Page 4 – Getting To Know You Activities

All About Me - Back to School Booklet

Complete daily 'Good Morning Work' language conventions tasks (grammar, phonics, spelling) tied to Common Core standards; track independent reading books, genre, and level in a daily reading log; fix 'crazy sentences' (add capitalization/punctuation to un-capitalized, unpunctuated sentences about themselves); sort…

Includes: Cover/identity page (name, initials, date, teacher, season, ocean/state/city/country choices) · Daily 'Good Morning Work' tracker tied to specific Common Core codes (L.2.1, L.2.2, L.2.3, RF.2.3, RL.2.1)

This is Me Activity Book

Fill in blanks about themselves (name, letter count, address, school, teacher's name), cut-and-stick birthday month/age, color hair/eye color pages, draw family members, and fill in favorite color/food/sport with cut-and-stick pieces.

Includes: 13-page 'This is Me' activity booklet (American spellings version) · 13-page equivalent booklet (UK spellings version, e.g. 'favourite colour')

Arctic Survival Activity – Team Building Lesson

Individually rank 9 survival items (lighter with no fluid, ball of steel wool, extra clothes, can of Crisco, 20x20 canvas, small ax, chocolate bars, newspapers, .45 pistol) by importance after a hypothetical plane crash in the arctic, then work in a group of 3-5 to reach a ranked group consensus list, score both lists…

Includes: PowerPoint slides to facilitate the activity · printable Survival Sheet student worksheet for ranking items (Google Classroom compatible)

Awesome Icebreakers A-C: Activities to Bring Out the Best in Your Group

Participate in group icebreaker games and activities (e.g. 'A Lotta Hot Air' - a relay passing a tissue via straw suction; 'Add 'Em Up' - a finger-counting addition guessing game; 'Alphabet Dancing' - a relay spelling words with letter cards) following the printed directions for each activity.

Includes: introduction on active learning and how to use the book · worksheets/supply materials provided immediately after activities that require them (e.g. alphabet letter cards)

Speak Up! The Ultimate Guide for ESL Teachers (A1-B1 English)

Provide ESL/EFL teachers with a large collection of structured speaking activities (icebreakers, roleplay, problem-solving, debate, spelling/vocabulary, and grammar-based tasks) for A1-B1 level English learners to build speaking confidence and fluency.

Includes: Table of contents listing 39+ named activities across 6 categories: Icebreakers & Conversation Starters (Two Truths and a Lie…

Awesome Icebreakers D-H: Activities to Bring Out the Best in Your Group

Participate in group icebreaker games and activities (e.g. 'Deck of Cards - Labeling' - a mingling activity exploring how people label each other based on a card held on their forehead; 'Do You Like Your Neighbor?' - a name-learning circle game) following the printed directions for each activity.

Includes: introduction on active learning and how to use the book · reflective discussion questions included with some activities (e.g. how it felt to hold low/high cards)

Back to School-First Day of School- All about me

Fill in blanks describing themselves (name, likes, loves, dislikes, what they want to learn this year), list words that describe them, and note favorite school subject, toy/game, and food; a space for a self-portrait is included.

Includes: one-page worksheet: words that describe me, sentence-completion prompts, favorite subject/toy/food fields, self-portrait space

All About Me: Meet the Teacher Night

Students (with parent help) fill in favorites (color, sport, activity, song, foods, animal), what they like to do after school, something they are good at, and something that's hard for them; separately, parents complete an 'All About My Child' section describing what makes their child special, what the child is good…

Includes: title/cover page · description page explaining the form's purpose

Which Essential Questions About History Are Most Important to You?

Rank/identify their own top essential questions on Day 1; on Day 2 circulate the room to find classmates who share one or more of their top three questions, as an icebreaker and pre-assessment activity.

Includes: purpose of the lesson explanation · anticipation guide questions

More Back to School Activities for Middle School Students

Students physically move to one side of a room based on 'Would You Rather' preferences; fill out and collect classmate signatures on a 'Getting to Know You' BINGO card; ask and record classmates' answers to prompts in a speed-meeting rotation ('Middle School Speed Meeting'); and anonymously write or draw responses to…

Includes: 'Would You Rather...' teacher instructions and statement list (movement-based preference game) · 'Getting to Know You BINGO' teacher instructions and student BINGO card with classmate-matching statements

5 SEL Advisory & Icebreaker Activities-Low Prep and Fun

identify objects representing mood/personality/comfort/growth/strength prompts (I Spy); share a personal reflection for each finger (5 Finger Share); choose an answer to a "Would You Rather" dilemma card; design a paper shoe based on personal preferences (Customize Your Shoe); guess a hidden theme from teammates'…

Includes: I Spy Activity with 5 identification prompts · 5 Finger Share reflection activity

Awesome Icebreakers H-J: Activities to Bring Out the Best in Your Group

Students take part in facilitator-led group activities: drawing and sharing personal reflections, tossing a ball while answering questions, mingling and discussing prompts in pairs/small groups, counting shapes and comparing individual vs. group accuracy, and physically cooperating on team challenges.

Includes: Introduction/how-to-use section · Home Sweet Home (house-drawing self-reflection activity)

Awesome Icebreakers K-P: Activities to Bring Out the Best in Your Group

Students take part in facilitator-led group activities: untangling a human knot, lining up nonverbally by birthday, working in small teams to reach a target number of raised fingers, memorizing and repeating names paired with items, physically joining together to form and move a 'monster', silently choosing and…

Includes: Introduction/how-to-use section · Knots (human-knot untangling activity)

Back to School Activity Bundle for Getting to Know Each Other

Fill out apple name tags, play a 32-card 'SCOOT' get-to-know-you game (answer a question at each desk, then rotate), learn how to open a locker, complete 'All About Me' and homework/classroom question pages, respond to writing prompts using a writing rubric, build a family tree, and solve a crossword puzzle.

Includes: complete lesson plans · 'Getting to Know You' (Rodgers & Hammerstein) YouTube link and lyrics

Awesome Icebreakers S-U: Activities to Bring Out the Best in Your Group

Students work in teams to build an SOS signal while coping with simulated impairments, pass a sound around a circle without laughing, plan and physically get every team member through a rope 'spider web' obstacle without touching it, and collaboratively write a short story with a moral using a required list of words…

Includes: Introduction/how-to-use section · SOS (team problem-solving/impairment-simulation activity)

Going Back to School!

write/list things about themselves (birthday, family, likes); state school goals and record grade/teacher name; list steps of their before-school and after-school routines; free-associate words/phrases about a school bus, school bag, books, and crayons; make new words from the letters in the phrase 'Going Back to…

Includes: 'Some Things About Me' writing page (2 copies) · 'My School Goals' page with grade/teacher name fields (2 copies)

Get to know each other games, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt, Bingo and more

Play get-to-know-you games (balloon pop questions, skittle emotion sharing, 22 random facts), complete a photo/item bingo card, assemble tiger jigsaw puzzles, build and run an obstacle/relay course, and complete photo and color scavenger hunts.

Includes: Get To Know You Balloon Pop question cards · Skittle Questions emotion worksheet

Kindergarten, Preschool, & 1st All About Me Workbook + Tracing Pages

Trace numbers, number words, vocabulary words, shape names, and direction words; color numbers and pictures; fill in short personal-information blanks (favorites, age, family, address, phone numbers, hero, hometown); draw favorite foods.

Includes: number coloring page · number word tracing pages (zero-twenty)

Welcome to School: Bulletin Board-in-a-Book

Students complete an 'All About Me' poster, use a shape book page, play a bingo game, use bookmarks/stationery/clip art, and receive an award certificate - individual components rather than one uniform task, aimed at students beginning a new school year.

Includes: Borders · Lettering

All About Me Curriculum Pack

Students participate in teacher-led activities across centers: sensory exploration of skin tones, art projects (self-portraits, fingerprint art, footprint art, family trees, personal shields), cooking, circle-time discussion and dictation, math activities (measuring/weighing/comparing height, counting body parts)…

Includes: curriculum goal and vocabulary list · letter/colors of the week

All About Me Book – Pre-K to 1st Grade Activities

Draw a picture (and, in the more advanced version of each page, also write words/names/sentences) for each of 10 topics: self-portrait, school, interests, new friends, teacher, year goal, lunch eaten, a new rule learned, favorite thing about school, and backpack.

Includes: 'This is ME' self-portrait page (draw-only and draw+write-name versions) · 'My School' page

First Week of School Grade 2 | No-Prep Worksheets

Complete five structured days of activities: Day 1 All About Me (self-introduction, name/letters/syllables, place value, summer story, goals, feelings check-in); Day 2 Our Classroom (classroom helper job matching, tallying and graphing classroom supplies, sorting classroom items, following directions); Day 3 Making…

Includes: Answer Key (6 pages) with full solutions/graphs for every objective-answer page across all 5 days · Student Worksheets (45 pages) organized into 5 days: Day 1 All About Me, Day 2 Our Classroom, Day 3 Making New Friends, Day 4 Numbers…

Find Someone Who- All about Summer!

Walk around and ask classmates questions to find a different person matching each of 16 summer-related prompts, writing their name in the box.

Includes: two versions of a 4x4 'Find Someone Who' summer-themed bingo grid (16 prompts each), differing only in layout/formatting

Back-to-School Icebreakers After Winter Break (for Elementary School)

Students mingle to find classmates matching BINGO-card activities and collect signatures (aiming for 5 in a row), participate in guided discussion, and (per follow-up sections) interview a family member, draw a memory, write a letter to their future self, or create a vision board.