Back to School IcebreakerSet a tone for your school year! Icebreakers are effective and interactive team-building activities that typically precede the big event, and in our case, the big event is class! They enable students to get to know each other in a relaxed setting and buy into the purpose of the event - learning! They also allow for diverse learning styles and opportunities to help each other. Research has demonstrated that students will learn when they are physically, mentally, and emotionally involved. Games allow educators to meet these needs. Icebreakers convey a tone of working together through communication, support, and laughter. Here is an example of a back to school icebreaker: The Name Game! Materials: soft tossable object, timer (optional) Directions:
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Variations: Students stand in a line or sit in a circle. The first person says their name and a favorite thing. The second person then says their name and a favorite thing, as well as the name and thing of the person before them. Each person after that adds the names and items of all of the people before them. Differentiation: ★ Have students say their name only ★ Do not time the students. Simply use it for learning each others’ names. Variation for the School Year: •Instead of names, have students wear index cards or stickers… ••with sight words, vocabulary words, etc. on them. Students will have to read and/or spell the word they are tossing to. ••with a math fact on them. Students can say the fact and answer before tossing the object. ••with names of items in a sequence (think ABCs, planets, life cycles, events on a timeline, etc.) that students are learning about. Students have to toss the object in the correct sequence. Get a free pdf version HERE! Have fun breaking the ice this year! ~ By Miss Rae
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AuthorHi! I'm Miss Rae! I'm a Special Education Coordinator with a passion for creating research-based resources for DiVeRSe learners. Categories
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