Back To School Scavenger Hunt

     The first few days back to school are nothing but EXHAUSTING! I talk until I'm hoarse, my feet and legs hurt from running around. It's just not pretty. I'm sure you experience the same thing.

     Every year, we stand in front of a group of kiddos and rattle off a gazillion things that-- let's be honest....they are totally going to still ask us about for the next 9 months.

     So combat my exhaustion...I have created the School Success Scavenger Hunt. I set up a bulletin board in a detective style with footprints leading to each Activity.

     To set up, I print all activities and place them in my rolling cart for easy access. 

I also hot glue the Team Pencils to clothespins so that the kiddos can move their team clip to each activity.

After I have everything set up, I introduce students to the Scavenger Hunt by projecting the Welcome Detectives letter.

Students complete a variety of activities including a Team Poster, All About Me Poster, Classroom Expectations Bus Flip, and Success Manual. After each activity is completed, they groups receive one clue letter. When all activities are finished, the clue letters spell out "SHINE" which completes the sentence in the introductory letter.

The culminating project of the hunt involves making goals for the year which is turned into a hallway display for Open House.

If you are interested in a more detailed explanation of this scavenger hunt, you can watch my video preview here:

School Success Scavenger Hunt

Good luck on your first day!