Back to school links checked 6/18/2025

ditchthattextbook.com/back-to-school 100 ideas for the first week of school

A Couple of Good Places to Find Icebreaker Activities

Start of year

50 Beginning Of The School Year Procedures For A Stress-Free Classroom -

“What Is Your Hope?” Video – Idea For First Day Of School Activity? | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

Free Technology for Teachers: Storyboard That Offers Four School Year Starter Projects

Answers To “What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

Digital Ice Breakers

The Best Resources For Planning The First Days Of School | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

End of year

The Best Ways To Finish The School Year Strong | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

End of the Year THRIVE-al (Not Survival) Guide

20 ideas for end-of-semester final projects

20 end of year templates to help students thrive

some ambient sounds to keep your students focused:

• A Pandora station called "Electronic for Studying" with little to no lyrics (great for studying)

• A Spotify playlist called "Chill Lofi Study Beats" (similar to above)

• Non-music ambient noise at Noisli.com

Three Tools for Quickly & Easily Creating End-of-Year Slideshow Videos

End the school year with Epic Review Olympics (free templates!)