Getting to know your students - and helping them get to know each other - is one of the most important tasks in the first few days of back-to-school. This complete kit includes all the icebreakers and "getting to know you" activities you'll ever need!
What's Included In This Classroom Kit
- 27 student icebreaker and getting to know you activities for back to school
- Easy to download and print PDFs
- Activities that are appropriate for all elementary grade levels
- Icebreakers that combine fun group activities with individual academic skills (writing, counting, etc.)
- Getting to know you projects that can be used as bulletin boards or classroom decoration
- Activities that involve movement, station rotations, and games
- Printables are in 8.5" x 11" portrait or landscape for easy reading and copying
Icebreakers Featured In This Classroom Kit
- Student Choice: Flat Teacher Choice Board, Design Your Own Coat of Arms, My Future Plans
- Games: Getting to Know You Bingo, Getting to Know You Classroom Scoot
- Writing: Our First Classroom Book, My Summer Break, The Feature Story Getting to Know You Activity
- Group Activities: D-icebreaker, Get to Know You Turn and Talk, Make a Giving Tree Icebreaker
How to Use These Icebreaker Activities
Use these icebreakers and getting to know you activities to:- Help students get to know each other and get to know you
- Ease the tension and awkwardness of the first few days with a new class
- Help students overcome shyness and integrate easily with classmates
- Start building a collaborative classroom culture
- Give younger students a head start on developing social-emotional skills
- Encourage students to demonstrate kindness, friendship, and good behavior
Icebreakers are not only a great way to build a classroom community, but also to enhance classroom and behavior management.
How to Enhance Behavior Management with Icebreakers
- Give students the opportunity to feel "part of" a larger group by sharing information about themselves - help them be invested in a positive and productive environment
- Start developing the social-emotional skills like communication, collaboration, and empathy that enhance good behavior and reduce distractions and discipline issues
- Use group "getting to know you" activities to set expectations for behavior and adherence to classroom rules and culture
What You'll Find Inside - Icebreakers in This Kit
- Back to School Jokes Icebreaker/Writing Activity
- Get to Know Your Classmates Scoot
- Flat Teacher Choice Board
- D-icebreakers
- Figure Me Out Icebreaker
- Get to Know Me Fortune Teller
- Get to Know You Turn and Talk Cards
- Marvelous Me Icebreaker
- Skit-Tell-Us Icebreaker
- Our First Classroom Book
- My Summer Break
- Two Truths and a Lie Icebreaker
- Design Your Own Coat of Arms Activity
- My Future Plans Icebreaker
- My Family and Me Icebreaker
- Friendly Interview Getting to Know You Activity
- Getting to Know You Bingo
- Getting to Know You Game
- Make a Giving Tree Class Icebreaker
- Making New Friends Icebreaker
- Personal Mandalas Getting to Know You Activity
- Similar and Different Activity
- The Feature Story Getting to Know You Activity
