The perfect Back to School writing and craft activity for grades 2-4!

Kick off the school year with this print-and-go Back to School writing pack! Your students will share opinions about coming back to school, write informatively about their school, and tell stories about their first day, then build a darling "SCHOOL" bubble letter craft with a notebook, pencil, smiling laptop, highlighter, book, glue bottle, and smiling backpack. It's a perfect mix of real writing practice and back-to-school fun, ideal for those first few days when you need engaging activities that double as get-to-know-you assessments.

Most back-to-school resources are coloring pages and worksheets. This one teaches real writing skills wrapped in a back-to-school theme. Students learn to share opinions with reasons, write informative paragraphs about their school, and tell stories with characters and clear sequencing. You get to check off your writing standards while learning about your new students at the same time.

Use it for the first week of school, Meet the Teacher night, sub plans, morning work, early finishers, or your back-to-school bulletin board. The finished crafts make a darling first display of the year!

What's Included

• ✏️ 6 writing pages that match the 3rd grade writing standards:

• 2 opinion pages (share what you think about coming back to school, with reasons and a full paragraph)

• 2 informative pages (main idea and supporting details about your school, plus an informative paragraph describing your classroom)

• 2 narrative pages (use first/then/next to write about your first day, plus character development with you as the main character)

• ✏️ "SCHOOL" bubble letter craft with a notebook, pencil, smiling laptop, highlighter, book, glue bottle, and smiling backpack accents, plus warm writing prompts on each letter, like "I love school because…", "My favorite subject is…", "I feel happy when I…", "My favorite part of the school day is…", "This year, I want to get better at…", "My learning goal this year is…", "I show kindness at school by…", "My favorite school supply is…", "I want my teacher to know that I…", and "One thing I want to try this year is…"

• ✏️ Editable PowerPoint files. Change the prompts to fit your class.

• ✏️ Print-and-go PDFs. No prep needed.

Why teachers love it

• 🎒 Real writing practice that doubles as a get-to-know-you assessment

• 🎒 Lines up with 3rd grade writing standards (W.3.1, W.3.2, W.3.3)

• 🎒 Teaches paragraph writing and character development from day one

• 🎒 Helps you learn about your new students through their writing

• 🎒 You can edit the prompts to fit your students

• 🎒 The colorful SCHOOL craft makes a darling first bulletin board of the year