All About Me Back-to-School Project | PBL with Executive Function Skills
Kick off the school year with a hands-on project that builds confidence, creativity, and self-awareness!
This All About Me Project-Based Learning activity is designed for grades 4–6 and blends executive function practice, goal setting, creative expression, and student-led inquiry. Students reflect on their identity as learners, how they work best, and what they hope to achieve—while also forming meaningful classroom connections. A flexible, engaging activity perfect for the first weeks of school.
Benefits of This Project
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Fosters student independence, ownership, and voice
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Combines executive function, SEL, writing, and reflection
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Inspires curiosity, creativity, and goal setting
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Produces vibrant student work for classroom displays
Project Goals
Students explore who they are as learners, reflect on their strengths and growth areas, and set goals for the year ahead. The activities nurture executive function skills while helping establish a positive classroom community built on inquiry, reflection, and collaboration.
What Students Will Do
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Reflect on personal learning styles and strengths
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Set academic, social, and personal goals
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Explore curiosity-driven questions and interests
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Practice organization, time management, and self-monitoring
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Design a creative final product that showcases their unique identity
Guiding Question
“How can I design a learning experience that helps me grow—both inside and outside of school?”
Activity Pages Include:
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My Life Map
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Define Your Learning Spaces
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How I Learn Best + Study Habits & EF Self-Check
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Curiosity Mind Map + Learning Quest
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Goal Ladder + Mini Goal Planner
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Snack Plan + Time Budget
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About My Community Infographic
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Symbols & Superpower Poster / Trading Card
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Icebreaker Cards, Kindness Coupons & Friendship Bracelets
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Letter to My Future Self
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Final Project Choices
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Reflection Prompts & Assessment Rubric
Student Voice & Choice
Students take ownership by deciding how to represent themselves—through art, writing, posters, zines, slideshows, or digital projects. They explore their learning environment, choose project formats, and practice executive function skills along the way.
Self-Reflection & Growth
Built-in feedback prompts, an EF self-check, and a letter to their future selves help students think critically about their learning journey. This reflective process makes the project not just creative, but transformative.
Published Work
Final products can include posters, scrapbooks, podcasts, or classroom displays. Optional extras—like hot air balloon goal-setters or symbolic self-portraits—make for an eye-catching back-to-school bulletin board.
How to Use This Resource
With 25+ flexible activity pages, you can stretch this project across 1–2 weeks or adapt it for shorter use. Print individual pages, compile a binder, or create a student portfolio. Perfect for classrooms, homeschools, and microschools—all activities are open-ended and easily adaptable.
Start the school year with purpose, connection, and creativity. This All About Me Back-to-School PBL project helps students grow as learners—and as vital members of your classroom community.
Terms of Use
Please note: Purchase of this product is for Personal and Classroom Use ONLY
Not for Commercial Use. Purchase of this product entitles you the right to reproduce the pages in limited quantities for single classroom use only. Copying any part of the product and placing it on the internet in any form (including a personal or classroom website) is strictly forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Copyright: Quest Schooling LLC.
After purchase you will receive a link to download the PDF file. All pages are included in the file and can be printed in black and white for immediate use.
Any or all of the pages in the PDF file can be printed and used for students across a wide range of ages/skills, or collaboratively with kids of different ages.
For example, younger kids may focus more on the design and drink recipes for the stand while older kids may also include the business plan and profit margin aspects of the project.
Depending on your student’s needs, there are several pages of scaffolding information, including vocabulary, facts, reading list, weblinks. Scaffolding can be done at any stage throughout the project as needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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All projects are digital download pdf files. They can be printed in gray scale or black and white and are ready for your student to use.
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No, the projects are flexible and can be adapted to your student's grade and skill level. Each project includes a list of student activities. you can review them and decide which pages work for your student.
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In project based learning, each student completes both the project activities and a final project. I always offer a choice of final projects to provide differentiation and give students of different skills enough options.
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Most projects include a rubric to help you assess your students work and give your student an opportunity to assess their own work. However, each student's project will be unique to them and be a reflection of their knowledge and skill set. There is no one 'right answer' to a project. The success of a project is largely in the process of doing the project.