Bazinga looks like a great game to play with your classroom — even older kids. Be sure to click on the link below to learn ALL about how to play as well as ideas for other games in the classroom.
Bazinga by Simplify With Me. Back to School Newspaper Dancing by Mrs. King Rocks. These fun back-to-school games are the perfect activity to get your kids excited to be back in the classroom. See them all at the link below. Classroom Icebreakers by Cult of Pedagogy. My kids would be BEYOND excited if their teacher had them make a cootie catcher on the first day of school to get to know the other kids in their class.
SO FUN! Click the link below to download the templates for free. Click here to see how I mastered back to school, and you can too! Plus you can see how I made this amazing command center that keeps me crazy organized — using supplies from the Dollar Store!
You must be logged in to post a comment Login. Click here to read the Privacy Policy. On the first day, it might be helpful to establish the class rules and brainstorm examples of following them. This teacher recommends reading Do Unto Otters first to get the ball rolling. Get the tutorial at Teachers Without Tears ». Have a first-day-of-school party where you can play a modified version of "Find the Guest" Bingo. In searching for classmates who can hula hoop, write with their left hand and bike to school, your students will get to know each other better.
You can come up with your own attributes that will best fit your class. Read some of the funny poems in What I Did on My Summer Vacation , then go around the room and have the kids take turns either talking about or drawing their own summer adventures. Take photos of your students with these silly props, then print out the photos and pin 'em to your classroom bulletin board. They'll have fun looking on it all year.
A crayon frame makes for a colorful accessory that every student will want a turn with bring it back out for the last day of school, too! Get the tutorial from Surviving a Teacher's Salary ».
Ask questions on a giant sheet of paper, and have students "fill in the blank" on Post-It notes that they can stick on the page. Beware: This teacher went through notes on the first day! Get the tutorial from Miss Klohn's Classroom ». Break your students up into small groups, then have them roll dice and answer creative questions like the ones on the printout this teacher made.
Back-to-school season can bring up a lot of anxiety and negative feelings. Erin Castillo of okayteacher came with a great way to start talking about mental health in her classroom.
She invites each of her students to write their names on the back of a sticky note and put it on poster board in accordance with their feelings; it's a discreet and non-verbal way of figuring out who needs some extra help. Kids love talking about themselves, so they'll get a kick out of filling out these worksheets with their current faves. It's also fun to do it again at the end of the year and see how the answers have changed.
Set up an easel in the front of the room and guide your students step-by-step through making a drawing. It'll serve as a first-day-of-school souvenir to bring home to Mom and Dad. Get the tutorial from Proud to Be Primary ». It can be difficult to get shy students to speak up — with this candy-coordinated system, they'll get to pick the prompt they feel most comfortable sharing.
See more from She's Crafty ». Use a clean mason jar or Pringles container for the capsule, and print easy questionnaires for students to fill out and stick inside.
Save them to read again on the last day of school. Get the tutorial from I Heart Crafty Things ». Who doesn't love this classic game? You can read the questions aloud, or if your students are of reading age, they can pass the quizzer around from kid to kid.
Throw in some candy and supplies, then personalize a tag for each student to feel welcome on day one. And maybe some tissues for the parents? Guide them through a few different patterns that they can try with the beads, then have them proudly display their name necklace for the first week at school.
Or, if they're really advanced, see if they can code their names in binary. Get the tutorial from Mrs. Jones' Creation Station ». Instruct students to bring their bag home and fill it with four items that represent who they are. Everyone gets to share on the second day of school. See more from Book Widgets ». These get to know you games have one common denominator — they ask students to state their name and answer a question.
Many of the easiest and most engaging forms of get to know you games involve art! Check these out. There are so many fun ways to get to know your students this year! Try these 30 get to know you games for the classroom at the start of the year or as icebreakers throughout the year.
Help kids get to know each other and build important social and emotional skills with the back to school social emotional learning resource , the perfect companion to your start of school lesson plans. It includes mini-lesson ideas and engaging activities that build connections in the classroom and teach important social and emotional skills to children during the most important time of year!
Click HERE to check it out! You can try out the Back to School SEL resource by downloading this freebie today — just click the image below! This is a winner with kids and adults alike. Students start in a line at the back of the classroom and take one step forward for each question they answer correctly, sentence finished, or word guessed. The first to the front wins. Telling these stories creates a humorous atmosphere and encourages lightheartedness and self-reflection in learning. Upper intermediate to advanced students will get a kick out of inventing definitions for uncommon words found at random in a dictionary.
Each group reads out three definitions for a bizarre or obscure word and the rest of the class votes on which they think is correct. Points are scored for fooling your classmates with a made up definition — or for silliness and originality. Call us: 01 70 98 02 Home Welcome to EF. Programs See everything we do.
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