7 ways welcome back students in 2020!

Nothing is more important than getting to know your students. There are many creative fun ways you can do this. If you are teaching virtually this year, you may wonder: how will I welcome kids? Guess what? there are many ways you can "break the ice" on and off screen. 

1. Welcome Postcards

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Welcome kids with mail! Students love to get snail mail. Build excitement for your first meeting (virtually or in-person). 

2. Classroom App

Classroom app makes it easy to communicate to both students and parents!  They just click on the icon to find out what is going on for the week. Learn more about set up here.

Set up Part 1
Set up Part 2


3. Virtual Classroom

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Students will love visiting their virtual classroom. There are interactive elements to make the classroom fun. Students click to go to assignments. There are so many examples out there!

4.) Flipbook

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Provide parents with all the information they will need this upcoming school year with a paper flipbook that is editable or cut-free. This includes easy steps to set up in your google classsroom.

5. Dice-breakers!

One of my favorite ice breakers to do the first day of school. It can work both in-person or virtually. All students need is a die, which they can grab out of a board game at home if needed. In dice breaker, students write out 6 questions for each die number. Then, they answer the question that matches the number on the die when rolled.

Examples include: Would you rather wake up early or sleep in?


6. Kahoot

Games are always a blast and help students get used to the group. Kahoot is an easy game maker and it is free. Your students can make their own or you as the teacher can make one they have to try to do. I create a trivia game based on procedures and rules for students to master that first week together. Example questions would be: What is the first thing you do when you get to the classroom? You can continue to use the platform for assessments in the future.


7. Create Meet and Greet Videos on Flipgrid

Flipgrid is a great site for social learning where teachers can pose a question and students answer/respond to videos. You start by creating a welcome video.