First Six Weeks of School

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First Six Weeks of School

Get to know your students

School Culture

Integrate Social and Academic Learning

Plan ahead

Parent-Teacher communication

Build community among families. Help parents to get to know each other.

Emails

Parents Survey

Parent-Teacher Communication Logs

Meetings

Phone calls

Establish high expectations for learning and behavior

Differentiate curriculum

Introduce an engaging curriculum

Build a community of learners

Assessment

Mathematics Benchmark Assessment

DRA

Running Records

DIBELS

Check school policies

Get to know the School Community

Classroom Culture

Collect games, activities, greetings, songs, read-alouds, and resources for the first weeks.

Articulate goals

Introduce students to the physical environment and materials of the classroom

Foster autonomy

Schedules

Create rules

Routines

Homework procedures

Transitions

Classroom jobs/helpers

Bathroom/Hall/Water

Morning Meetings

Arrival/Dismissal

Create or update a substitute folder

Classroom set-up

Desk arrangement

Common meeting area

Computer Center

Writing Center

Reading area