8th Grade Classroom Community Games

Engage your students with "The Memory Game," the perfect icebreaker that sharpens memory and focus while fostering classroom interaction. This downloadable PDF includes a slide presentation with 3 rounds of visual memory challenges, each featuring 10 images that students must recall and write down. Also included is an easy-to-use answer sheet for students to record their responses.

Ideal for grades 3-12, this interactive activity encourages participation and helps students develop critical thinking skills in a fun and supportive environment. The game is easy to set up—simply display the slides in full-screen mode and follow the included teacher guide for seamless execution.

Key Features:

• 3 Difficulty Levels: Choose from Easy, Medium, or Difficult versions to match your students' skill levels.
• 3 Rounds per Level: Each round presents 10 unique images to enhance memory and recall.
• Printable Answer Sheet: Students can easily record their responses.
• Easy Full-Screen Setup: Detailed instructions for setting up the PDF in full-screen mode for distraction-free gameplay.
• Versatile Use: Perfect for classroom icebreakers, brain breaks, or group activities.
• FREEBIE: Link to online versions with timer (10s and 15s) are included

Why Teachers Love It:

• Engages Students: Keeps students focused and entertained, making the first days of school fun and memorable.
• Enhances Memory Skills: Helps students improve their memory and concentration through an interactive game.
• Saves Time: Ready-to-use PDF with simple setup instructions, so you can focus on teaching.

Perfect for elementary and middle school teachers, this resource is a must-have for starting the school year off with energy and excitement. Download "The Memory Game" today and make your classroom a place where learning and fun go hand in hand!

Tags: memory game, back-to-school activity, icebreaker, student engagement, brain break, interactive classroom game, recall activity, PDF slide presentation, answer sheet, full screen PDF, elementary activity, middle school activity.

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Elevate your middle school classroom environment with our "Ultimate SEL and Community Building Toolkit." This all-encompassing resource is expertly crafted to enrich your classroom with Social Emotional Learning (SEL), community builders, behavior management techniques, and much more. Whether you're hitting the reset button mid-year, kicking off a new semester, or integrating SEL into your daily curriculum, this toolkit is your go-to resource.

What’s Included:

• 20 Themed Community Circles: Dive into 20 meticulously prepared community circles, each with five thought-provoking questions. Themes range from empathy and leadership to bystander awareness, complete with opening and closing rounds for meaningful discussions. (PowerPoint slides)
• "Picture This" Activity: Leverage technology with our 25 creative photo prompts, encouraging students to share and connect through images from their phones. (PowerPoint slides)
• "Cross the Line" Interactive Slides: Engage your class with 25 dynamic slides featuring prompts about family, identity, and school life, perfect for fostering understanding and empathy. (PowerPoint slides)
• "Who Am I?" Game: A fun, interactive way for students to share unique facts about themselves, enhancing peer connections. (PDF)
• Peer Mediation Worksheet: Empower student leaders with our structured peer mediation worksheet, guiding them to resolve conflicts effectively. (PDF)
• "Find Someone Who" Icebreakers: Seven sets of themed icebreakers, ranging from current trends to school life, music, movies, and pop culture, are perfect for building a vibrant classroom community. (PDF)
• Classroom Time Capsule: Capture the essence of your classroom with a timeless activity, including thoughtful prompts and ideas for items to include. (PDF)
• 20 Gratitude Journal Prompts: Foster a culture of appreciation with prompts that encourage reflective writing and gratitude. (PDF)
• Student Spotlight Worksheet: Shine a light on individual students, promoting recognition and positive affirmations within your class. (PDF)
• Empathy Interviews: Deepen understanding and empathy with 10 sets of interview questions, encouraging meaningful peer-to-peer connections. (PDF)

Each activity in this toolkit comes with comprehensive protocols, clear instructions, essential materials lists, suggested teacher dialogues, and practical considerations. Additionally, you'll find ready-to-use worksheets or engaging Slide presentations to seamlessly integrate these activities into your daily teaching routine.

Ideal For:

• SEL Coordinators
• Middle School Teachers
• Behavior Management Specialists
• New Teachers or Mid-Year Classroom Resets
• Beginning of the Year Activities

Highlights

1. Content Quality and Quantity: This toolkit is comprehensive, offering a wide range of activities with detailed guides, which adds significant value.
2. Preparation and Time Saved: Consider the time and effort you’ve saved for other teachers in preparing these activities.
3. Usability and Reusability: The resource is versatile and reusable throughout the year, adding to its long-term value.

This toolkit is more than just a collection of activities; it's a pathway to creating a nurturing, empathetic, and engaged classroom community. Equip yourself with this invaluable resource and witness the transformative power of SEL in your middle school classroom!

Looking for a way to get your middle school and high school students to get excited for PE?

This printable group fitness game incorporates exercises that support key physical education goals for middle and high school students, including:

Cardiovascular Fitness

Activities like jumping jacks, burpees, high knees, speed skaters, and sprinting promote heart health and improve endurance.

Muscle Strength and Endurance

Strength-building moves such as push-ups, squats, lunges, planks, and tricep dips target various muscle groups, improving functional fitness and stamina.

Flexibility and Mobility

Exercises like inchworms, side lunges, and single-leg deadlifts enhance flexibility, range of motion, and balance.

Core Strength

Core-focused movements like bicycle crunches, leg raises, Russian twists, and glute bridges improve stability and overall strength.

Coordination and Agility

Movements such as fast feet, speed skaters, and tuck jumps develop coordination, quick reflexes, and body control.

Teamwork and Social Interaction

Group activities encourage collaboration, communication, and a sense of community while achieving fitness goals together.

Mental Health and Focus

Physical activity boosts mood, reduces stress, and helps students develop focus and discipline in their fitness routines.

This game helps align PE classes with curriculum standards by engaging students in a variety of exercises that promote lifelong fitness habits. It’s versatile, engaging, and adaptable for different fitness levels, making it ideal for middle and high school classes.

WHAT YOU'LL GET:

You'll receive a zip file containing 4 comprehensive files, ensuring you have everything you need to kick-start the fun. The package includes:

• 80 Bingo Cards: Choose from full- or half--page sizes to best fit your group's needs. With such a variety, you can host multiple games or accommodate a wide range of group sizes.
• Calling Cards: Featuring a mix of fitness challenges and wellness activities, our calling cards are designed to get everyone moving, laughing, and achieving their fitness goals.
• Bingo Chips: Printable bingo chips add an authentic bingo game feel to your fitness challenge.
• Instructions: No Prep! No need to worry about planning. We provide detailed instructions for both the bingo game and the exercises, making setup a breeze.

WHY YOU NEED THIS FITNESS BINGO GAME:

• Instant Access: Get started right away with a digital download that puts the game in your hands instantly.
• Flexible & Reusable: Print as many copies as you need for your classes, making it a cost-effective addition to your fitness toolkit. You can laminate the pages for longevity.
• Engaging & Effective: Not only is it fun, but it also encourages physical activity in a creative and social way.

Transform your middle school and high school physical education classes with this fun Fitness Bingo Game.

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These community-building activities and games are perfect for the first weeks of school! Students will use collaboration and teamwork which will build a positive learning community in your classroom. These activities are not just designed to be used only the first week of school but give the perfect opportunity to build friendships, and teamwork, and create a positive class culture. They could also be used for team building, recess, morning meetings, or SEL.

Help your students learn to collaborate. communicate, trust, and show mutual respect to others to be able to work well with others and be able to create a cohesive group of individuals working together for a common goal.

This team-building set comes with general objectives. Each activity comes with instructions you can modify. It also comes with processing questions to facilitate learning from the activities that you can discuss with your students.

3 Icebreakers

6 Team building Activities (Included are materials needed, instructions, and processing questions to facilitate learning from the activities)

Are you looking for a fun activity to help build collaboration skills while having some FUN? Need a Fun Friday activity as your students lose their engagement through the week? Need an activity with very little prep? Looking for something digital? Then look no further!

Mystery At The Theme Park is a video based Escape Room activity that is played with a YouTube Video (approximately 20 minutes) and answers are submitted on a Google Form. Students will have to watch the video, listen to the story, and look at pictures to find clues to escape from the Theme Park in time. There are many different ways that you could play this game whether it is as a full class and you try to beat the clock, or in small groups where students can work together to solve the puzzles! The links are in the PDF that you will get when you download this resources and all instructions to set up will be there.

The Prep to play this Escape Room is minimal-all you need is the video link and a copy of the Google Form for each group. I played this game with my Grade 6/7 class online and they LOVED it. I had students who were usually pretty quiet online take over and shine!

So...will you make it out in time?

Giving students plenty of public speaking practice is important, but thinking of fun topics takes time! This is an activity with 50 fun and engaging speech topics for your students to practice those very important college and career readiness skills!

Directions

• Share expectations of respectful debating
• Organize students into small groups or create one large circle
• Read the debate prompt out loud
• Students choose a side and think of at least one reason why they chose that side
• When students have at least one reason they hold up a thumb
• Choose a student to begin the debate

What's Included

• 1 directions slide
• 1 expectations slide for students
• 50 debate topis with agreeing/disagreeing chart and sentence starters

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This creative Art Room Gaming Badges Activity was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. *NOTE: this is a yearly event; it will take most of a full school year for any student to complete all 30 gaming badges…and that’s a good thing! *Students may try for any badge, in any order, however, students will want to start working on gaining easy gaming badges first, before trying to get the harder ones done. *Once students accomplish the criteria for a certain badge, either the teacher or the student may take colored pencils (only) to color the accomplished badge, so it looks similar to the completed version. *Move on to completing another great gaming badge. Good Luck! I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

French This or That Activity - Ceci ou Cela French Icebreaker

This French ceci ou cela - this or that activity is perfect for back to school, end of the year, or anytime when everyone wants to have a little fun with French.

Use this "this or that" activity as a French speaking activity for partners or groups, as a whole-class activity you project for the entire class.

Alternatively, you can make this a moving around activity. Students start by standing in a big group. When the choices on the cards are read, they move to the side of the room that is associated with their choice (see the arrows on the cards). Those who can’t make up their mind or don’t have a preference remain in the center. Students will see all of the things that they have in common with their classmates and will likely learn some new vocabulary while they’re at it. This is a great back to school ice-breaker!

This activity requires no teacher prep once the set of cards is printed and cut out. If you don’t want to print, there’s a PDF with only one card per page that you can project and play as a whole class activity.

Included:

• PDF of cards to project when you don’t want to print - One card per page
• PDF of 50 cards to print and cut out - Four cards per page
• Instructions on how to use this activity

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Looking for fun back to school icebreaker activities to make the first days or week of school effortless? You need your new batch of kiddos to get to know their classmates to ensure a wonderful new year. Then check out these fun Ice Breakers which will get your students to know their new classmates...with questions that aren't lame!

It'll keep your kids busy and coming back for more! It is a great no-prep resource that you can use during the critical first week of school for an engaging activity that your students will LOVE! Ideal for Upper Elementary.

This resource includes:

• Find Someone Who... Game
• Fortune Teller Foldable

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You might be interested in the Time Capsule Back to School Packet, which includes 22 pages in a "capsule" that helps students reflect on who they are as a person, their goals, and reveals their personalities. There are plenty of creative as well as writing activities to complete. Also, tons of activities you would expect to see in a time capsule like letters to your future self and a list of current pressing issues happening in the world..all activities that are high-interest for Gen Z! Students love unsealing them at the end of the year or at some point in the future...like graduation!

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Check out the Pop Culture ACTIVITY BUNDLE - your solution to no-stress lesson planning and easy print and go sub plans.

INCLUDES THESE HIGH-INTEREST TOPICS FOR TEENS...

⭐️ Crocs

⭐️ Netflix

⭐️ Takis

⭐️ Fortnite

⭐️ MrBeast

⭐️ Air Jordans

⭐️ TikTok

⭐️ OpenAI

6-Page Article & Activity Sets - Includes 8 Sets!

Each set includes...

► 1-page pop culture article

► Reading Comprehension - 7 multiple choice questions

► Critical Thinking - 5 short answer questions

► Crossword Puzzle

► Design Page

► Impossible MAZE

This Pop Culture Bundle for Middle School will make your students WANT to work and stay on task as they read about high-interest trending topics among teens. Also available for High School and Upper Elementary School.

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Dive deeper into the thrilling world of Classrooms & Chimeras with Episode 2: The Machine—a captivating, 72-page Classroom Master guide designed to keep students engaged, problem-solving, and immersed in this educational, D&D-inspired campaign. In this second installment of the Portals of Possibilities series, players embark on a suspenseful journey as they continue their quest to find their missing friend, Max. This time, they venture into the mysterious and perilous depths of the dungeon, encountering challenging monsters and new opportunities for leveling up.

Adventure Highlights:

• Story-Driven Exploration: This richly illustrated guide takes students through an evolving story, where each choice leads to different paths and outcomes, adding layers of excitement and suspense to their learning experience.
• Level-Up for Players and Monsters: After Episode 1, your adventurers have leveled up, and so have the challenges. Prepare for encounters with giant rats, formidable arachnids, and the daunting Jurogumo if you’re brave enough to take that path.
• Multiple Routes with Variable Outcomes: Every decision changes the outcome, with some paths leading to valuable rewards while others test your party’s endurance and strength. Will your adventurers make wise choices?
• Dynamic Visuals: Each page includes immersive images, helping students visualize their journey and setting the scene for each encounter, trap, and treasure.

Why Educators Will Love Episode 2: The Machine:

• Engaging SEL and Critical Thinking: Encourage teamwork, problem-solving, and decision-making skills as students navigate complex scenarios and encounter challenges that require collaboration and creativity.
• In-Depth Storytelling for Student Buy-In: Episode 2 builds on the narrative of Episode 1, keeping students invested in their characters’ growth and the unfolding story. Each choice made in Episode 1 has consequences, creating a connected learning experience.
• Flexible Gameplay: The guide allows educators to adapt gameplay based on class time and student needs, with ample paths to explore for replayability.
• Inclusive for All Learners: Supports a wide range of learners by fostering storytelling, strategic thinking, and verbal communication, helping build a strong sense of classroom community.

Get ready to ignite your classroom with the adventure of a lifetime! With Episode 2: The Machine, students will not only build on their previous skills but also face bigger challenges, creating an unforgettable, interactive learning experience.

Find our other Classrooms & Chimeras materials below!

• The Chimera Compendium - A monster manual of all the monsters in the game... so far.
• The Character Creator Template - a fresh character creator template for creating new characters for Classrooms & Chimeras
• The 6 Premade Character Sheets - 6 Premade characters including Gorim, Zephyra, Shadowtide, Aerin, Valerius and Whispering Wind
• The Character Creator + Premades Bundle with bonus Ghorbash - The whole character bundle with a bonus feathered fury with a pretty terrifying ultimate attack!
• The Student's Handbook - A guide to everything Classrooms & Chimeras instructing you on how to make a unique character and play, but more importantly, how to play well!
• The Classroom Master Guide - Episode 1: The Portals of Possibilities Campaign - A guide on how to run a TTRPG Classrooms & Chimeras game including all the content from the first campaign with the dreaded Mr. Jenkins, Slimes and Goblins!
• The Portal of Possibilities Interactive Presentation - Episode 1 - An interactive hyperlinked version of the TTRPG Classrooms & Chimeras game!
• The Classrooms & Chimeras Daily and Lesson Planner - A day-by-day companion to make sure you can be the best teacher you can be!
• Classrooms & Chimeras - Episode 2 The Machine - The second instalment of the Portals of Possibilities Campaign!
• Classrooms & Chimeras - Hitpoint HUD Tracker - A way to track your damage and where you get hit for more immersive roleplay
• Classrooms & Chimeras - Leveling Up! - Spells & Cantrips - A helpful guide to helping your students/players level up effectively!
• Classrooms & Chimeras - Coloring Book - A coloring book for mindful C&C colorin

AVID Costa's Level of Questioning and Thinking Scenes Activity - Editable: This AVID digital activity is the perfect inquiry resource for your AVID classroom! Use to promote critical thinking skills, as an icebreaker activity, a supplemental lesson for Costa's Level of Thinking, an inquiry lesson, a Fun Friday activity, and so much more!

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Directions:

• Review Costa’s Level of Thinking by having students take notes over the teaching slides provided.
• Students apply their learning by creating their own leveled questions over the provided scenes.
• Revisit and discuss the essential questions at the end.

What's Included:

• Essential questions slide
• Direction Slide
• Editable direction slide to add your own wording
• 7 Costa's Level of Thinking teach slides
• 54 Google Slide Scenes with question writing tasks, for example: "Create a level 3 question related to the scene below..."

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This French FSL resource bundle helps to review basic questions with French students. This is a great way to get to know your students as you have many low prep templates and engaging activities to pick from. Play 4 corners to learn students' preferences or interview a classmate.

Resource 1:

Students can interview their classmates to get extra speaking practice. Next they can either write about the classmate (Tout sur ____) or about themselves with several templates to pick from (Tout sur moi!). Finally there are 24 personal basic profiles given with 3 suggested games and activities for more speaking practice with personal questions (i.e. How old are you? What is your favorite pastime?).

In addition to the pre-designed templates, there are blank options which gives more flexibility to stronger classes. There are 22 interview questions included which students can use for support while writing a paragraph. There is a simplified version.

Included:

-Four template formats including smartphone, retro signs, basic style or pennant flag

-A list of 22 basic questions (with English for support) - this allows students to pick their own sentences or it could be used for an interview

-Blank templates that allow for more personalized sentences

-Additional templates to write about a classmate

-Twenty questions handout (with English support)

-Twenty-four basic personal profiles and suggested activities and games

-Bonus activity : Guess who ? Students write 8 clues and classmates have to

guess who it is...

Resource 2:

This French (FSL) Four Corners activity helps to encourage conversation while expanding core vocabulary. This interactive icebreaker combines language learning and fun, making it a perfect way to introduce your students to each other and the French language. Students will actively participate by choosing from four options and discussing their preferences. Extra templates are included so that students can make their own slide to share with the class the next day.

Included:

- Teacher overview

-New vocabulary with engaging images

-Over 30 suggestions for "Questions du Jour" or "Quatre coins"

-Writing idea for students

Vocabulary:

Present tense verbs/limited conditional

basic vocabulary for hobbies, sports, clothing, food, and personal preferences

Resource 3:

This is a back to school French FSL art resource to help build a class community with students. Get to know your students as they write about themselves with this low prep activity. Students are also encourage to add color, symbols and sketches to these "Tout sur moi!" or "Me Voici" posters. This resource is great way to decorate your classroom or bulletin board.

-Three puzzle options:

-Individual puzzle (four pieces) "Tout sur moi!" with sentence suggestions for beginner French students - 2 language level options

-Larger piece for more open ended writing/art or an individual heart puzzle

-Bonus mandala bookmark template included for the early finishers.

Bulletin Board Display:

-Class community puzzle display on bulletin board with sign "On est bien ensemble!" Each student designs a unique puzzle piece to add to the class display.

-Large printable letters "On est bien ensemble!" (18 black and white pennant style/18 colored pennant flags)

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**

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Are you looking for engaging and fun reflection activities? Do you want your students to wrap up the school year on a positive note? Then download this End of Year Activities BUNDLE with Reflections! Well suited for the English Language Arts or ELL/ESL classroom, this bundle includes several writing responses, small group discussion activities, and full-class activities. Guaranteed to have everyone talking, writing, and interacting! Perfect for the last few weeks of any class.

REFLECTION WRITING & SHARING PROMPTS

In this no-prep SEL activity, students reflect on times they persevered, their friendships, overcoming hardship, what they learned about themselves, grit, and other topics. In a reflect and share manner of participation, students will participate in small discussion groups, write about their experiences, and take a fun walk down memory lane as they complete the activity with an engaging Top 10 list.

This activity can be completed in 1 class with homework, expanded over 2 classes, or completed during the last 10 minutes of several classes. Other options include selecting only one set of questions on which students can reflect.

LINE-UP FULL CLASS REFLECTION GAME

Played as a whole group, it can be played for 15 minutes or the entire class time. Students make a line in order of their answers to fun prompts about their activities, thoughts, and feelings from the past semester or school year. This is an engaging and team-bonding activity that will have everyone participating.

Examples of Questions

Students line up by...

• How many minutes you studied on average every evening
• How much you like English class
• How many times you ate school lunch
• How many languages in which you can say "Hello"

Why this resource?

• No prep
• Fun and engaging for the whole class
• Can be played as a warm-up, for the last few minutes of class, or for the full class period.
• Flexible, easy for all to participate, and FUN!

This resource contains:

• Gameplay instructions
• 45+ question prompts
• 4 different pairs of discussion/reflection/writing questions
• A Top 10 list to complete
• Terms of Use

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Foster meaningful connections and active listening in your classroom with this "Connection Circle" activity. Perfect for high school and middle school students, especially meant for close knit groups (band, choir, orchestra, cheer, pom, athletics, etc.) this resource includes 48 thoughtfully crafted questions designed to help students get to know each other better and practice respectful communication.

Product Includes:

• 48 Diverse Questions: Covering serious, light-hearted, and reflective topics.
• Pre-Activity Discussion Questions: To set the stage for effective communication and understanding.
• Post-Activity Discussion Questions: To reflect on the experience and deepen insights.
• Clear Instructions: For setting up and facilitating the activity, including tips for managing group dynamics. The instructions walk you through every step making your job much easier!

This activity is always a huge hit with groups. Although it sounds simple, it is incredibly effective in fostering a supportive and connected classroom environment. Use it at the beginning of the school year, during retreats, or as a team-building exercise to create a positive atmosphere where students feel valued and heard.

Key Features:

• Engages students in both serious and fun discussions
• Encourages active listening and respectful communication
• Easy to implement with comprehensive instructions

Make every conversation count and create a welcoming classroom environment with this engaging and interactive activity!

Transform your classroom into a hub of meaningful connection with our "Speed Friending" activity - the ultimate icebreaker for middle and high school students. Perfect for New Year, Valentine's Day, the beginning of the year, or any time you want to strengthen the bonds within your class, Speed Friending is a dynamic and engaging way to foster community and enhance behavior management.

What’s Included:

• Comprehensive Teacher Protocol: Detailed instructions, engaging dialogue suggestions, materials list, and tips for successful implementation.
• Interactive Google Slides Presentation: A visually appealing presentation with clear directions, vibrant visuals, and embedded timers for each round of conversation.
• 35 Engaging Conversation Rounds: Thoughtfully crafted questions that are perfect for pair discussions, ensuring every student is engaged and involved.
• Embedded Timers: Keeps each round on track and maintains a lively pace, ensuring all students have equal opportunities to share and listen.
• Note-Taking Sheet: Allows students to jot down interesting things they learn about their peers, fostering deeper connections beyond the activity.
• Independent Reflection Writing Prompt: Encourages personal reflection post-activity, helping students internalize their experiences and insights.

Ideal For:

• Middle and High School Teachers
• SEL Coordinators
• Beginning of the Year Activities
• New Year and Valentine's Day Icebreakers
• Classroom Community Building
• Behavior Management Strategies

Speed Friending isn't just an activity; it's a powerful tool to break down barriers, build empathy, and create a supportive classroom environment. By encouraging open communication and mutual understanding, it lays the foundation for a positive and inclusive classroom culture.

Whether you're looking to reset classroom dynamics or just want to help your students bond, Speed Friending is the perfect solution. Get ready to witness the magic of connections being formed and the classroom community flourishing like never before!

Looking for fun digital resources, like games, brain breaks and activities for your early finishers that aren't lame? This Two Truths and a Lie Gen-Z approved game or icebreaker for Google Drive is the perfect, no-prep activity that helps to build classroom community at the start of the year...or anytime!

This fun whole class game is a stress-free way for your students to get to know their classmates, that build upon their own interests! Topics are geared toward the interests of teenagers, leaning into social media, musical artists, food, fashion and more! You'll see instant engagement as students realize this isn't another boring classroom game. You can also offer small prizes to winners if desired, and you're guaranteed to engage all your students!!

► Use these game slides whenever you need a quick brain break. I like to use about 5-6 slides at a time!

►Use it as an engaging class activity throughout the year! It's the perfect icebreaker for middle and high school!

Simply present a slide with three statements: 2 are true and 1 is a lie! Students guess which statement is the lie. You'll quickly see that students will start opening up as they relax and feel confident to defend their choices.

INCLUDED WITH YOUR PURCHASE:

• Student Instruction Slide
• 25 Activity Slides (Google Slides)
• 25 Answer Slides
• PDF Version

The presentation includes 25 relatable topics. Such as...

• MrBeast
• Kendrick Lamar
• Taylor Swift
• Elon Musk
• Lebron James
• Netflix
• Taco Bell
• Apple
• Amazon
• Spotify
• ....and so many more!

HOW TO USE IT:

• first day of school get-to-know-you activity
• icebreakers
• brain breaks
• morning meetings
• class parties
• day before/after break
• end of the year

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►You will love this well-organized activity that allows students have fun using critical thinking to decipher the lie statements, and hopefully, learn something new!

►This is an activity I use in my classroom every year and I know your students will love it!

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►►►Or check out the new**Gen-Z Game Bundle** that includes Would You Rather, Four Corners, and Two Truths and a Lie! Instant Engagement at Your Fingertips!

LOOKING FOR MORE FUN ACTIVITIES?

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ You may be interested in the money-saving Monthly Early Finisher Bundle. This Bundle includes a packet for each month of the year with 20 pages of seasonal activities, games, coloring sheets and other fun activities.

Each month includes the following:

• 1 Crossword Puzzle with solution
• 1 Sudoku with solution
• 1 Maze - with solution
• 1 Word Search
• 1 Tic Tac Toe partner game
• 1 Dot to Dot
• 1 Word Escape Puzzle - with answer key
• 1 Complete the Picture Symmetry sheet
• 1 Positive Affirmation Mandala Coloring Page
• 1 Think Outside the Box Drawing Sheets - 4 per page!
• 1 Pop Art Coloring Page
• 2 More Coloring Pages
• 1 Grid Drawing Challenge
• 1 Word Work Activity
• 1 Word Scramble with solution
• 1 I Spy Page
• 1 DIY Color by Number
• 1 Design Time Page
• 1 Connect the Dots partner game

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Introducing English ESL EAL ELL resource bundle to help review basic questions with students. This is a great way to get to know your students as you have many low prep templates and engaging activities. Play 4 corners to learn students' preferences or interview a classmate.

Resource 1:

Students can interview their classmates to get extra speaking practice. Next they can either write about the classmate or about themselves with several templates to pick from (All about me!). Finally there are 24 personal basic profiles given with 3 suggested games and activities for more speaking practice with personal questions (i.e. How old are you? What is your favorite pastime?).

In addition to the pre-designed templates, there are blank options which gives more flexibility to stronger classes. There are 22 interview questions included which students can use for support while writing a paragraph.

Included:

-Four template formats including smartphone, retro signs, basic style or pennant flag

-A list of 22 basic questions - this allows students to pick their own sentences or it could be used for an interview

-Blank templates that allow for more personalized sentences

-Additional templates to write about a classmate

-Twenty questions handout

-Twenty-four basic personal profiles and suggested activities and games

-Bonus activity : Guess who ? Students write 8 clues and classmates have to

guess who it is...

Resource 2:

This ESL Four Corners activity helps to encourage conversation while expanding core vocabulary. This interactive icebreaker combines language learning and fun, making it a perfect way to introduce your students to each other and the French language. Students will actively participate by choosing from four options and discussing their preferences. Extra templates are included so that students can make their own slide to share with the class the next day.

Included:

- Teacher overview

-New vocabulary with engaging images

-Over 30 suggestions for "Questions du Jour" or "Quatre coins"

-Writing idea for students

Vocabulary:

Present tense verbs/limited conditional

basic vocabulary for hobbies, sports, clothing, food, and personal preferences

Resource 3:

This is a back to school English Second Language ESL art resource to help build a class community with students. Get to know your students as they write about themselves with this low prep activity. Students are also encourage to add color, symbols and sketches to these "All about me" posters. This resource is great way to decorate your classroom or bulletin board.

-Three puzzle options:

-Individual puzzle (four pieces) "All about me!" with sentence suggestions for beginner ESL students - 2 language level options

-Larger piece for more open ended writing/art or an individual heart puzzle

-Bonus mandala bookmark template included for the early finishers.

Bulletin Board Display:

-Class community puzzle display on bulletin board with sign "We all fit together!" Each student designs a unique puzzle piece to add to the class display.

-Large printable letters "We all fit together" (18 black and white pennant style/18 colored pennant flags)

Please note: When printing this document in Google Slides (to make letters smaller) go to print preview and click on "handouts per slide". You will download the "handout" slides as a pdf to make smaller colored letters for the bulletin board if desired.

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**

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Are you looking to build classroom community? Do you want to learn about your students? Do you struggle to get them to talk and interact with each other? Then download this no prep Back to School Bundle Getting to Know You Brainstorming Activities, Line Up Game! These games and activities can also be played throughout the year!

Line-Up!

With this resource, students will be given instructions on how to make a line in a variety of fun ways. They must use teamwork, talk with each other, sometimes communicate without talking, and rearrange themselves according to the prompt. Perfect for back to school, brain breaks, or just for fun!

Examples:

Line Up....

• In order of how many shoes you have.
• Based on how many times you have checked social media today (from fewest to most).
• In order of how many hours of sleep you get on a school night.
• In alphabetical order of your favorite color.
• And so many more!!

Getting to Know You Brainstorming Activity

With this engaging no-prep activity, students brainstorm responses for each letter of the alphabet. Questions include sharing about themselves, their likes and dislikes, what they enjoy about school, and things they want to accomplish in their life (aka, a bucket list). 

Brainstorming Activity - What do you want to learn, do, and experience this year?

In this no-prep activity, students brainstorm things they want to learn, do or experience this school year for each letter of the alphabet. They can plan, brainstorm, practice future tense, and think ahead about all the fun things to come this school year. Working in small groups or individually, students will surely enjoy this simple activity.

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❤ Other Resources You'll LOVE:

Back to School

• Back to School Getting to Know You Activity - Dice Games!
• Back to School Bundle with Categories Game and Reflections
• BACK to SCHOOL Getting to Know You Activity for Team Building
• Bulletin Board to Support Social Emotional Learning on Importance of Education
• Back to School Reflection Activity for Team Building and Discussion

Classroom Community

• Truth or Dare...the Classroom Party Game You Didn't Know You Needed!
• Truth or Dare 2nd Edition
• BUNDLE Truth or Dare Versions 1 & 2
• Virtual Scategories & Truth or Dare (All Ages!)
• Digital Online GAME Two Things in Common (This2That)

Looking for fun digital resources, like games, brain breaks and activities for your early finishers that aren't lame? Great for Fun Fridays!

Use this get to know you Four Corners classroom activity to get your students up and out of their seats and making connections! It's a Gen-Z approved game or icebreaker for Google Drive that is the perfect, no-prep activity to build classroom community at the start of the year...or anytime!

It's normal for students to feel anxious and this 4 Corners game is a fun, stress-free way for them to get to know their classmates, while sharing similarities about themselves! You will find a few typical all about me questions, but the majority of the slides are geared toward the interests of teenagers, leaning into social media, musical artists, food, fashion and more! You definitely won't see overused questions like "what's your favorite color?" or "How many siblings do you have?" You'll see instant engagement as students realize this isn't another boring classroom game.

►Use it as an engaging class activity throughout the year! It's the perfect icebreaker for middle and high school!

Simply print the included labels for each corner of your classroom and project one of the questions. Read it aloud, then students should move to the corner that corresponds with their answer choices. You'll quickly see that students will start opening up as they relax and feel confident to defend their choices.

INCLUDED WITH YOUR PURCHASE:

• 50 Questions (Google Slides)
• Includes a Blank Editable Slide
• 4 Printable Classroom Labels

The presentation includes 50 get-to-know-you questions. For example...

• Who do you think would win the rap battle?
• Which music artist do you think has the best live performances?
• If you could collaborate with any fashion brand, which would it be?
• What's your favorite way to spend time online?
• If you could switch lives with any celebrity for a day, who would it be?
• Which fast food restaurant would you want to eat at for the rest of your life?

HOW TO USE IT:

• first day of school get-to-know-you activity
• icebreaker
• brain breaks
• morning meeting
• teach respecting differences

***CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR FULL DETAILS!***

►You will love this well-organized activity that allows students to voice their opinions, defend their positions, and learn something new about each other!

►This is an activity I use in my classroom every year and I know your students will love it!

Not quite what you're looking for?

Check out all of my back to school products here.

►►►Or check out the new Gen-Z Game Bundle that includes Would You Rather, Four Corners, and Two Truths and a Lie! Instant Engagement at Your Fingertips!

LOOKING FOR MORE FUN ACTIVITIES?

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ You may be interested in the money-saving Monthly Early Finisher Bundle. This Bundle includes a packet for each month of the year with 20 pages of seasonal activities, games, coloring sheets and other fun activities.

Each month includes the following:

• 1 Crossword Puzzle with solution
• 1 Sudoku with solution
• 1 Maze - with solution
• 1 Word Search
• 1 Tic Tac Toe partner game
• 1 Dot to Dot
• 1 Word Escape Puzzle - with answer key
• 1 Complete the Picture Symmetry sheet
• 1 Positive Affirmation Mandala Coloring Page
• 1 Think Outside the Box Drawing Sheets - 4 per page!
• 1 Pop Art Coloring Page
• 2 More Coloring Pages
• 1 Grid Drawing Challenge
• 1 Word Work Activity
• 1 Word Scramble with solution
• 1 I Spy Page
• 1 DIY Color by Number
• 1 Design Time Page
• 1 Connect the Dots partner game

Have a question?

Please check out the Q&A section or message me and I'll get back to you within 24 hours.

Don't forget to leave me feedback! I love to hear what my buyers say, how the product worked for them, and any feedback I can use to improve my product! (It also earns you points towards future TeachShare Purchases)

**For personal and single classroom use only. If using with multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses at the discounted rate.**

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Are you looking for engaging end of year reflection activities? Then download this End of Year Reflection Activity Bundle! This is the perfect way to have your students wrap up the school year on a positive note. Students will be motivated and engaged to share what they have learned and experienced this past year!

DICE GAMES

Played in pairs or small groups, students will recall their experiences, activities, things they learned, and fun they had with friends. This is an engaging and team-bonding activity that will have everyone participating.

➟ Reflection Questions Examples:

• What is the strangest fact you learned?
• Did you go for at least 1 day without using social media?
• Describe a time when you worked hard.

➟ Fun Questions Examples:

• What is one thing on your ‘bucket list’?
• If this year has a motto, what is it?
• What is the best food on campus?

CHOICE BOARD

These fun and engaging end-of-year reflection activities will motivate your students to demonstrate what they learned and experienced during the past school year! This no-prep resource comes with 8 unique projects. Students can choose between making a game, writing a poem, creating a collage, and more! There's something for every student regardless of ability or interest.

➟ This Choice Board is great for:

• Differentiating instruction
• Different learning styles
• Reflecting on past learning & experiences
• Taking a trip down memory lane!

➟ This resource contains:

• Two game boards with both reflection and ‘fun’ questions in a printable format.
• The same game boards in a virtual format. Students must have access to the internet and Youtube to use the virtual dice.
• 1 Choice Board with 8 unique activities
• Student checklist (for self-editing)
• Grading rubric (in half and full sheets)
• Instructions 

➟ Use for:

• End-of-Year of End-of-Semester party
• Reflection activity
• Sub-plans

➟ Why this resource?

• No prep
• Fun and engaging
• Flexible, easy for all to participate, and FUN!

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❤ Other Resources You'll LOVE:

Truth or Dare...the Classroom Party Game You Didn't Know You Needed!

Truth or Dare 2nd Edition

BUNDLE Truth or Dare Versions 1 & 2

Virtual Scategories & Truth or Dare (All Ages!)

Digital Online GAME Two Things in Common (This2That)

Happiness Quiz & Reflection Questions (Great for SEL, Self-Esteem, Well-Being!)