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A teacher's personal collection of ten favorite back-to-school ice breaker activities for middle school, designed to help students get comfortable with classmates and the teacher at the start of the year.
Teach the names of classroom supplies and school-related vocabulary to young learners, including English language learners, through a picture/word matching game.
Provide a back-to-school themed memory-matching card game for icebreaker/bonding activities at the start of the school year.
Provide a back-to-school 'Would You Rather' icebreaker game to spark conversation and decision-making about starting a new school year.
A Day 1 lesson plan for a back-to-school/first-week unit in which students think, share, and begin writing about their dream job while getting to know classmates.
Vocabulary Review Game Back to School Words I Have, Who Has, Editable Transform your classroom's language skills development with the engaging Vocabulary Review Game Back to School Words I Have, Who Has, Editable. This game targets students in Grades 1-5 as well as adults learning a new language or adult ELL's. Product Features: 24…
A back-to-school SEL 'mix and mingle' card game where students ask classmates get-to-know-you and reflection questions to build classroom community.
A back-to-school themed sorting/classifying game where students sort picture cards into categories such as school vs. home items, daily-use vs. sometimes-used supplies, good vs. not-good behavior, and feelings, by 'feeding' cards to a monster.
A getting-to-know-you SCOOT game and related activities for the start of the school year, designed to help teacher and grades 5-6 students learn about each other through icebreaker questions, writing prompts, and a song.
A back-to-school icebreaker game (MASH) that helps students share preferences/predictions about their future while following multi-step written directions.
A 5-day back-to-school activity packet for middle school classes covering icebreakers, building class agreements, procedures review, a short-story-based critical thinking activity, and a Socratic seminar.
Number cards (numerals 1-20 paired with number words) themed for back to school, for counting and number-word matching practice.
A set of 5 short, differentiated back-to-school word search puzzles with small word banks, intended for early finishers or morning work.
Start the school year with conversations about summer experiences. Students circulate and ask classmates about the illustrated prompts on their Find Someone Who boards. The activities include reading a book, visiting family, playing outside, and learning a new skill, giving students everyday experiences to talk about as well as outings. The download includes fifty bingo boards with a central free space, calling cards, printable markers, and a how-to guide. Before students begin, model how to ask about a prompt and listen to a classmate’s answer. Choose a few prompts to discuss together afterward so students can share what they learned about one another.
A complete 90-minute SEL (social-emotional learning) lesson plan to help elementary students reconnect after winter break, covering learning objectives, CASEL-framework standards alignment, materials list, preparation steps, and a full lesson procedure including a Winter Break BINGO icebreaker activity, differentiation notes, teacher reflection prompts,…
A social-emotional learning (SEL) themed back-to-school activity pack from 'Socially Skilled Kids' that helps students get to know each other, learn classroom/school rules, and build community at the start of the school year, plus an end-of-year closure/memories component.
Two review sheets support a Find Someone Who routine using prior-grade mathematics. Model how partners exchange papers, solve a problem and compare responses, then rotate partners using the supplied directions. Use the completed checking pages to revisit questions afterward.
Provide a multi-activity bundle of first-days-of-school getting-to-know-you and classroom-organization resources for grades 5-7.
Combine a classroom exchange activity with review of fifth-grade math. Students find classmates to solve problems involving fractions, decimals, geometry, and order of operations. Two sixteen-problem versions, answer keys, and step-by-step directions support running the activity and discussing the solutions afterward.
Introducing the August Graphing Teaching Resource A versatile and engaging activity set tailored for second-grade students, with its practicality in honing mathematical graph skills.
Help students learn to recognize and match uppercase and lowercase alphabet letters.
Build bilingual (English/French) back-to-school vocabulary and literacy skills through a multi-activity booklet.
Back to School Gameboards FREEBIE for Distance Learning An excellent resource available for any educators' toolkit, offering flexibility across grade levels and subjects.
Free download Back To School Get To Know You Activity This enticing resource is engineered to kick-start the new academic year by fostering positive, interactive relationships among students.