Classroom Community Activities (by price, low to high)

Get to know one another!

After a lot of procedure time at the beginning of the year students need to get up and move. Get your students up and moving while getting to know one another. Students will choose their preferences to multiple choice topics and then get up and move to a corner labelled with the answer of their choice.

This could also be completed as a seated activity with choice cards.

15 questions included.

What's included:

• Teacher instructions.
• 1, 2, 3, 4 printable posters.
• 1, 2, 3, 4 printable cards.
• Printable topics for teachers.
• Link to Google Slides of topics (customizable).

How is this product useful:

• Low prep for teacher.
• Quick break for class.
• A little bit active which allows for quick return to task.
• Customizable.

Routines in the classroom make class time more enjoyable and productive. Get this free morning routine outline to make your morning time with the kids enjoyable and engaging.

Looking for a fun way to practice Spanish vocabulary? This free autumn themed zoomed in game is perfect for Spanish learners in kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth, and fifth grade. Great for brain breaks, morning meeting activities, icebreakers, Fun Friday activities, or language centers. Students will love trying to guess what these fall images are!

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What's Included:

• 3 zoomed-in mystery pictures
• 3 answer slides (one behind each guessing slide)

Some pictures you will see:

• rake
• football
• pile of leaves

More Fall Resources:

Would You Rather

After Fall Break Resources:

After Fall Break Icebreaker Bundle

Find Someone Who

Stand Up Sit Down

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

Enhance collaboration, writing and public speaking skills with Story Starters! This AVID resource provides engaging story starters that encourage students to finish a story and present it to their peers. This activity fosters collaboration and communication within small groups or whole class settings, while also providing a fun way to improve public speaking skills. Download the Google Slides digital resource today and see the positive impact it can have on your students' teamwork and confidence!

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Directions:

• Display the Google Slide Story Starter OR print them out so students have different stories to choose from.
• Students will complete the engaging story starter by writing for 3 minutes.
• Students can use the picture provided to help guide them in their stories, or choose to take a different route and be creative on their own.
• Students will be split into groups of 4-6.
• Each student will present their story to their small group while practicing public speaking skills.

What's Included:

• 3 Story Starter Prompts with Images
• 1 Directions Page

*This resources is available for Outschool teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses.

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Make Father's Day extra special with this fun Father's Day Headband Craft! Designed for preschool and elementary students, this craft kit features a fun template perfect for creating personalized gifts for dads, uncles, and other father figures. The template includes fun prompts like My dad is as strong as a ___ and My dad is as funny as a ___, inviting students to engage in creative writing while celebrating the special men in their lives. These crafty headbands are not only ideal for gifting but also perfect for a festive classroom celebration. Whether worn proudly by your students or presented as heartfelt gifts, these templates will make Father's Day unforgettable. Don't miss out on this exciting Father's Day craft activity, designed to develop fine motor skills, inspire creativity, and honor the remarkable men in children’s lives.

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Create your very own friendship chain with your class or grade level! After you download this awesome FREEBIE follow these directions to make your friendship chain come to life! 1. Cut on dotted lines to create four friendship chain slips. 2. Have students each color one slip. 3. Take one slip, place glue where it says glue and attach to other end to create a ring. 4. Feed a second slip through the ring you just created, place glue where it says glue and attach other end. This will create two rings that are attached together. 5. Repeat until all links are attached. Enjoy your friendship chain!!! Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor Stay Connected: Blog Facebook Instagram Pinterest Follow me for updates about new products and sales! Check out a detailed blog post about this product HERE ************************************************ You may also like: How to Make a Friend Interactive Book Friendship Book (Friend or Frenemy) Will You Help Flip the Turtle? Friendship with Yeti How Could You Be Super? What is Bullying? Girl's Group Interactive Book Friendship Flipbook ************************************************ Credits: KB3 Fonts

56 questions ready to print and go for your Morning Meeting. As excellent resource for building a strong classroom community.

More about building a strong classroom community on my blog iTeach 2nd

These back to school coloring sheets were created to welcome your new students into your classroom. This set includes options for preschool through 6th grade as well as a generic "welcome back to school" option too! This is perfect to set out during meet the teacher night or open house so students have something to work on while their parents complete forms! It's also perfect for morning work during the first week of school!

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What's Included:

• Preschool page
• Kindergarten page
• 1st grade page
• 2nd grade page
• 3rd grade page
• 4th grade page
• 5th grade page
• 6th grade page
• Welcome back to school page

More Back to School Resources:

Meet the Teacher Editable Slides

Gift Tags

Birthday Crowns, Certificates & Pencil Toppers

First Week of School Math Activities

First Week of School Printable Activities

Back to School Roll & Read Games:

CVC, Blends & Digraphs

CVCe Long Vowels

Long Vowel Teams

R Controlled Vowels

Back to School Roll & Race Math Games:

Addition & Subtraction Within 10

Addition & Subtraction Within 20

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

Dive into a world of positivity and creativity with these free Acts of Kindness Quotes coloring pages. This inspiring activity sheet set is a joyful collection designed to lift your spirits and spread kindness through the power of words and art.

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Kindness coloring sheets

Positive affirmations coloring pages

Insrirational Quotes Coloring Pages

Charity coloring pages

Empathy coloring sheets

Mercy coloring pages

Mindfulness coloring pages

Gratitude coloring sheets

Love and kindness coloring pages

Anti-bullying coloring pages

This Goodbye Gift Memory Book is a fun way for classmates to share memories and say goodbye to a student moving away. It includes pages with fun designs and simple prompts, making it easy for everyone to write messages, draw, and create a special keepsake.

This is a simple activity for students to build and decorate their own turkeys! Students will need to cut out the shapes and feathers. Then they will need to glue the head to the body, and the feathers to the body also, adding whatever colors and designs they want!

This would be a great product for the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and to hang up around your classroom. You could also turn this into an adjectives activity by having students write adjectives to describe their families Thanksgiving celebrations on the feathers.

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This no-prep Weekend Chat Find Someone Who Spanish Worksheet Activity is the perfect icebreaker activity the morning students return from the weekend. Your students can practice their speaking and listening skills in Spanish while talking about things they did over the weekend. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various themed categories, such as "find someone who played video games."

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What's included:

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in (one title in Spanish and one title in English)
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the phrases/directions to fit the needs of your own class

Some examples included:

• Find someone who did some exercise.
• Find someone who stayed at home all weekend.
• Find someone who stayed up all night.

More Find Someone Who Resources:

Back to School

After Winter Break

After Spring Break

End of the Year

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

This fun, quick, and FREE product is an awesome way to get to know your students at the beginning of the year or for a STAR student of the week/month! It is especially designed for lower elementary and includes both a colored version and a black and white version.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Headband Craft

this craft activity allows students to create their own pink ribbon-themed crowns while learning about the importance of raising awareness.

This product includes:

• Printable templates for the crown headband
• Crown extenders to staple around students heads.

How to use:

1. Print out the crown headband template.

2. Let children color, decorate, and personalize their crowns.

3. Cut out the crown and staple or tape the ends together to form a headband.

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Take a break!

After a while on task, especially when sitting, everyone needs a little break. Get your students up and moving while sharing opinions. Students will choose their preferences to multiple choice topics and then get up and move to a corner labelled with the answer of their choice.

This could also be completed as a seated activity with choice cards.

Topics included in this set are: favorites at school, favorite lunches, favorites at recess, favorite drawing tools, favorite pencils, favorite special class, best type of reading at school, how you like to study, and favorite school break.

What's included:

• Teacher instructions.
• 1, 2, 3, 4 printable posters.
• 1, 2, 3, 4 printable cards.
• Printable topics for teachers.
• Link to Google Slides of topics (customizable).

How is this product useful:

• Low prep for teacher.
• Quick break for class.
• A little bit active which allows for quick return to task.
• Customizable.

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

✨AVID Fall Bundle✨

✨ELA Fall Bundle✨

What's Included

Fall 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 s’more ingredients, 3 NFL teams, 3 colors of apples

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This is a quick and simple All About Me activity. A great first thing for your new students to do as they come into their new classrooms. It asks the students their names, birthday, their favorite show, color, and food. I hope you enjoy it. Please rate and review!

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Use this Valentine's Day-themed AVID speed philosophical chairs icebreaker team-building activity to promote debate through dialogue and public speaking in your classroom as well as get students in the Valentine's Day spirit! Students will not only learn what speed philosophical chairs is but they will enjoy some exciting dialogue through 5 fun debate topics.

For example, students will choose to agree or disagree with the statement, "Scientists should design robots that can feel emotions like love."

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⭐Speed Philosophical Chairs Bundle⭐

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More Valentine's Day Resources

February Early Finisher Packet

Valentine's Day Coloring Pages

Directions:

1. A central statement will be announced to the class and you will define the two sides of the debate (Agree/Disagree).
2. Students move to the side of the room that they intend to defend.
3. An embedded timer will be set for 5 minutes, and the debate will start between the two groups.
4. Students attempt to keep contributions to less than 30 seconds each.
5. A new prompt is displayed and we start another round of quick debates.

What's Included:

• A teaching slide for "the why" of speed philosophical chairs
• A slide that includes the rules of engagement for students
• A slide for the steps of this speed philosophical chairs activity
• 5-speed philosophical chairs Christmas-themed debate statements
• A 5-minute silent timer embedded in each slide

*These resources are available for Outschool teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses.

AVID

Valentine's Day

Speed Philosophical Chairs

Public Speaking Resources

Collaboration Resources

This back to school getting to know my teacher EDITABLE PowerPoint game is a fun and exciting way to begin a new school year. Use this during the first week of school or the first day of school. Students love learning about their teachers and they will enjoy guessing the answers to these fun getting to know you questions!

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This Product Includes:

► PowerPoint

► Worksheet

With This Product You'll Get:

⭐ Getting to Know My Teacher PowerPoint

⭐ Editable Answer Slides

⭐ Worksheet for students

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This student interview and friendship bracelet back to school activity is the perfect get to know you ice break for the first week of school! This is the perfect classroom icebreaker and community builder to help your students get to know each other at the beginning of the school year.

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What's Included

• Student interview form

• Friendship bracelets in color and black & white

Directions

• Students interview a classmate on the “My New Friend” page.

• Cut the strips of paper (color or black & white on colored paper.)

• Students write their new friend's name on their bracelets.

• Wrap the bracelet around each student's wrist.

• Use glue to secure it.

• Students can wear their bracelets home to share with their parents.

More Back to School Resources:

Back to School Activities for 1st-3rd Grade

Gift Tags

Birthday Crowns, Certificates & Pencil Toppers

Back to School Roll & Read Games:

CVC, Blends & Digraphs

CVCe Long Vowels

Long Vowel Teams

R Controlled Vowels