School Start 1-6 | WebEnglish

Use these activities to start a new school year. First, you need to make your students feel welcome and comfortable in class, with you and each other. Leave out school books and tests – at least until later. Many of the activities are good also for a teacher starting in a new class in the middle of the school year.

Related Pages: School Start 7-9, Calendar and Planning Page.

Warm-up

Welcome Back to School! Animated Digital Card – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/6oehtcsDKWo

A funny starter welcoming you back to school (yr 1-4)

Kid Snippets: “Back to School” (Imagined by Kids) – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/ryeDfr5RnWE

Adults act to child voices. Funny if the students know the body parts (yr 3-5)

Back to School | Season 2 Episode 17 | Mr. Bean Official Cartoon – YouTube (11:26)https://youtu.be/ZA65-6Z1HV4When there’s no milk for his tea and for teddy, Mr. Bean goes to buy milk. However, Mr. Bean accidentally becomes a teacher.

Back to School – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (PARODY) – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/PynHF1uOq-k

This song is dedicated to all the teachers, parents and students. (yr 4-6)

Please, Come In! 3 Activities to Start Off the Course on the Right Foot | Blog de Cristinahttps://www.cristinacabal.com/?p=9916

An interactive game to revise grammar and vocabulary from the previous year and not one, but 2 highly engaging speaking activities that can be considered,

Songs and Rhymes

Welcome to School Singlish – Learn English Program – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/LnQh4PWTAokLearn English through singing with kids! Welcome to School is a pilot for the Singlish English learning program. Watch as kids learn all about how to behave in school! (yr 1-2)

Children’s Song- Back to School – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/LZBcYaxK-wU

Back to School I’m going back. You’re going back. We’re going back, back to school. (yr 3-5)

Back at School! | Back to School Song | Jack Hartmann – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/GnWH786zjgcJack Hartmann welcomes you back to school. This Back to School song sets the tone for an exciting year full of fun and learning. (yr 4-6)

Back To School with KIDZ BOP! [30 Minutes] – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/16pwG6Al1I4It’s that time of year again when summer vacation comes to an end, and whether you’re doing it in person or online, it’s time to get back to school! (yr 5-6) Warning for Ads – Use SafeShare.tv

Teacher Introduction

17 Unique Ways for Teachers to Introduce Yourself to Your Studentshttps://www.weareteachers.com/10-creative-ways-to-introduce-yourself-to-students-2/

You only get one chance to make the first impression.

‘Getting to Know’ Games

Board Games Freebiehttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Activities-Getting-to-Know-You-Beginning-of-the-Year-Activities-1310541

Welcome your students back to school with these free games that are perfect as a ‘getting to know you’ activity. There are three printable games that are ideal for the first days of school.

15 creative lesson ideas for the first day of school – BookWidgetshttps://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2017/08/15-creative-lesson-ideas-for-the-first-day-of-schoolBack to school. Finally! In Belgium, school starts on the 1st of September, after a summer break of two months. Other countries have already begun the new school year, others still have a few…

Icebreakers that Rock | Cult of Pedagogyhttps://www.cultofpedagogy.com/classroom-icebreakers/

Too many classroom icebreakers require students to take big social risks with people they barely know. Or they don’t really help students get to know each other. Or they are just plain cheesy.

Worksheets

This is Mehttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/This-is-Me-1288516Starting with new ESL/EFL students, getting to know…

Back to School activity for Grades 1-2https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/School_objects/Back_to_School_ao1251669pqSchool objects interactive exercise for Grades 1-2. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf.

Back to school worksheets and online exerciseshttps://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Back_to_schoolInteractive worksheets for Back to School, elementary level.

Viewing

Back to school – The Storytellers – YouTube (5:09)https://youtu.be/qHE6DBSShXwAre your children learning English?Watch a story with them and help them learn English with our ‘stories for children’ series (yr 5-6)

Speaking

About Mehttps://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/about_me_0.pdf

A board game to print out, laminate and play with dice (yr 3-5)

Chatting with friendshttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Chatting-with-Friends-1288522Starting with a new group of ESL/EFL students, discussion…

Conversation Questions – Getting to know you – Elementary worksheet – Free ESL printable worksheets made by teachershttps://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/conversation_questions_-_getting_to_know_you_-_elementary/conversation-questions-getting/14437

Sheet of questions that students can use to interview and get to know each other. There are 3 pages with exactly the same questions to avoid cheating. – ESL worksheets (yr 5-6)