Icebreakers Volume 5: Getting To Know You Activities. One of Education World's most popular features returns this year with 19 new getting-to-know-you icebreakers for the first days of school!
It's time to make a fresh start. You've done some summer reading on classroom management, and you're eager to try out some new ideas. You've learned from past mistakes, and you look forward this year to avoiding those mistakes. Most fun of all, the opening days of school are an opportunity to get to know a whole new group of kids! What will you do during those first few days of school? Teacher. Here are several great ways to build connections with and among your new students!
These icebreakers and community-building activities double as assessment opportunities, skill-building lessons, or projects that result in a unique, inspiring classroom decoration. Getting Acquainted: Create a Class Slideshow On the first day of school, I begin by reading Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10. We discuss the fact that teachers are "real people" and have normal lives. Next, I share a PowerPoint slideshow with my students. Knowyou.