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!

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 are perfect to read aloud at the beginning of the school year to build community and teach rules and procedures.

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 sweet seconds will be coming on August 3rd! Ready or not?!?! The first week of school is a time of routines, procedures, expectations, relationship and community building, and sometimes feels like herding about 300 wet cats. One of my favorite things to incorporate are LOTS of read alouds that lend themselves to having conversations about rules and…

Need a new back to school read aloud or two? Today, I am sharing 15 books that are perfect for the beginning of the school year.

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

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.

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.