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Cru High School

Games / Icebreakers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Twenty-three, fun-filled activities make up a list of icebreakers designed to familiarize class members with one another, and add a sense of community to the classroom. 
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Anglais Facile

100 Ideas to Start the Year Back-To-School Icebreakers

For Teachers K - 12th
It's back-to-school time, and what better way to get learners to know each other than with icebreakers? Bring a list of icebreakers, ranging in grade levels, to the new members of your class. 
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Curated OER

Find Somebody Who...3-- Icebreaker Game

For Students 5th - 6th
In this icebreaker game worksheet, students talk to classmates and find someone who fits each of the 30 descriptions. Students write their name in the blank if the description fits.
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Curated OER

Find Somebody Who... 1-- Icebreaker Game

For Students 5th - 6th
In this icebreaker game, students read 30 descriptions of people and find classmates who match them. Students sign their names in the blanks next to descriptions that fit.
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Curated OER

Find Somebody Who ...4-- Icebreaker Game

For Students 5th - 6th
For this icebreaker game worksheet, students read 30 descriptions which could fit classmates. Students match the descriptions with anyone who they fit and write the names on the blank.
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Curated OER

Find Somebody Who... 2-- Icebreaker Game

For Students 5th - 6th
In this icebreaker game, learners get to know their classmates by finding people who fit each of the 30 descriptions on the page and writing their names in the blanks.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Find Somebody Who...Icebreaker Game 4

For Students 4th - 8th
In this icebreaker activity worksheet, students examine 30 descriptions and find classmates who fit the descriptions. Students should record the names of classmates next to the descriptions they match.
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Mr Gym

Switch, Change, Rotate

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Switch, change, rotate! Players are in groups of three scattered around the playing area. Switch means the lead and back players change positions. Change means the entire group turns and goes in the opposite direction. Rotate means the...
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Curated OER

Graphing Stories Ice Breaker

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Kick off the school year with some math fun! New classmates share information about themselves by using graphs and interpreting data. The goal is to use a general graph shape, such as linear or exponential, and create labels for the axes...
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Curated OER

Who Can Do It?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students practice oral speaking as well as get to know classmates. Students circulate through the class asking the 12 icebreaker challenges and recording names of those who can do them. Example : " Who...
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Laura Candler

Time Capsule

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
It's amazing how much kids change from the beginning of the year to the end. Create a written account of their growth with a fun worksheet that involves children recording information about themselves at two points...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Photo Chart

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Have fun with student photographs in this phonics activity! Learners sort their classmates' photos by initial sound on a large poster board with the alphabet written vertically down the left side. Also provided are various pictures...
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Nosapo

Creating a Bio Poem

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
Find out what's special about your pupils with a fun biopoem activity! As they fill out their name, words that describe them, what they love, and what they dream of, learners create an expressive poem about themselves.
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Curated OER

Kindergarten Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers K
Students participate in a scavenger hunt. In this icebreaker lesson, students are given Scavenger Hunt Sheets and search their new classroom for the objects.
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Purple Martin Press

Pen Pal Template: Hello!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Corresponding with pen pals just got easier with this simple writing template. Including sentence frames and space for drawing pictures, this is a fun resource that introduces young learners to writing personal letters.
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Curated OER

Find Somebody Who . . . 2

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this icebreaker game worksheet, students ask their classmates questions about themselves and fill in the blanks with classmates' names that match what they are asking. Students fill in 30 answers.
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Curated OER

Committing Crime or Just Having Fun?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students breakdown different types of youth crime/gangs. Students evaluate the power of peer pressure. Students identify and offer advice for dealing with peer pressure. Students encounter the theory of phenomena.
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Curated OER

Committing crime or just having fun?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students estimate the number of beans that is placed in a bottle. They are then split into three groups: Group 1: asked to write estimate on a sheet of paper with some large estimates already written down, Group 2: asked to write their...
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Curated OER

Puffin Patrol

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Bird diversity and the majestic puffin are the topics of today's lesson. Children discuss and look at images of puffins, and then they use felt to put a puffin body together. After that they talk about what and how puffins eat. They get...
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Curated OER

Getting-to-Know-You Crossword Puzzle

For Teachers K - 12th
Students share unique information about themselves, and solve crossword puzzle based on clues that come from the information they shared.
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Curated OER

Auto-Bio Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create an autobiographical poem. In this writing lesson, students write an eleven line autobiopoem after read the teacher's model. Students include their name, fears, and family in the poem.
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Curated OER

What's Your Least Favourite...?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing instructional activity, students answer 15 questions about personal preferences and dislikes. All sentences begin with "My least favourite___is_____." This instructional activity comes from the UK and there are spelling...
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Curated OER

Listening and Speaking Skills

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, learners ask their classmates 25 questions about a variety of topics. Students write down the name of a classmate who agrees to each question.
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Let's Drum!

Let's Drum!

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Here's a group of exercises designed to introduce a group or class to the rhythm, as well as the basic sounds of a drum, bass and tone. Individuals investigate different types of drums and form drum circles to practice traditional...