List: Clip and Save Checklist: Getting Ready for The First Day of School
- 1.Plan your bulletin boards.
- 10.Make student name tags for desks (unless you are planning to have the students make their own). “11.Find out your students\\’ schedules for lunch, gym, art, music, and library.”,
- 12.Gather and organize all your supplies:Textbooks and supplemental materials, Plan books, Classroom reading books and read-aloud titles, Attendance materials\nPaper clips, Various types of paper (e.g., writing, construction, math), Folders\nDifferent kinds of tape, Grade book\nRubber bands, Stapler and staples\nPencils/pens, Tissues “13.Prepare take-home packets for your students. Some of the items you\\’ll want to include are:Emergency forms, School rules, Supply list, Bus or transportation rule, Welcome message to parents/request for room parents”,
- 14.Find out which students may be going to special classes.
- 15.Check out library books for students and books for read alouds.
- 16.Set up a folder for a substitute to use in case of emergency, containing the following:Daily schedule\nSeating chart, Reproducible activities
- 17.Prepare a file for correspondence from parents.
- 18.Prepare a file for faculty bulletins.
- 19.Obtain a copy of state and district curriculum standards.
- 2.Decide where you want to post announcements, menu, and calendar.
- 20.Write tentative lesson plans for the coming week. “21.Make copies of materials you\\’ll be handing out during the first few days.”,
- 22.Write your name and other important class information on the board.
- 23.Make a checklist for returned forms (can be used later for report cards and other items).
- 3.Prepare a welcome back display.
- 4.Designate boards for subject area work, and boards for students to design. “5.Decide where you want to display your students\\’ original work.”,
- 6.Set up two or three learning centers to get started.
- 7.Create signs for your room to help your students learn classroom rules and routines.
- 8.\nPrepare your class rolls and permanent records.
- 9.Post a cheery sign with your name outside the door along with a class list. Students and parents will appreciate it when they go looking for the right room.
