Start the school year with engaging back-to-school activities for upper elementary students that spark curiosity and set a positive tone for the year ahead! Inside, you'll find creative upper elementary activities, grade 3-5 lesson plans, and fun classroom games designed to encourage collaborative learning, problem-solving tasks, and critical thinking exercises. These activities will get students excited and ready to learn while fostering engagement from day one.
In addition, explore helpful back-to-school worksheets that establish routines and expectations early on. Paired with engaging classroom games, role-playing activities, and listening skills exercises, these resources help build a strong classroom community and keep students motivated. By incorporating structured yet interactive learning opportunities, you can create an environment where students feel both supported and eager to participate.
With the right mix of activities, you can cultivate a dynamic classroom where students feel confident, curious, and ready to learn. Whether integrating reading comprehension activities, digital literacy exercises, or team-building challenges, these strategies foster collaboration and strengthen critical thinking. From meaningful lessons to interactive experiences, this guide provides everything you need to lay the foundation for a successful and rewarding school year. Visit SubjectToClimate for even more classroom resources and support to enhance your teaching journey.
Start the school year with engaging and customizable activities for grades 3-5! From Captain Climate-themed printables to creative writing prompts, vocabulary building exercises, and handwriting practice, these resources spark curiosity and critical thinking. Use them in learning stations or for classroom discussions and reflections to encourage deeper exploration of climate topics. Plus, integrated goal-setting activities help students develop personal connections to their learning, making these activities both fun and meaningful!
Kick off the school year with this fun and customizable collection of Captain Climate-themed coloring pages, bell ringers, writing prompts, classroom signs, schedule cards, goal-planning sheets, and more! Perfect for engaging students and personalizing your space!
This anticipation guide kicks off the conversation as a fun and interactive pre-assessment and discussion tool, helping teachers gauge students' background knowledge and misconceptions about climate change while giving them space to share their facts, feelings, and big ideas.
This activity provides pre-writing and scaffolded writing templates to help students effectively organize their thoughts and respond after learning about the environmental impacts of plastic, making it perfect for class discussions, reflections, or persuasive writing exercises.
Students uncover the carbon footprint of their favorite meals and explore how small changes can make a big impact—perfect for inspiring meaningful class discussions on sustainability!
SubjectToClimate's ELA guide equips 3rd to 5th-grade teachers with engaging lessons, unit plans, and activities that enhance literacy skills through climate-focused themes. Students will develop reading, writing, and critical thinking abilities while exploring environmental literature and sustainability, creating meaningful learning experiences.
Explore SubjectToClimate’s math guide for 3rd to 5th-grade teachers, blending essential math skills with environmental awareness. With free unit plans, lessons, activities, and worksheets, these resources enrich your curriculum through interactive practice, real-world connections, and engaging math games—empowering students as problem-solvers and global citizens!
Introduce climate change with engaging icebreaker activities and team-building exercises that make learning interactive and meaningful. From educational games like a recycling challenge to storytelling sessions featuring an eBook on extreme weather, these activities inspire curiosity and discussion. Through hands-on exploration, problem-solving, and storytelling, students will start building their understanding of climate from day one.
Make recycling fun with this engaging hands-on sorting game where students work together to classify items correctly, great for small group competitions or whole class activities!
In this engaging eBook, students will explore the difference between weather and climate, learn about extreme weather types, and understand how climate change intensifies these events through the story of a powerful hurricane in Haiti.
Climate Change Charades makes climate education engaging and interactive. The game simplifies complex climate concepts through creative acting and description, reinforcing understanding in a fun, collaborative way. Use it as an icebreaker, an introduction, or a review activity.
In this fun animated video, students learn about the causes and effects of climate change and discover small actions they can take, making it perfect for class discussion or as an intro to a climate unit.
