A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School is the perfect back-to-school read aloud! Extend the story with this engaging book companion filled with beginning of the year activities that help students build classroom community while practicing reading, writing, phonics, math, and more. This resource is packed with meaningful, hands-on activities to keep the learning going long after the story ends.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
⭐ Book Study Activities
- Teacher guide
- Book poster
- Author & illustrator posters
- Before, during, and after reading comprehension questions
- Story elements poster & worksheets
- Vocabulary cards, support cards, and practice pages
- Sequencing activities
- Read-and-sequence activity
- Character traits activities
- Flip book
- Favorite part response
- Making connections
- Making predictions
- Main idea
- Author’s purpose
- Opinion writing
- Fiction or nonfiction
- ABC order
⭐ Reading & Writing
- 4 emergent readers
- Writing craftivity
- Differentiated writing prompts
- Teacher-student letter writing
- Classroom values writing
- Goal-setting activities
- Interactive reader
⭐ Back-to-School & Classroom Community
- All About Me activities
- All About Me worksheets
- All About Me pendant
- Family activities & worksheets
- Family pendant
- Respectful or Not sort
⭐ Phonics
- Beginning sounds
- CVC writing
- Syllables
- Rhyming
⭐ Math
- Make 10 & Make 20 math mats
- Recording sheets
- Addition & subtraction mats
- Counting activities
- Skip counting
- Counting on
- Count & graph
- Graphing
- Math About Me
- 2D shapes activity
⭐ Hands-On Fun
- Popsicle stick puppets
- Back-to-school craft
This is a companion resource designed to pair with A Letter from Your Teacher on the First Day of School by Shannon Olsen. The book itself is not included. This resource was created by A Dab of Glue Will Do and is not endorsed or affiliated with the author or publisher in any way.







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