxes are full.

Some examples included:

• Find someone who has at least one pet cat.
• Find someone who loves to write stories.
• Find someone who can do tricks on a skateboard.

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This back to school would you rather game is a great get to know you activity for the first week of school! Perfect as an icebreaker activity, morning meeting activity, brain break, discussion starters, writing prompts or debate prompts. This is great for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade students.

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What's included:

• 3 would you rather slides
• 1 directions slide

Would You Rather Examples:

• Would you rather have school in a giant treehouse OR have school on a pirate ship?
• Would you rather have a slide instead of stairs at school OR have a trampoline on the playground?

More Back to School Resources...

Would You Rather

Find Someone Who

Stand Up Sit Down

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Emoji Phrases

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This Spanish would you rather activity is the perfect icebreaker for the first week of school, team building activity, brain break, morning meeting activity or discussion starters. You can also use these questions as writing prompts or even debate prompts. Your students will love having the opportunity to share and discuss some fun getting to know you and back to school themed questions.

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What's Included:

• 3 would you rather slides
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the phrases/directions to fit the needs of your own class

Would You Rather Question Examples:

• Would you rather have a pet dinosaur that you can bring to school or have a robot that helps you with your homework?
• Would you rather have school in a giant treehouse or have school on a pirate ship?

More Back to School Resources:

Stand Up Sit Down

Find Someone Who

More Spanish Resources:

Stand Up Game Growing Bundle

Find Someone Who Growing Bundle

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