Start the new school year with a simple writing activity that gives students a chance to share about their first day back to school—while giving teachers an early look at their students' writing skills!
This FREE First Day Back to School printable worksheet is designed especially for first grade students. Children are invited to write about their first day of school using a helpful vocabulary box for ideas and spelling support.
✏️ STUDENT DIRECTIONS
Write about your first day back to school. Use the words above to help you.
The worksheet includes these back-to-school vocabulary words:
friend • teacher • playground • happy • recess • classmate • pencil • desk • lunch
Students can use the words as inspiration as they write about their classroom, teacher, new friends, recess, lunch, or how they're feeling about the start of a new school year.
🍎 A SIMPLE FIRST-DAY ACTIVITY WITH A PURPOSE
The first day of school is a great opportunity to let students write about something that's happening right now!
Along with being an engaging back-to-school activity, this worksheet can provide teachers with an informal beginning-of-the-year writing sample. See how students approach independent writing before you've spent weeks teaching classroom writing routines.
It can give you an early glimpse at students':
• Sentence formation
• Spelling and phonics skills
• Vocabulary use
• Handwriting
• Capitalization and punctuation
• Ability to express an idea in writing
• Overall writing confidence and independence
There's no need to treat it like a formal assessment—just let students write and see what they can do!
WHAT'S INCLUDED
• 1-page printable PDF worksheet
• Black-and-white, ink-friendly design
• Student name line
• Back-to-school vocabulary word bank
• First-day writing prompt
• Space for students to write
PERFECT FOR
• First day of first grade
• First week of school
• Back-to-school activities
• Morning work
• Independent writing
• Writing centers
• Beginning-of-year writing samples
• First grade writing practice
• Getting to know your students
• Early finisher activities
This easy print-and-go back-to-school writing activity requires virtually no prep. Print a copy for each student and have an activity ready for those busy first hours of the new school year.
