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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.

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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 AVID team-building card game is the perfect icebreaker for students who want to practice their public speaking skills in a fun and interactive way. Designed for use in a classroom or group setting, this card game challenges players to give a 1-minute speech about a topic using the card they draw. This engaging activity not only helps students build their public speaking confidence but also teaches them valuable skills in communication and creative thinking!

Whether you're a teacher looking to add a fun and interactive activity to your classroom curriculum, or a team leader looking to build team dynamics and improve communication skills, Fishbowl Speeches is the perfect choice!

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How to Play Fishbowl Speeches

• Place the 25 different topics into a container and mix them up to ensure random selection.
• Ask a student to select a topic from the container and read it out loud.
• Allow 30 seconds for the student to brainstorm the content and delivery of their speech. Provide one minute for the student to present their answer to the question or topic.

What's Included

• Directions page
• 25 Topics
• blank cards to write your own words

Example topics

Persuade everyone in the class to give you a dollar

Should colleges use only SAT®/ACT® scores for admissions?

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

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What's Included

Summer 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 foods that are cold, 3 summer months, 3 things that rhyme with swim...

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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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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

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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

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

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What's Included

Spring 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 you’d find in an Easter egg, 3 things you wouldn’t do during spring, 3 outdoor water activities...

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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

Giving students plenty of public speaking practice is important, but thinking of fun topics takes time! This is an activity with this sample 5 fun and engaging speech topics for your students to practice those very important college and career readiness skills! Get the full version HERE. :)

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
• 1 optional points slide
• 5 debate topis with agreeing/disagreeing chart and sentence starters

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Celebrate February Leap Day at School with a 29 second challenge freebie! Students will love completing each activity as many times as they can in 29 seconds. Use these challenges as a no-prep Leap Day party game, brain break, icebreaker or morning meeting activity. This is great for Pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade students!

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Directions:

Students will try to follow the prompt and complete the activity in 29 seconds! The slides have embedded 29 timers. Challenge your students to estimate how many times they can complete each activity in 29 seconds and see if they can accomplish that goal!

What's included:

• Directions slide
• 3 challenges with a 29 second timer for each

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• How many high fives can you give in 29 seconds?

• How many triangles can you draw in 29 seconds?

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Welcome students back to school with this After Spring Break Stand Up Sit Down Game Freebie! This activity makes a great icebreaker the morning students return from spring break, morning meeting activity or brain break activity in your kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade classes. Students will love standing up or sitting down depending on their answer to the Spring Break themed slides, such as "stand up if you played outside."

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What's Included:

• 3 stand up game slides
• Directions slide

Stand Up Game Examples:

• Stand up if you played outside.
• Stand up if you ate ice cream.
• Stand up if you read a book.

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Celebrate the 100th Day of School with a 100 second challenge freebie! Students will love completing each activity as many times as they can in 100 seconds. Use these challenges as a no-prep 100th day party game, brain break, icebreaker or morning meeting activity. This is great for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade students!

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Directions:

Students will try to follow the prompt and complete the activity in 100 seconds! The slides have embedded 100 second timers with fun get you moving instrumental music. Challenge your students to estimate how many times they can complete each activity in 100 seconds and see if they can accomplish that goal!

What's included:

• Directions slide
• 3 challenges with a 100 second timer for each

Some themed activity ideas you will see:

• How many high fives can you give in 100 seconds?

• How many triangles can you draw in 100 seconds?

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Communication is the key to developing strong leaders of society! It allows us to form connections, influence decisions, and motivate change! This public speaking game will allow students to practice important skills needed to be successful in their futures. Great for AVID, counseling, college and career, speech, or just used as a fun brain break in any class!

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What's Included:

• 1 directions pages
• 1 optional points slide
• 5 topics with silent 30 second prep timers
• 5 thirty second speech timer slides

Directions:

• Put students into groups or breakout rooms of 4-6 students
• Go over the directions with students:
• Wait for the impromptu topic to show up on the screen (ex: tell your group 3 different ways to eat an oreo)
• Decide who in the group will start and that student will have 30 seconds to prepare for their speech after the topic is revealed
• After 30 seconds the student will present their topic for 30 seconds

Optional Points:

• Secretly give points/take away points from group members on a small whiteboard or notebook paper
• Groups can earn by: Focusing on good voice, being creative with their responses, eye contact, posture, using an opening/closing statement, and making good points for your topic
• Groups can lose points by: being a poor audience member, having poor posture, not using good voice, not using eye contact, using filler words: like, um, so, okay, yeah, kinda…

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This Google Slides digital resource game is the perfect reset activity to help students build community and welcome them back to school from winter break! Use this Four Corner activity for an icebreaker, community-building activity, brain break activity or Fun Friday activity. Four Corners is the perfect virtual or in person icebreaker game that will help get those after winter break chatters out! Students will read the statement and choose a corner that best relates to them!

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Directions:

• Step 1: Place A, B, C, D labels on each corner of the room.
• Step 2: Show a slide and read the statement out loud.
• Step 3: Students pick their corner based on their answer.
• Step 4: Let's chat about everyone's choices, then zoom to the next slide!

What's Included:

• Directions Slide
• 5 Four Corner Statements with Multiple Choice Answers
• A, B, C, D Printable Classroom Labels

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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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Use this free Christmas no-prep icebreaker game as a holiday brain break, morning meeting activity, debates, writing prompts, Christmas party game or Winter Party game during the month of December! Students will love sharing and discussing their preferences for Christmas traditions and activities. Each slide includes hand signals to represent each choice.

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What's Included:

• 10 this or that question slides
• 1 directions slide

This or That Sample Slides:

• Gingerbread cookies OR sugar cookies
• Real trees OR fake trees
• Presents OR stockings

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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, 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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Get ready for an after winter break reset with this no-prep four corners game! Use this digital four corner game for an icebreaker, brain break activity, morning meeting activity or classroom winter activity in your first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade classes. This is the perfect game to get those after winter break chatters out! Students will read the statement and choose a corner that best relates to them!

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Directions:

• Step 1: Place A, B, C, D labels on each corner of the room.
• Step 2: Show a slide and read the statement out loud.
• Step 3: Students pick their corner based on their answer.
• Step 4: Let's chat about everyone's choices, then zoom to the next slide!

What's Included:

• Directions Slide
• 5 Four Corner Statements with Multiple Choice Answers
• A, B, C, D Printable Classroom Labels

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Celebrate the 120th Day of School with a 120 second challenge freebie! Students will love completing each activity as many times as they can in 120 seconds. Use these challenges as a no-prep 120th day party game, brain break, math activity, icebreaker or morning meeting activity. This is great for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade students!

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What's included:

• Directions slide
• 3 challenges with a 120 second built in timer for each slide

Directions:

• Students will follow the prompt and complete the activity in 120 seconds!
• The slides have embedded 120 second timers with fun get you moving instrumental music.
• Challenge your students to estimate how many times they can complete each activity in 120 seconds and see if they can accomplish that goal!

120 second challenges you will see:

• How many times can you draw a square in 120 seconds?
• How many times can you neigh like a horse in 120 seconds?
• How many high fives can you give in 120 seconds?

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