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Icebreaker Activities for Middle School: First Day Set

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Icebreaker Activities for Middle School: First Day Set preview
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First Day of Middle School Activities title page: intro on getting to know classmates and a list of 8 icebreakers
Overview to pick which icebreakers to run in the first days
Let's Get Talking setup: groups of 3-4 draw a topic strip from a bag and talk about it for one minute without interruption
Teacher prep notes: materials, set-up and group rules
Let's Get Talking topics: 19 discussion prompts such as the best book you have read and how to catch a leprechaun
Print and cut apart for the topic bag
Snowball Fight game: students write a fact about themselves, crumple it, throw it across the room, then guess who wrote it
Active whole-class icebreaker with no names on papers
Skittles Icebreaker: students answer the question matching their candy's color, like green for a favorite summer memory
Small-group sharing game; swap in M&Ms, jellybeans or Starburst
Tweet, Tweet! activity: students write a 140-character tweet with hashtags about themselves or a summer memory
Quick writing share for read-alouds or a bulletin board
Question of the Day: 30 either/or prompts like cats or dogs and pizza or nachos for students to answer at the start of class
Daily bell-ringer or greeting-at-the-door routine
Two Truths & a Lie: students share two true facts and one believable lie about themselves while the group guesses the lie
Run in small groups or a few students per day; invite staff too
Classroom scavenger hunt: partners locate 18 items such as the first aid kit, absent folder and pencil sharpener
Partner tour of classroom routines and supply spots
Getting to Know You! half sheet: students write their full name, birthday, hobbies, favorite candy and one interesting fact
Student info card to print on cardstock and keep on file
Attributes
Subject

Holiday & Seasonal, Holidays, Back To School

Grades

Grade 6, 7, 8

Types

Activities

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Maude in the Middle
Rating
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About This Product

Do you struggle to find fun back to school activities for middle school students that are fun, engaging, and age appropriate? Struggle no longer! These eight activities will have the students getting into the routine for the school year and learning about their new classmates.

What's Included

Eight activities

- Scavenger Hunt

- Info sheet

- Snowball Fight

- Tweet! Tweet!

- Let's Get Talking

- Skittles Icebreaker

- Two Truths and a Lie

- Question of the Day

Resource Tags

back to school middle school first day of school first day scavanger hunt

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