A Day in the Life of a 3rd Grade Teacher - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!! 

The First Day Jitters are real. Twenty-Three years into this career and I still can't sleep the night before the first day AND I am fast talking and walking in circles for the hour or so before kids and families show up the first day. You are in good company.

you should have a table captain. in each of four desks, you should have someone whose in charge of the caddy, like putting the markers back in the box or making sure it’s stocked. if you decide to keep them at the front of the room, you could have that “captain” or “leader” grab it and return it every day. they can also collect the papers from the group and hand them in so you don’t have to keep constantly keep around collecting work. each week, the leader/caption changes.

i’m still in high school but i find these so interesting!! love the vids :)

Lawyer here 🖐 never realized how much teachers did. Absolutely love your channel, and I'm excited for the journey. I used to want to be a kindergarten or special ed teacher, so I give you props.

On Fridays you should show us how you prepare for the following week via a checklist and everything you have to do!

I'm going to be a new 3rd grade teacher this fall, and I just want to scream THANK YOU for making this video. Honestly, it has been very helpful for me to see how a first day is structured by another teacher, some fun activities that you can do, and how to go about introducing those procedures kids desperately need. This has been awesome! Looking forward to checking out more of your videos to prep for the coming fall!

i soooo feel the "i dont remember how to teach" before the first day!

I’m a senior and I decided I want to be a teacher, so I started watching videos about teaching and stuff like that. You’re videos make me want to become a teacher. I love kids and I can’t wait till I can help them with their education!

Omg i remembered thay friend scavanger hunt game and i hated it as a kid lolol i had a ton of social anxiety and no friends so i would be like standing in one spot in the room having a internal panic attack hoping others would come up to me so i wouldn't have to walk up to anyone 😂😂 i know its supposed to get you up and around the room to get to know everyone, but let me tell you it caused me stress every year. Even in college i hate that the profs make you stand up and like say your name, your major and 1 interesting thing about yourself im like please no. 😂😂 im glad your first day went well! Cant wait for more vlogs!

I like to roll out routines as we come to them too, and I also use green folders as the daily communication folder. Your Friday schedule is every teacher’s dream! Have a great school year!

I’m only going into 5th grade but I love your channel I want to be a 3rd grade teacher in class I’m always the mini teacher I always tell my teachers your tips and tricks because there amazing I watch every video and love them oh and I love your classroom it’s so cute I have spent around 70$ on things for my “class” and I am always making PowerPoints, lesson plans or something I love how your so real and funny you honestly are the perfect teacher Tuber ilysm ❤️

As someone new to teaching during a teacher shortage (AKA mentor shortage), I appreciate your vlogs. Prepping with some of your ideas!

Watching your videos put some great ideas in my head. This will be my 1st year teaching 3rd grade and I feel absolutely terrified but excited for this journey. As you said I feel like I have no idea what I'm going to do, or I might be awful!!!!! Everything I know will come together. Wish me luck.🤞 Instead of me going to school to be a teacher I'm going back to school and taking classes while teaching to do my teaching licensure, so I feel like I'm going in this with no teaching education but learning as I go, Which is why I feel less confident. With that being said I have had experience being an educational assistant and long term sub but never had the confidence of me being the head teacher. All my coworkers and boss saw potential and are 100% supportive, I know I can do this.

Just found out I’ll be teaching 3rd this year. I taught high school science (virtually) during lockdown… switching grades AND teaching for the first time in person is scary. This was nice to see!

I have been really enjoying your vlogs! We use those jenga puzzles for all sorts of things as well! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Teaching is almost like performing. I get similar butterflies and palpitations like I’d get before going out onto the stage to dance.😊

I was so excited to see this vlog! I love the activities you planned for the first day, that way not everyone is stressing out! I’m about to graduate to become a teacher, so watching these videos excite me and give me so many ideas!

Yesss!!! I saw on your Instagram story that you were posting tonight and I got so excited!!! Love you Shelley!!

I have been teaching for 10 years and took 3 years off. Now I’m going back to teaching and my first time teaching 3rd grade. Thanks for having a RU-vid channel to refresh my memory. Have a super year teaching.

Love seeing your perspective I've always been interested, thank you for sharing 💖

I LOVE your videos!!! All the best from Canada!

im a biology student in college and this is completely unrelated to my field, but i found your videos and i just love them, it was satisfying to watch the room get built and organized. always have been curious as to what happens behind the scenes of teaching

Yay! Super excited for you! Enjoy! I've had fun being a substitute, cant wait to get my own class!

Hi Shelly! I have been OBSESSED with you this summer😍 I found you mid last year and I am so excited to watch you journey though a full year. I am studying to become a teacher and I identify so much with how you decorate, organize and teach. Thank you for sharing your story! Hope I could convey how much I enjoy your vlogs and love your personality in words❤️❤️

So glad I found your channel! I’m a retired elementary school teacher. I don’t miss the meetings,etc. However, I do miss the children. I spent nine years in third grade and enjoyed every minute! I love your enthusiasm and, for the record, after 20 years, I always became a bit nervous on the first day of school! Best wishes for a great year!

I've watched many teacher's vlogs and yours are my favorite! Love your personality 🤗

Wow great episode!! 😍it every video i watch from ur channel gives me more confidence and more happy wanting to be a teacher 👨‍🏫

I love the jenga!! You could even reuse it with review questions too, what a great idea!

I just found you last week and I absolutely love your content! Ill be a year three education major this fall and you make me so excited to have my own classroom one day!! 🤗💗

OmG…your Friday is like my Tuesday…and no it doesn’t suck..it’s so awesome! Tons of prep time, not to mention decompressing!

HI! I love the idea of your Jenga! nd I never heard of the "First Day Jitters" book so I'm excited to check that book out! As always great video and can't wait for the next one! :)

Honestly, I respect teachers so much.(especially with younger kids) me personally, I cannot handle being a leader or in charge. I would know what to do. Dont get me started on the organization skills lol. Thank you so much for all you do!

We live in northern california too! My boy has a long way until school but watching your channel makes me excited for him to start!

I was waiting for this video to go up, so excited for you!! Have a great year with your new kiddos ❤️

Moving from kindergarten to third in a brand new district watching all your videos.

I just found your channel and you are making me SO EXCITED to student teach!!!!

# teacher shape!😁 Have a great year!

Glad to see this series starting back up! Hope to see it every day

Gurrrrl, yaaaas! I remember following you when you had 3k-ish followers 7 months ago, and I'm so glad your channel is spreading! Congrats! I'm a music teacher(3 3rd grade classes and 1 4th grade class), and I feel you.. The nervers are strong before each lesson here, haha.

Congrats on a fun first day! Can't wait to keep watching!

have been waiting for hours for this!! so happy

I loved watching you set up your room! Re: your feelings of, "I don't know how to teach anymore"--I am in a very different field and I feel the same way every first day. I just remind myself to act like I know what I'm doing and no one will be any the wiser, hahaha

I’m a preschool teacher at the moment.. I am in college to be a teacher. You are literally my inspiration and what keeps me going. I can’t wait to have my own classroom! Thanks for the vlogs! Love them!!

i love when you post while im watching your vids!! discovered u a couple hours ago and so obsessed!!!

Ugh love your vlogs! Thank you!

Just found your channel, and I love it! I’m also a second year teacher, so I can relate to so much of what you say on your videos.

Enjoy your new videos. Can’t wait for more videos. I plan on becoming a teacher assistant or a elementary school teacher.

I don’t know why this is relaxing for me, lol. I was gonna say to add numbers to your tables (saw that of course you thought of that already) to match the green bins of supplies. Your attention to detail is amazing

your videos make me so excited to be a teacher!!!

Hello! :) I'm a new subscriber.. I love Teachers Pay Teachers -- I've been homeschooling my children for 5 years and we're getting ready to start the 6th year. :) I used TPT so much when I first got started and still love to look through the site. When I was growing up, I always wanted to become a teacher and then I thought I changed my mind when I had children of my own. However, after watching you vlogs -- it makes me want to be a teacher all over again. I realize I'm teaching my children but it's not the same as having a classroom full of children! :)

Yes!! I've been waiting all day to see this 😄

1st day jitters have never gone away for me, and it's been 26 years. Enjoy your year!

I just started year 6 and I still feel like that! Every year I panic just a bit that I won’t remember how to teach 😉 Loving your videos! Have a great school year!

I enjoy watching your videos. I start my bachelors in elementary next spring and plan to teach third grade as well. You are an inspiration to my goals☺

Why are teachers always beautiful? To divert students' attention?????😂😂

Your room is amazing. I wish I could of seen what your first day outfits looked like. And amen about teacher shape. That's how I felt this week too

Just started my first year teaching 3rd and I am so glad that I am not the only one who feels so exhausted and like I can't even speak straight at the end of the day lol. Love your videos so much!

Love watching or videos. All your excitement gets me excited and imma a nurse. A one time I wanted o be a teacher. I can not wait to follow you a long. I’ve been waiting every night here to catch them

Hello from Taiwan! Tomorrow will be mine first day back to teaching, and I can so feel you through this video.

Omg I totally relate to forgetting how to teach. School is on Monday and I feel prepared but not READY if that makes sense 😂 I also totally prefer the rolling out procedures as the day goes on instead of lecturing it to them. Experiential learning is good stuff.

Love your videos I’m an aspiring elementary teacher just starting college on Monday!!😭👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I’m a 1st year 3rd grade teacher this year. This video is so helpful! Thank you!

Your doing a good job!! I look up to you as a teacher, Im thinking about going into education..thanks

Congratulations! You're such a pro!!

ahhh I'm currently a college senior (undergrad) and will be starting a teacher prep masters program in the summer and this makes me so excited to be an elementary teacher!!!! I'm so excited to watch your videos! I can't wait to be a teacher

No Dislikes. That's how I like it

i’m in high school but i love watching these because i have wanted to be a teacher since i was little and these inspire me to hopefully become a teacher one day!!

I love how you include non-teachers! I’m not in education (almost was) but I find your vlogs very enjoyable!

Loved your first day plans. Sounds like mine. I teach second grade in Texas. 💖

Love it! You should do Save Fred, I did it last year and it’s so fun.

First of all---your videos make me laugh and you create a great vlog! Thank you for some of the activities you are using the first few days. I always struggle with that. I teach 3rd grade as well and LOVE it. Have you tried the 3rd day of 3rd-grade activities? It's similar to your scavenger hunt game, but it has a cool title, so I like to play that the 3rd day. I am running to dollar tree tomorrow for Jenga. lol. Good luck with the rest of your year. I start next week! And my room still needs work! ah!

Love your channel 💕

Weeeeee new video! I'm a new sub and I have been binge watching all of your videos waiting for a new video 😁

I agree with you about how to go over the rules.,.as needed…practice and rehearse them.

i love your videos so much!!!!

YAY! New video❤️❤️

Just stumbled on your vlogs yesterday and I’m obsessed! Makes me miss being a kid and wish I had done elementary teaching instead of geriatric pharmacy 😂

loveee your videos & your personality!

Love your videos!!!

THANK YOU OMG! I'm going to be a new 3rd teacher, and my jitters have calmed down because of you video.

Very realistic! Congrats on 2nd year!!

I've been teaching for over 20 years. (3rd grade as well) I still get sick to my stomach the night b4 and 1st day of school. I've been reading 1st day jitters each year! Love your vlogs... good luck this year.!

I have a double-lesson release on Thursday after lunch, so I don't dismiss my kids that day. They have Art so they art teacher (who also teaches my class on Wednesday's) dismisses. You know what? Double release is the best version of awesome! I do all my planning for the week and begin my copying and printing. On Friday morning I have a single release and I try to get my printing finished up. And then that's it - no release on Monday or Tuesday so I teach aaaaalllll day, plus yard duties. I'm dead by Tuesday night!

new subbie, great vlog. Good to see it from the other side, what goes on. I don't have school age children anymore but we are friends with a few of my daughter's teachers and it's great. Hope all is well and you have a great week.

Love love looove your videos!

Yay I’m excited!!! ♥️♥️

I have my post notifications on love u and your videos

thanks for these videos. The kiddos are lucky to hve you!! I am a K-5 teacher as well

Im currently in uni trying to get into a teacher program. :) ur vids are really helpful and interesting to me. Thank you for making these videos!

Love these videos❤️♥️

Up and coming first year teacher here!

I love your videos and you are good teachers You know all of them are very nice to you and I hope you have a great year of teaching grade 2

I’m going into 4th grade. this year is gonna be different but I love watching these videos! Stay safe!

You make me so excited to go back to school !!!!

I've always wanted to be a elementary school teacher. Your videos really help me!

i love your videos! i actually just graduated from a high school in your area (i recognized a starbucks from one of your older videos!) and i'm off to go study music education :) teaching music will be a lot different from a normal classroom but i still find it fun to watch teacher videos

Have a wonderful school year!🤗

Same same same!! I also feel like I've forgotten everything on the first day of school. Lol.

Loved this video 😍 Nostalgic ,the #teacher in me missed my 32children of G3

Love your Channel 💕💕💕💕