FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL BUNDLE for MIDDLE SCHOOL

Make your first week of school your easiest and most engaging week of the year!

Skip the endless Pinterest searches and last-minute lesson planning. This Middle School Back-to-School Bundle gives you everything you need to build classroom community, help students get to know one another, establish classroom expectations, and create meaningful connections from Day 1.

Designed specifically for middle school teachers, school counselors, advisory teachers, homeroom teachers, and SEL educators, these low-prep, highly engaging activities get students talking, collaborating, laughing, and building relationships before they even realize they're participating in SEL.

What's Included:

Hallway Hackers

A social deduction mystery game that transforms your classroom into an exciting investigation! Students work together, solve clues, make accusations, and laugh their way through an unforgettable community-building experience.

Perfect for:

• Back-to-school icebreakers
• Advisory
• Homeroom
• SEL
• Classroom community

Classroom Kickoff

Start the school year with energy! This interactive activity gets students moving, talking, and working together while helping them feel comfortable in their new classroom.

Perfect for:

• First day of school
• Team building
• Relationship building
• Student engagement

Student Snapshot

Get to know your students beyond their names.

Students share their interests, learning preferences, strengths, goals, and more—giving you valuable information you can use to build relationships and support them throughout the school year.

Perfect for:

• Student interest inventory
• Student survey
• Relationship building
• Teacher planning

Middle School Court: Code of Conduct

Instead of handing students a list of classroom rules, invite them to help create them.

Students debate, collaborate, and vote as they develop a classroom code of conduct, increasing ownership, accountability, and classroom buy-in.

Perfect for:

• Classroom expectations
• Classroom management
• Advisory
• SEL
• Classroom constitution/ classroom rules/expectations

Say It Without Saying It: Back-to-School Edition

A hilarious communication game where students describe back-to-school vocabulary without using specific words. It's fast-paced, engaging, and guaranteed to get students laughing while practicing communication and teamwork.

Perfect for:

• Icebreakers
• Vocabulary review
• Team building
• Communication skills

Why Teachers Love This Bundle

✅ Builds classroom community from Day 1

✅ Helps students get to know one another

✅ Encourages communication and collaboration

✅ Promotes teamwork and relationship building

✅ Low-prep and easy to implement

✅ Interactive and highly engaging

✅ Perfect for grades 5–9

✅ Great for advisory, homeroom, SEL, counseling, and general education classrooms

Best For

✔ Middle School Teachers

✔ School Counselors

✔ Advisory Teachers

✔ Homeroom

✔ SEL Classes

✔ Student Success Classes

✔ First Week of School

✔ Beginning of the School Year

Save with the Bundle!

Purchasing these activities together saves you money compared to buying each resource individually. Have your entire first week of engaging, relationship-building activities planned and ready to go—so you can spend less time planning and more time connecting with your students.

Grades: 5-9

Formats Included: Google Slides, PDFs, printable student pages, teacher directions, and editable resources (where applicable).

Walk into the first week of school with confidence, not stress. Instead of scrambling for activities each morning, you'll have five engaging, relationship-building lessons ready to go. Your students will leave the first week feeling connected, included, and excited to come back each day.