Beginning of the year read alouds

To have a good relationship with your students from the very beginning of the year, it’s important to build trust, understanding, and acceptance. To help you do this and get your new school year kicked off right, check out these 27 different read-alouds to get your new students setting goals, building relationships, having positive attitudes, and just being excited about being back in school!

Hey Friends! It's Theresa here from True Life I'm a Teacher ! Here in my part of Georgia teachers go back to school on July 27th, and my swe...

It's almost that time you guys! The parents are chomping at the bit to get their kids back to you, and you are most likely soaking up the last few weeks of break/scrambling to get ready for those new students! Books are my thing so I wanted to compile a list of tried and true AND some new picture books to use in the first couple of weeks (Did you like that rhyme there?) of school. These are not just your nervous about the first day of school books, but more along the lines of establishing…

20 favorite read aloud books to help develop your classroom community.

These 20 books for back to school will help build community, and teach rules, procedures, and character education.

read aloud books for the first weeks of school

Check out my list of 9 great back to school read alouds all about diversity, conquering fear, and mastering communication and behavior in the classroom.

The first weeks of school are always my favorite time of year. We are encouraged to stay away from the curriculum and build a positive and caring classroom community. It’s time to lay down the foundation for the year, set procedures in place, and most importantly, get to know your students. I love using picture books during

Create a supportive learning environment and cultivate Growth Mindset in your students from day one. Why not start with the heartwarming back to school read alouds, "The Magical Yet", and introduce Growth Mindset as well as The Power of Yet strategy to your students? Follow up with a Free back to school activity! Click on the link to discover how to use this book and get a free teaching resource for your first week of school activities.

Back to school read alouds for elementary students. This blog post includes some great character building texts that you should add to your classroom library and use to foster some great character education conversations!