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Many of us are starting a new school year this month. Here are some ideas for the first days of school:

From the mELTing Teacher website, four different fun activities you can use to start the school year: http://eslcarissa.blogspot.com/2017/07/four-fun-ways-to-start-new-school-year.html

From Larry Ferlazzo, a list of “The Best Resources for Planning the First Days of School” at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/08/08/the-best-resources-for-planning-the-first-day-of-school/ and answer to “What do you do on the first day of school?”: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/08/09/answers-to-what-do-you-do-on-the-first-day-of-school/

Read how middle and high school teacher Maris Hawkins plans to start her Spanish classes on the first day at https://marishawkins.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/first-day-of-school-activities-and-my-goal/

Read how Annabelle Allen will start her Pre-K through high school classes consistent with the CI and OWL techniques: https://lamaestralocablog.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/the-first-week-of-school-pre-k-to-high-school/

If you are thinking about using interactive notebooks, see how Elisabeth Alvarado preps hers at the beginning of the school year: http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com/2017/08/back-to-spanish-class-interactive.html

Try having your students write 6-word memoirs on their first day of school, as described by Maria Bartz here: https://movingwriters.org/tag/first-day-of-school-writing/