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Icebreaker Activities for Middle School: First Day Set

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First Day of Middle School Activities introduction lists eight activities for students to get acquainted.
Introduction and list of the eight activities
Let’s Get Talking directions explain drawing topic strips and taking one-minute speaking turns in small groups.
Materials, setup, and directions for Let’s Get Talking
Let’s Get Talking topic list includes the Olympics, favorite books, pets, candy, homework, and free time.
Discussion topics to cut into strips
Snowball Fight directions have students toss crumpled papers with personal facts, then identify the writers.
Procedure for the Snowball Fight activity
Skittles Icebreaker pairs five candy colors with questions about summer, books, hobbies, candy, and travel.
Color questions and candy substitutions
Tweet, Tweet! directions ask students to share a thought, personal fact, or summer memory in 140 characters or less.
Short writing activity directions and examples
Question of the Day offers either/or prompts such as cats or dogs, beach or mountain, and drawing or painting.
Either/or questions for starting class
Two Truths & a Lie explains sharing two true personal facts and one believable lie for classmates to identify.
Setup and procedure for Two Truths & a Lie
Scavenger Hunt directs partners to locate classroom items, including tissues, homework areas, books, and supplies.
Partner scavenger hunt directions and item ideas
Getting to Know You student form asks about name, birthday, hobbies, favorite candy, family, and personal facts.
Student information half sheet for teacher reference
Attributes
Grades

Grade 6, 7, 8

Types

Activities

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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

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