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Back to School | Think Fast Game | Printable Activity | Freebie: Students and even staff will love this no-prep Back to School Think Fast game! Use it as an icebreaker after summer break for a brain break, morning meeting, fun Friday activity, or as a team building activity.

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What's Included

Back to School Think Fast Game: 1 PDF Printable

Directions

• A timer will be set for 1 minute total.

• Each answer is one point. Most points wins!

• Examples: 3 activities done over summer break, 3 book titles, 3 items found in a classroom

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Start the school year with engaging collaboration and team building with this AVID back to school icebreaker! This resource is the perfect partner activity for public speaking practice! Students will meet with either an A or B partner OR find a partner with a matching color circle using their cards. They will then use the interview questions provided in the card to interview their partner and present them to the class!

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What's Included:

• 8 Variations of cards with either an A or B and 1 of 4 different colored circles
• Each card comes with 3 interviewing partner questions

Entrance Card Directions:

• Pass out one of the cards to each student (note the letter A or B and small color circles on the front of each card)
• The following is written on each card:

- 3 things you want to share about yourself

- 2 words to describe you

- 1 favorite thing

• Instruct students to find a partner (a person who has the same letter or color circle on the back of their card).
• Have students answer the questions with their partner.
• Each student should write their partner's responses on a seperate piece of paper.
• Have each set of partners introduce each other to the class using the entrance cards.
• Do the activity again the same day or a different day but have students find a new partner using either the letter or colored circles (whichever was not used first)

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AVID | Think Fast Game | Printable Activity | Freebie: Students and even staff will love this AVID Think Fast game! Use it as an icebreaker during back to school or for a brain break, morning meeting, fun Friday activity, or as a team building activity.

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What's Included

AVID Think Fast Game: 1 PDF Printable

Directions

• A timer will be set for 1 minute total.

• Each answer is one point. Most points wins!

• Examples: 3 things that go on a TRF, 3 names of AVID classmates, 3 tools for staying organized

This virtual or in person stand up digital game is the perfect icebreaker that will help students get to know each other and build relationships, germ free! Use this no prep brain break activity during morning meeting, indoor recess, and more! It will allow students the opportunity to compare their personality and experiences with their peers.

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Directions:

Read the statement on the slide.

Students who relate to the statement will stand.

Allow time for students to look around and share commonalities.

What's Included:

5 "stand up if" game slides

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*Note this product may be used in brick an mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

This back to school would you rather game is a great get to know you activity for the first week of school! Perfect as an icebreaker activity, morning meeting activity, brain break, discussion starters, writing prompts or debate prompts. This is great for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade students.

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What's included:

• 3 would you rather slides
• 1 directions slide

Would You Rather Examples:

• Would you rather have school in a giant treehouse OR have school on a pirate ship?
• Would you rather have a slide instead of stairs at school OR have a trampoline on the playground?

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This back to school would you rather game is a great get to know you activity for the first week of school! Perfect as an icebreaker activity, debate, speech class, morning meeting activity, brain break, discussion starters, writing prompts or debate prompts. This is great for middle and high school students!

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What's included:

• 3 would you rather slides
• 1 directions slide

Would You Rather Examples:

• Would you rather never have homework again OR have an extra hour of sleep every day
• always know the right answer OR always be able to make everyone laugh

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Need a no-prep engaging ice breaker activity for your class? Find someone who will help build classroom community while practicing speaking and listening skills. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various getting to know you themed categories, such as "find someone who has at least one pet cat." This is the perfect activity to allow students to socialize, get to know each other and build a strong classroom community.

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What's included?

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in

How to use:

• Students will walk around the room and find different classmates who fits the description in each box.
• Once they find a classmate who fits the description they will have them write their name in the box.
• Students will keep finding classmates until all 16 boxes are full.

Some examples included:

• Find someone who has at least one pet cat.
• Find someone who loves to write stories.
• Find someone who can do tricks on a skateboard.

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Use this no-prep icebreaker would you rather game as a brain break, morning meeting activity, community building activity, or discussion starters. You can also use these questions as writing prompts or even debate prompts. Your students will love having the opportunity to share and discuss some fun topics!

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What's Included:

• 3 would you rather sample game slides
• 1 directions slide

Directions:

• Display the slides for students.
• Read the two options and students must choose which one they would rather do.
• Students can respond in many different ways: sharing with the whole class, small groups, partners, debating, writing, etc.

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This Spanish would you rather activity is the perfect icebreaker for the first week of school, team building activity, brain break, morning meeting activity or discussion starters. You can also use these questions as writing prompts or even debate prompts. Your students will love having the opportunity to share and discuss some fun getting to know you and back to school themed questions.

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What's Included:

• 3 would you rather slides
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the phrases/directions to fit the needs of your own class

Would You Rather Question Examples:

• Would you rather have a pet dinosaur that you can bring to school or have a robot that helps you with your homework?
• Would you rather have school in a giant treehouse or have school on a pirate ship?

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Looking for a fun and interactive way to build classroom community, and support social-emotional learning? This Stand-Up Sit-Down Game is perfect as an icebreaker, brain break, and review activity that will keep students actively involved.

Ideal for grades 5th-12th, this versatile resource can be used for team-building exercises, morning meetings, or for after breaks. The no-prep, ready-to-go games is designed to help students get to know each other, collaborate, and develop critical thinking skills—all while having fun!

Students will stand up or sit down depending on their answer to the themed slides, such as "Stand up if you have ever eaten an entire pizza by yourself."

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What's Included:

• 3 Stand Up Sit Down icebreaker slides

Directions:

• Read the statement on the slide.
• Students who relate to the statement will stand.
• Allow time for students to look around and share commonalities.

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This Spanish would you rather activity is the perfect icebreaker for the first week of school, team building activity, brain break, morning meeting activity or discussion starters. You can also use these questions as writing prompts or even debate prompts. Your students will love having the opportunity to share and discuss some fun getting to know you and back to school themed questions.

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What's Included:

• 3 would you rather slides
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the phrases/directions to fit the needs of your own class

Example:

• Would you rather never have homework again OR have an extra hour of sleep everyday?

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This is a freebie for you!

This game of "Four Corners" is not new or unique; however, this one will work great for your middle schoolers who need to get up and move, and you'll find they are more apt to share without raising their hands or writing it down. This quick and easy, no prep and no printing activity will allow you to truly get to know them on a personal level very quickly.

It's HIGHLY visual so this could even fly in a Core French classroom (Grades 5 - 9); however, I use it in an immersion setting (Grades 5 and 6). It could comfortably be used in any Immersion or French first-language classroom (Grades 3 - 9). As with all of my products, it's not at all babyish and doesn't feature fonts that are frilly or hard-to-read.

For this activity, simply project and GO. I let my students know that they will have to choose their response and move to the corner of the room that suits their answer. You can either click through the slides, have a student touch your SmartBoard to move them along, or you can use a remote clicker or mouse (I do while I'm playing!) to keep the slides rolling.

This Google Slide Deck features :

• 29 pre-created, non-modifiable question slides with 4 options to choose from.
• A template for you to use if you'd like to add in your own questions at the end of the presentation.

Other ways to play:

• I've also allowed students independently to each create a slide and add it into the mix on day 2! Should you choose this option, simply copy the last slide into a Google Slide (11" x 8.5") and share a copy to each student in Google Classroom. Let the magic begin!
• You can choose to extend this activity by having your students huddled in their corners chat about their preferences, or share with the whole group. You can also (I do!!) play WITH them and get to know your students based on these small conversations in the "corners" of your classroom.

I hope you have a G R E A T back-to-school, and hope your kids love you! I sure appreciate all of you!

Don't forget to have fun and be real!

Kaitlyn.

These I Ready Data Tracking Graph and Data Checker Form for Reading and Math are so nice and convenient for students to check their growth on iReady each time. This student data tracker designed to complement the I-ready Math and Reading program. It's perfect for helping students monitor their progress toward achieving goals!

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Disclaimer: This resource is independently created and is not affiliated with or endorsed by I-ready or any associated companies. I-ready is a registered trademark of its respective owner. This tracker is intended for personal or educational use only.

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This resource is a student data tracker designed to complement the Reflex Math Fact Fluency program. It's perfect for helping students monitor their progress in each month during the school year! Print this at the begining of the year, it will be useful.

You will need this monthly Reflex green light tracker.

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This apple themed roll and cover math game helps students practice subtraction within 20. Use it for a first week of school math activity, math center, math small group activity, early finisher activity, morning work, Johnny Appleseed activity, and more! This game is great for kindergarten, first grade and second grade!

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What's Included:

• 1 board for subtraction within 20
• 1 recording sheet
• Color & black and white option
• Directions page

How to play:

• Roll a die, solve an equation on the corresponding apple, and color it.
• Students keep rolling and solving until one whole apple is colored first OR all of the apples are colored!

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This apple themed roll and read phonics worksheets for CVC words will help students improve reading fluency and decoding skills. Use it for a first week of school phonics activity, literacy center, guided reading activity, morning work, Johnny Appleseed activity, and more! This games is great for kindergarten, first grade and second grade students.

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What's Included:

• 1 mixed CVC short vowel board
• Directions page
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How to play:

• Roll a die, read a word on the corresponding apple and color it!
• Keep rolling and reading until one whole apple is colored first OR all of the apples are colored!

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Play this engaging Meet the Teacher mystery puzzle game with your students so they can get to know their teacher AND establish a playful and fun relationship with an icebreaker puzzle. Please view the preview to see how to play the editable game!

NOTE: this is a Google Slide™ activity and requires a Google account

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Looking for a fun and engaging activity to keep your students entertained on Fridays? These free maze games are perfect for kids of all ages! With 20 challenging mazes and solutions provided, students will have a blast testing their problem-solving skills and spatial reasoning abilities.

Features:

• 20 engaging mazes: A variety of maze designs to keep students interested and challenged.
• Solutions included: Provide students with the answers so they can check their work and learn from their mistakes.
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• Improve problem-solving skills: Mazes help students develop critical thinking and logical reasoning abilities.
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It's back to school time! This fun maze will help student get ready for a fantastic year.

Here's what you'll find:

• A maze with friendly school supplies.
• A clear path to follow.
• Fun for first to third graders to practice their problem-solving skills!

Bonus: Once you've completed the maze, why not color in all the school supplies?

Get ready for a great year!

Let's Draw with Circles!

This fun worksheet will show kids how to turn a simple circle into amazing animals! Grab pencils, crayons, or markers and get ready to create!

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