First Day of School Resources You May Have Missed

I realized the other day that while I had written about getting ready for back to school several times over the years, I had not collected those ideas in one place. I also know that there have been many, many new readers since these were originally posted over the last two years.

• First Day of School: Sample Student Surveys, Parent Letters and More -There are two versions of the surveys and letters to help you write your own.
  
• First Day of School: Mini-Lesson on Calculating a Tip - For those of you who want to get down to business on day one, or at least are thinking about alternatives to icebreakers.
  
• Updated First Day Student Survey - This is the most recent one I used. Notice that I don't ask a lot of the typical questions any more; I really pared it down to only the things I really needed to know to teach them well.
  
• Questions to Ask Yourself To Be Ready for the First Day of School - If you've covered all of these, you're all set!
  

Just remember that there are a lot of new ideas that have been posted this month to check out as well!