First Day of School 2026 Activities Teaching Resources for 4th Grade

Color Me Carefully – Geometric Animals

Hone in on your students' speaking and listening skills with this barrier activity.

Back To School - Listening Skill Refresh Activity

Refresh student listening skills with a Back to School Listening Skill Refresh Slides and script.

Goal Setting – Iceberg Template

Download a free goal setting template that helps students identify singular aspects that they need focus on to achieve a goal.

Free Blank Face Templates

Use these blank face templates to create fun back-to-school art celebrating the individuality and diversity of your new students!

Hopes and Wishes Jar - Goal Planning Template

Have your students craft a hopes and wishes jar to set goals for the school year.

Printable SMART Goals Template

Start the school year by having your students use a printable template to set their own S.M.A.R.T. goals.

I Wish My Teacher Knew Activity Sheet

Add an ‘I Wish My Teacher Knew’ activity to your first-day plans to learn more about your new students.

Back to School - Personalized Name Coloring Bookmarks

Inspire your new students to read, read, read with their very own personalized name bookmark to color!

Student Interest Survey Pack

Use a Student Interest Survey to get to know your new students at the beginning of the school year.

All About Me Sundae - First Day Activity

Interview a Classmate - First Day of School Activity

Help your students learn more about their new classmates (even if they have been together for the last 5 years) with this fun speaking and listening activity!

Editable All About Me - Getting to Know Me Worksheet

Use this printable Grade Level Getting to Know Me Worksheet to engage your students on the first day of school.

Student Behavior Contract Template

Create a classroom community and ensure adherence to rules and procedures with a printable Student Behavior Contract Template.

I'm Outta This World - About Me Kids' Craft

Create an easy paper craft that is out of this world with a printable Alien-themed All About Me template.

All About Me Book - One Pager Template

Save paper and get to know your students with a Back-to-School About Me One-Pager Mini Book.

Back to School - Get to Know You Dice Game

Play a Get to Know You dice game for students to get to know their classmates.

Student Behavior Discussion Cards for the Classroom

Print free student behavior discussion cards to encourage your class to think about what a positive learning environment looks like, sounds like, and feels like.

Have a Bright Year! Lightbulb Goal Setting Craft

Brighten up your first day of school with a fun Lightbulb-themed goal-setting craft activity.

Team Building Games – Upper Grades

Encourage communication and cooperation with this set of 10 team-building games.

Add It In - Listen and Draw Activity

Practice following directions to color and draw pictures with a listen and draw activity pack.

Back to School Today! Poem for Kids

Ease back-to-school jitters and launch your students into a love of poetry with a short poem for kids written just for the first day of school!

Fishing to Know You

Get to know your new class at the beginning of the year with this Fishing to Know You activity.

Charades Inspired - Good Behavior Game

Explore appropriate and inappropriate behaviors during the school year with a charades-inspired Good Behavior Game.

Funky Apple Craftivity

Have fun on the first day of school with a fun customizable, Funky Apple Craftivity.