6-8 Back to School Bundle

• This collection of short writing prompts, bell ringers, planner pages, monthly calendars, goal-setting sheets, a student survey, and coloring pages will help get middle school students ready to start the school year by reflecting on their summer and thinking about what they’d like to accomplish.
  
• The slides can be customized, downloaded, shared, or printed.
  

Positives

• The coloring pages are easy to print off, using a minimal amount of black ink.
  
• The goal sheets can help students break down large projects into smaller steps.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• You will need to project, share, download, or print off the materials from Google Slides.
  

Differentiation

• Use the Letter to Myself for students to write something positive to themselves about their ability to empathize, work together, be considerate, or be kind to others with differing points of view or to those from different backgrounds.
  
• Have students come up with ways to celebrate the eco-holidays at school that are sustainable and fun.
  
• Use the student survey to help better understand your students, being mindful of their privacy. Also, consider adjusting the subjects to blanks for the students to fill out.
• Try using the coloring sheets as an activity for early finishers or as an art display in the classroom.

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