Description
Looking for an engaging activity to do with students to celebrate the first day or week of school? Have them create their own FIRST DAY of School hat to wear while using the provided writing prompt to explain their favorite part of the first day, and give them a CERTIFICATE!
What’s in this editable PowerPoint?
- Pg. 1. Cover
- Pg. 2 Directions
- Pg. 3 Table of Contents
- Pg. 4 How to put the hats together photo example.
- Pg. 5 Headband to use with any hat choice
15 Premade Headband Options:
- Pg. 6 MY FIRST DAY WAS DINO-MITE! (DINOSAUR)
- Pg. 7 BACK TO SCHOOL (BUS)
- Pg. 8 HAD A BALL LEARNING RULES (BALL) Use this with a back-to-school rule memory activity. Toss a beach ball out and whoever catches it has to repeat a rule they learned. Then, create their hats.
- Pg. 9 I’M ROCKING THE FIRST DAY (GUITAR)
- Pg. 10 FIRST DAY IN PRE-K (BALLOONS)
- Pg. 11 FIRST DAY IN K (BALLOONS)
- Pg. 12 FEELING COOL BACK IN SCHOOL! (ICE CREAM)
- Pg. 13 ARRRRR YOU READY TO HEAR ABOUT MY FIRST DAY (PIRATE SHIP)
- Pg. 14 FEELING BRAVE ON MY FIRST DAY (ALLIGATOR)
- Pg. 15 I LOVED THE FIRST DAY A LATTE! (COFFEE)
- Pg. 16 A PEACEFUL FIRST DAY! (PEACE FINGERS)
- Pg. 17 WILD ABOUT MY FIRST DAY (JEEP)
- Pg. 18 WILD ABOUT MY FIRST DAY (ALLIGATOR)
- Pg. 19. WILD ABOUT SCHOOL (LION)
- Pg. 20 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (BALLOONS)
- Pg. 21-22 My first day at school was… (PROMPT, Primary and Intermediate Lines)
- Pg. 23-24 Create Your Own Prompt (EDITABLE TITLE)
- Pg. 25-29 5 Editable Hats with Text Boxes (Balloon, Guitar, Ball, Lion, Dinosaur)
- Pg. 30-35 Hurray! Certificates (Edit the names, signature, and date)
- Pg. 36-38 Examples of editing.
- Pg. 39 Credits
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Barb C. –
I loved all of the options provided! This was a big hit on the first day of school and my little students loved picking out a favorite crown to decorate. THANK YOU! {:>Barb (Originally shared on my TpT store.)
Jo-Anne W. –
My students loved making the Dino-Mite crowns to celebrate the end of a great first day of school together! Simple, fun to make, and the kids marched out to dismissal smiling big! (Originally shared on my TpT store.)
Kimberly S. –
These hats are absolutely adorable! The kids loved them, got them so excited about their first days, and the parents loved the keepsake (Originally shared on my TpT store.)