Back to School · Grades K–5

Know every student by the end of week one.

A print-and-go All About Me survey & get-to-know-you pack for K–5: two reading levels, posters, partner interviews, icebreakers, and a graphing math extension. Print it the night before and walk in Day 1 ready to actually learn your students — not just manage them.

Get the All About Me Pack → Instant digital download · Editable in Slides & PowerPoint · Color + ink-saver included
📝2 Reading Levels
🤝Partner Interviews
📊Graphing Extension

The first week is a blur — and you're supposed to learn 25 brand-new kids in it.

Name tags, supply lists, forms, fire drills. Somewhere in the chaos you're meant to figure out who's nervous, who needs a challenge, who lights up about dinosaurs, and who's quietly worried about reading aloud — and there's no time to design the activities that would tell you.

You want to start the year knowing your students, not just managing them. The right first-week pack does the relationship-building for you, gives every child a chance to talk about themselves, and hands you a clear read on each one.

A whole first-week toolkit — not a single worksheet

Survey in two reading levels

A K–2 emergent version (picture-supported, draw-and-circle, big lines) and a 3–5 writer version (open-response prompts) so it fits your exact grade.

"All About Me" poster

Full-color + B&W. Students fill it in, you display it — and it drops straight onto your Student-of-the-Week board.

Student interest inventory

A scannable checklist (subjects, hobbies, "I learn best when…") that gives you quick data on every child for seating, grouping, and relationship notes.

"Getting to Know You" partner interview

Pairs of students interview each other and report out — community-building from Day 1, not just solo seatwork.

"All About My Family" home half-page

Send it home so families add context — quiet, genuine parent engagement in the first week.

Fold-and-staple mini-book

A first-week keepsake and a perfect early-finisher option for the kids who race through.

Icebreaker pages

"This or That" + "Would You Rather" low-floor warm-ups for the very first morning, when nobody knows what to do yet.

Graphing & data math extension

The class graphs survey answers (favorite color, pet) with tally + bar-graph templates — turning the activity into a real K–5 math lesson.

Editable Slides + PowerPoint

Adjust any prompt or wording for your grade and class. Plus a color PDF and a B&W ink-saver on every page.

Why this earns its spot in your first-week plans

Ready in the time it takes to print

  1. Pick the reading level for your grade — or open the editable file to tweak a few prompts first.
  2. Print the survey, poster, interview, and icebreakers; queue the Slides version if you want it on screen.
  3. Day 1, students complete the survey and icebreakers while you circulate and start learning names.
  4. Use the interest inventory for seating and grouping, then display the posters and graph the class data.

Setting up your whole first week?

All About Me is part of the First-Week Setup & Management Bundle — paired with Morning Meeting, Classroom Jobs, Procedures & Routines, and Student of the Week for one organized, calm launch. Grab the bundle and save versus buying the pieces one at a time.

See the First-Week Setup & Management Bundle →
"By Friday of the first week I actually knew my kids — who needed a challenge, who needed a hand, who to seat where. I usually don't feel that until October."
— The teacher this was built for

Start the year knowing your students.

Print it once, hand it out Day 1, and walk into week two with real relationships and real data on every child — without designing a single page yourself.

Get the All About Me Pack → Instant download · K–5 · Two reading levels · Editable · Color + ink-saver included