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Looking for a fun, engaging, and no-prep interactive digital resource to keep your students excited and connected before winter break? This Winter Break Community Building Interactive Slides resource is perfect for grades 5-8! Packed with 35 creative and festive activities, it promotes collaboration, critical thinking, and laughter in the classroom.

Key Features:

• Hear Me Out Challenges: Students debate their favorite holiday snacks, movies, and traditions.
• One Must Go: Fun dilemmas challenge students to make tough decisions about winter activities and treats.
• Mad Libs & Creative Writing: From silly holiday stories to cringe-worthy slang, students unleash their imagination.
• Reflective Writing Prompts: Encourage introspection with activities like bucket lists and favorite winter memories.
• Emoji Guessing Games: Decode holiday-themed phrases for a mix of fun and learning.
• Sleigh or Ohio? Students vote on whether winter traditions are "sleigh-worthy" or "cringe."

Suggested Uses:

• Holiday-themed Bell Ringers: Start your day with quick, interactive slides.
• Community Building Activities: Foster a positive, engaging classroom environment.
• Sub Plans: Easy-to-use, no-prep slides perfect for substitute teachers.
• Independent or Partner Work: Adaptable for individual or collaborative use.

Why Teachers Love It:

• Completely no-prep—just assign and go!
• Builds classroom community while keeping students engaged.
• Flexible and perfect for holiday fun during the busy lead-up to winter break.
• Encourages creativity, reflection, and discussion in a lighthearted way.

Make this winter season unforgettable for your students with this fun and interactive resource. Your classroom will love the mix of creativity and festive vibes!

Groupwork Reflection Think Sheets | Cooperative Learning Reflection Worksheets

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

★ Groupwork Reflection Sheets

★ 9 pages

★ Print and Digital

★ Great for ANY subject area

★ Suitable for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students

This resource includes:

★ 4 Groupwork Reflection Sheets (with and without graphics / 9 Sheets total)

★ 2 Google Slide Links

Students' reflection on group learning and processes is essential in identifying areas and skills that need both improvement and enrichment. These four Groupwork Reflection Sheets come with and without graphics. They encourage students to reflect about their experiences during cooperative learning groups and develop an appreciation for particular skills involved in group activities.

✅ These four reflection sheets are student-friendly making it feasible for students of all levels to think and write about their participation in a collaborative learning setting. The reflection sheets contain images, sentence starters, and questions to really help students think about their overall learning experiences during cooperative learning.

✅ Displaying students' reflection sheets side by side their group work assignments/projects can greatly enhance the overall visual aspect of your bulletin boards and classroom environment!

✅ The worksheets contain amazing page borders, fonts, and clip arts - very visually appealing!

✅ This resource includes both print and digital versions (with text boxes already created)! You can assign reflection sheets to students in person or remotely – either way works!

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• Groupwork Materials Bundle
• Reflection Sheets Bundle
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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• Reading Reflection Sheets
• Accountable Talk Reflection Sheets
• Groupwork Reflection Sheets
• Behavior Reflection Sheets

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In this interactive event, students become the judges! They are given the power to select and nominate their fellow classmates for various awards. Whether it's "Who is likely to be Famous," or "Who is most likely to be a Comedian," the choices are endless!

This ceremony adds an extra element of excitement as students anticipate the unveiling of the winners. Through this process, they learn the importance of acknowledging their peers' in a fun way and the value of teamwork.

Our activity ensures that the ceremony is both entertaining and memorable. We provide beautifully designed certificates to honor each award recipient, making it a special keepsake to cherish for years to come.

Not only does this celebration encourage camaraderie and positive peer relationships, but it also motivates students to strive for success and personal growth. By involving students in the decision-making process, they feel a sense of empowerment and appreciation from their peers.

Includes a FREE blank Template to add your own Award title!

Do your students need a brain break activity during the winter season? Do your students love to talk or debate? Use this no-prep ice breaker digital icebreaker game to allow your students the opportunity to share and discuss some fun and silly winter traditions. Use this game as an ice breaker activity, brain break, community building activity, or discussion starters. You can also use these questions as writing prompts or even debate prompts!

What do you get?

• 15 winter themed would you rather slides
• 1 directions slide
• 1 directions slide template for you to add your own wording
• would you rather template for you to add your own would you rather prompts

How to play:

• 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 AVID Claps Google Slides Presentation is the perfect addition to your classroom to foster a sense of community and support for your students. This presentation includes 15 unique AVID claps, each featuring a different chant with an accompanying image that students can learn and follow along with.

Whether you're an AVID teacher looking to enhance your classroom community or simply looking for a fun and engaging way to get your students excited about learning the AVID Clap Google Slides Presentation is a perfect choice. Download now and start building a stronger, more supportive classroom environment today!

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What's Included:
15 AVID Clap Google Slides

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Kick off the new school year with our engaging and interactive Back to School "Get to Know You" All About Me Brochure! This free resource is perfect for teachers looking to create a welcoming classroom environment while learning more about their students. Designed with vibrant graphics and thoughtful prompts, this brochure will quickly become an essential part of your back-to-school toolkit.

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Key Features:

• Student Engagement: The All About Me brochure encourages students to share fun facts, interests, and personal stories, fostering a sense of community from day one.
• Creative Design: The brochure features eye-catching visuals and an intuitive layout that makes it easy for students of all ages to complete.
• Personalized Learning: Understanding your students' backgrounds and interests helps tailor your teaching strategies, making learning more effective and enjoyable.
• Easy to Use: Simply print and distribute the brochures on the first day of school, or share the link to the editable digital version.
• Versatile Use: Ideal for elementary, middle, and high school students, this brochure can be adapted for various grade levels and learning environments.
• Community Building: As students share their completed brochures, they'll discover common interests and build connections with their classmates.
• Time-Saving: Save valuable planning time with this ready-to-use resource, allowing you to focus on what truly matters—building relationships and setting the tone for a successful school year.

Included in This Resource:

• A beautifully designed, printable brochure template
• Prompts for students to fill in their name, favorite activities, hobbies, family details, and more
• Sections for students to draw pictures or add photos, making it a truly personalized keepsake
• A digital version that can be shared directly with students

Why Choose Our All About Me Brochure?

Our All About Me Brochure is meticulously crafted to ensure it not only meets but exceeds your expectations. It's an excellent tool for breaking the ice, promoting student engagement, and setting a positive classroom culture from the start. Whether you're a seasoned educator or a new teacher, this free resource is a must-have for your back-to-school preparations.

Perfect for:

• First Day of School Activities
• Icebreaker Exercises
• Classroom Community Building
• Open House or Back to School Night
• Meet the Teacher Events

Don't miss out on this free, high-quality resource that will help you start the school year on the right foot. Download your "Get to Know You" All About Me Brochure today and make your classroom a place where every student feels valued and understood!

Behavior Reflection Sheets | Behavior Managament | Behavior Management Plan

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

☆ Behavior Reflection Think Sheets

☆ 11 pages

☆ 5 Behavior Reflections Sheets in 2 Variations

☆ Reflection come with graphics and without graphics

☆ Suitable for any grade and subject area

☆ Print and Digital

This resource includes:

☆ 5 Behavior Reflection Sheets in 2 variations (totaling 11 sheets)

☆ 2 Google Slide Link

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✅ This resource includes 5 Behavior Reflection Sheets in two variations. Both variations include the same exact content, except one set includes graphics and the other set does not include graphics.

✅ These Behavior Reflection Sheets encourage students to reflect about their behaviors in class, especially when they display unacceptable behavior. They are also encouraged to reflect about the consequences and outcome of their behaviors and think about what they would do differently.

✅ These Reflection Sheets can help students correct undesired behavior, ultimately reinforcing acceptable behavior.

✅ These Reflection Sheets are also student-friendly making it feasible for students of all levels to think and write about their behaviors, the affect it has on themselves and others, and create a plan for improvement.

✅ Reflection Sheets contain visually appealing images, borders, and fonts and includes sentence stems and questions to really help students think about their overall behaviors.

✅ This entire resource is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs to assist students who accidentally delete text boxes and/or when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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• Reflection Sheets Bundle
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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• Reading Reflection Sheets

• Accountable Talk Reflection Sheets

• Groupwork Reflection Sheets

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Introducing the perfect end-of-year classroom digital game - "Google Slides Stand-Up"! This interactive and engaging before-summer-break game is designed to help your students reflect on their academic accomplishments and experiences throughout the school year as well as share exciting plans for the summer!

With "Google Slides Stand-Up," you'll have access to a set of pre-made slides with an editable template for you to customize to fit your own classroom needs.

As students read each statement, they will stand up if it relates to them. This not only provides a fun and interactive way to celebrate their achievements, but it also encourages students to reflect on their growth and progress over the school year while sharing exciting things coming up in their lives for the summer.

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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

Sample Slides:

Stand up if you're going on a trip this summer.

Stand up if you played a sport this school year.

Stand up if you made straight A's this school year.

What's Included:

20 "stand up if" google slides

Directions slide

Blank Directions Slide to add your own info

Blank Stand Up If slide to create your own

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Looking for a fun and engaging end-of-year activity for your students? This summer fun interactive game includes 20 end of the year and summer-themed gibberish phrases for students to decipher and guess, perfect for building language and critical thinking skills.

What's Included:

• 20 nonsense words to turn into phrases
• 20 answer slides
• 10 second editable timers for each slide (simply replace with a timer of your choice or use the one provided)

Directions:

In a pair, group, or individually with a small whiteboard, read the group of unrelated words. Try to decipher them into real phrases before time runs out.

EXAMPLE: sad heard day = Saturday

Uses:

• morning meeting
• brain break
• reward
• community builder

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

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What's Included:

• 25 would you rather slides
• 1 directions slide
• 1 directions slide template for you to add your own directions
• 1 editable template for you to add your own would you rather prompts

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.

Would You Rather Example Slides:

Have a beak for a mouth OR have turkey wings for arms

Live without taste OR live without smell

Eat a whole turkey before a sports activity OR drink gravy instead

of water for a day

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

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What's Included:

• 25 would you rather slides
• 1 directions slide
• 1 directions slide template for you to add your own directions
• 1 editable template for you to add your own would you rather prompts

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.

Would You Rather Example Slides:

Have Halloween every day OR never have Halloween again

Experience the first Halloween ever OR experience Halloween 300 years from now

Learn that ghosts are real OR learn that a clown lives next door

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This would be perfect for an AVID class, theater arts, or a speech class! It could even be a fun way to dive into Character Traits in an English class! This is a great way for students to practice their improv skills.

Directions:

• Each slide will have a number and that number represents how many actors will participate in the improv.
• Actors will be given a challenge to act out a different scenario and will decide who plays what role as a team.
• Actors should draw a card to decide which character trait or type they are portraying.
• They must portray the character trait/type as they act out the scenario.
• The student audience will try to guess what kind of character trait/type each actor is portraying

*consider having audience teams and points

What's Included:

• 1 direction slide
• 36 character traits/types/emotions
• 20 whose line is it anyways

Some Character Traits Include:

• Thinks they can read minds
• Addicted to phone
• Always cleaning

Some Scenario Examples:

• Construction workers find buried treasure
• Movie goers won't stop interrupting a movie
• 4 strangers get stuck on an elevator together

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In this Mini Socratic Seminar students will have Socratic dialogue in small groups in order to discuss and plan for a social contract. By the end of this lesson your students will have a deep understanding of what it means to have a cooperative and inclusive environment for learning!

What's Included:

• definition slide
• purpose slide
• advantages slide
• preparation slide
• Mini Seminar directions slide
• 2 slides explaining roles and responsibilities
• slide for management tips
• Essential question slide
• 3 Costa's Level of Thinking reference slides
• 12 Socratic Seminar guiding questions for creating a positive classroom environment

Preparation:

• Share the essential question with students
• Provide time for all students to record the essential question and their personal thoughts/questions.
• Share the opening question which has no single “right” answer, is framed to generate dialogue leading to greater understanding of the ideas.
• The teacher may share all possible discussion questions with students before the seminar or the teacher may share only one question at a time.

Seminar:

• Students are placed in small groups or virtual break out rooms of 5-6 students.
• Teacher poses the essential question.
• Students respond to the question through writing their own questions using Costas.
• Teacher chooses a Socratic Seminar leader for each group.
• The leader facilitates the seminar discussion by guiding group members to a deeper and clarified consideration of the ideas, a respect for varying points of view, and adherence to and respect for the seminar process.
• Students may pose new questions when the discussion is exhausted. New questions posed must relate to students’ ideas and contributions in response to the initial essential question.
• Students write a list of classroom norms with their group.

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

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What's Included:

• 25 would you rather slides
• 1 directions slide
• 1 directions slide template for you to add your own directions
• 1 editable template for you to add your own would you rather prompts

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.

Would You Rather Example Slides:

Have a corn cob nose OR have sunflower ears

Hoot like an owl every time you talked OR growl like a bear every time you stand up

Sleep on a bed full of pumpkin guts OR have to eat an entire large pumpkin

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If you're looking for an icebreaker activity that's sure to make your students laugh, you came to the right place! This back to school activity is great for use as a team building or community builder. You can also use it for Fun Friday, morning meeting, as a brain break or reward and so much more! This back to school digital activity includes 20 back to school themed gibberish phrases for students to decipher and guess, perfect for building language and critical thinking skills!

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What's Included:

• 20 nonsense words to turn into phrases
• 20 answer slides

Directions:

In a pair, group, or individually with a small whiteboard, read the group of unrelated words. Try to decipher them into real phrases before time runs out.

EXAMPLE: sad heard day = Saturday

Uses:

• back to school icebreaker
• morning meeting
• brain break
• reward
• community builder
• team building
• AVID
• Framework Friday

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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

More Back to School Resources...

Finish the Story

Four Corners

Dicebreakers

Find Someone Who & Stand Up

Table Talk

Gibberish

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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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Do you teach a college and career course? Are you an AVID teacher or maybe a counselor? Do your students love to debate? Then your students will love this college and career would you rather game! Perfect for back to school or any time in the school year!

Allow your students to debate as they process and think about their futures in a college and/or a career. I promise it will leave your students both laughing and thinking!

What do you get?

15 College and career would you rather question slides

When to Use:

AVID, Counseling, Framework Friday, Middle or High school brain break

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AVID Mega Growing Bundle

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Use this spring 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 and silly spring traditions.

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What's Included:

• 25 would you rather slides
• 1 directions slide
• 1 directions slide template for you to add your own directions
• 1 editable template for you to add your own would you rather prompts

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.

More Spring Resources

Finish the Story

Find Someone Who

Stand Up Game

Activity Packet

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This exciting back to school-themed 30-second speech activity is great for AVID, counseling, college and career, speech, or can be used as a fun brain break in any class! Use it during the first week of school to gauge your student's public speaking, dialogue, eye contact, planning, and teamwork skills!

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What's Included:

• 1 directions pages
• 1 optional points slide
• 15 back to school topics with silent 30 second prep timers
• 15 thirty-second speech timer slides
• 1 editable template to make your own OR let students make their own!

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: why schools should have a designated nap time)
• 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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More AVID back to school resources...

Drawing Challenge

More 30-Second Speeches...

General Version with 25 Topics

Summer 30 Second Speeches

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