Lessons by Molly: Back-to-School Fun with an Interactive Coloring Page

Back-to School Coloring Page

This back-to-school coloring page isn't just a coloring activity—it's packed with ways to differentiate learning for your students. The included choice board lets students pick an activity that suits their skill level and interest.

What is a Choice Board?

A choice board is a simple graphic organizer that presents students with multiple activity options. It encourages student choice, independence, and engagement. The choice board below offers seven activity options, along with the opportunity to create your own task using the back-to-school coloring page.

Here's how this choice board taps into different strengths and preferences:

Writers can describe the differences between two similar coloring pages.
Visual learners might enjoy finding and identifying a mistake in one of the pictures.
Artists can add drawings to the classroom bulletin board in the coloring picture.
Word lovers will have fun with the word-building activity.

With this resource, students can:

Add drawings or captions to the blank bulletin board.

Count and record the number of items in the picture, like the number of pencils.

Find the difference between two similar coloring pages and write about the difference.

Build words and make the big school-related word with all ten letters.

Find the mistake in the classroom scene.

Complete a yes/no chart identifying objects in the scene and not in the scene

Classroom Coloring Page Doubles as a Puzzle!

Want to add more fun? Students can turn the coloring page into a nine piece puzzle by cutting along the grid lines—perfect for hands-on learning. Or print the puzzle on colorful card-stock paper and transform the puzzle into a center activity. This versatile resource engages creativity, math, literacy, and observational skills, making the first days of school both exciting and educational!