Less than $5 High School Classroom Community Games

Energize Your Classroom with the Blobs and Lines Icebreaker Activity!

Perfect for the start of the year or any time students need a confidence boost, this interactive team-building game helps students bond, learn about one another, and establish classroom connections in a fun, low-pressure environment. Blobs and Lines is ideal for elementary through high school classrooms, building a sense of community and breaking down social barriers as students move around the room, responding to thought-provoking prompts and finding common ground with their classmates.

What’s Included:

• Detailed Teacher Instructions: Easy-to-follow setup and facilitation tips for guiding the activity.
• Prompt List: A versatile set of prompts covering interests, hobbies, and values, sparking both lighthearted and meaningful conversations.
• Reflection & Debriefing Ideas: Thoughtful ways to wrap up the activity, allowing students to share what they’ve learned.

Key Features:

• Engages All Students: Encourages movement, communication, and teamwork, making it especially effective for mixed personality types.
• Customizable Prompts: Easily adaptable to fit various themes or to reinforce curriculum-related topics.
• Builds Community: Creates a positive classroom atmosphere, helping students connect and build trust.

Perfect For:

• First Day of School or Semester: Start the year off right with an activity that gets students moving and interacting.
• Classroom Community-Building: Ideal for establishing a strong sense of belonging and teamwork.
• Adaptable Use: Great for advisory periods, club meetings, retreats, and team-building workshops.

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Find someone who is an engaging no-prep icebreaker activity to do with your students after winter break! Its a no-prep team building activity that will build classroom community and help your students get their back to school chatters out.

Students can practice their speaking and listening skills as they get a chance to walk around the room trying to find someone who fits the description in each box! The first person who fills in all 16 boxes wins! You can use the pre-formatted one page printable or customize the question with the editable Google Slides file.

What's included?

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in
• Editable Google Slides file (option with and without clipart)

Some examples included:

• Find someone who had a December birthday.
• Find someone who stayed up until the New Year .
• Find someone who helped bake or cook something.

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

Looking for fun back to school icebreaker activities to make the first days or week of school seamless? You need your new batch of kiddos to get to know their classmates to ensure a wonderful new year. Then check out this fun Find Someone Who Game which will get your students to know their new classmates...with questions that aren't lame!

It'll keep your kids busy and coming back for more! It is a great no-prep resource that you can use during the critical first weeks of school for an engaging activity that your students will LOVE!

***CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR FULL DETAILS!***

**For personal and single classroom use only. If using with multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses at the discounted rate.**

You may be interested in the Back to School Activity Bundle which features 25 printable activities that are just perfect for the first weeks of school. A cover is included if you would like to print it as a packet!

Included in the Resource:

• My Favorite Things Flower Craftivity -perfect for display
• All About Me
• Get to Know You Fortune Teller Craftivity
• Get to Know Me 3D cube activity
• Back to School Vibes - reveals secret message!!
• Class Bingo Get to Know Classmates edition
• Two Truths and a Lie
• School Rules Crossword Puzzle with solution
• This or That?
• Word Search - with 48 words
• Find the Classroom Maze - with solution
• DIY Word Search (use with names of students in your class!)
• Letter to Your New Teacher
• Letter to Your Future Self
• Message in a Bottle Writing
• School Memories Writing/Drawing
• Autobiography Writing
• Back to School Acrostic Poem
• Design a Hoodie
• Design a Book Cover
• Design a Hat and Sneaker Set
• Back to School Goal Setting
• Beginning of Year Vibes
• Setting Expectations
• Back to School Bucket List

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Check out the Pop Culture ACTIVITY BUNDLE - your solution to no-stress lesson planning and easy print and go sub plans.

INCLUDES THESE HIGH-INTEREST TOPICS FOR TEENS...

⭐️ Crocs

⭐️ Netflix

⭐️ Takis

⭐️ Fortnite

⭐️ MrBeast

⭐️ Air Jordans

⭐️ TikTok

⭐️ OpenAI

6-Page Article & Activity Sets - Includes 8 Sets!

Each set includes...

► 1-page pop culture article

► Reading Comprehension - 7 multiple choice questions

► Critical Thinking - 5 short answer questions

► Crossword Puzzle

► Design Page

► Impossible MAZE

This Pop Culture Bundle for Middle School will make your students WANT to work and stay on task as they read about high-interest trending topics among teens. Also available for High School and Upper Elementary School.

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CATCH and STACK Classroom Brain Break PE Gym Game Team Activity - Catching, Teamwork

Get your students, young and old, excited about physical activity, teamwork and making classroom connections with this super fun CATCH and STACK Whole Group PE Gym or Classroom Game!

**WHO and WHAT? **This is a game that is ideal for both PE teachers and classroom teachers of all grades - It can be played as a warm-up or ongoing competition team game in the gym and can be easily adapted to use with K-12 PE students. It's also a great activity to play at the end of a unit when assessing your students' catching skills.

This is also an awesome BRAIN BREAK for the classroom -This movement activity can also be used in any classroom to build teamwork and classroom community. It's an awesome game to play when you need a quick 5-10 minute brain break from reading, writing, math or rigorous test-taking.

Students will love playing catch with their classmates, building a giant tower of cups and cheering each other on.

This awesome resource Includes:

-Eye Catching One Page Easy-to-Follow CATCH & STACK Lesson Plan (Perfect for giving to a substitute teacher)

-Diagram of Game Set-Up and Play

-Extra Game Tips to make this game even more fun to play with your students

This game is highly adaptable and is perfect for PE class, homeschool settings, classroom and so much more!

Be sure to check out my other fun and unique Elementary PE Resources. You can also find me at: love2teachandlearn.com

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a Blessed and Beautiful Day!

Mrs. T.

Bottle Flip is a partner team-building card game and it's the perfect icebreaker for your AVID students (or for students in any content area) who are returning to school after spring break! This activity allows students to talk and share their experiences in a fun and interactive way. Students will take turns trying to gain points by flipping a bottle upright! When they miss, they have to answer a question and lose a chance at points.

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, the AVID team-building card game is the perfect choice!

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How to Play Bottle Flip

• Place students into random partners and give each set of partners a water bottle to flip
• Print discussion cards for each group
• Have students get out paper for scoring
• The oldest student flips first
• If they flip the bottle and it lands upright, the flipper gets 2 points, and then its their partners turn to flip
• If they flip the bottle and it does not land upright, they have to draw and answer a random question
• If the flipper answers the question, they get one point. If the student does not answer or says “I don’t know,” the OTHER student gets the point and they get to take their turn
• play for 10 minutes and switch partners!

What's Included

• Directions page
• 50 "after spring break" question cards
• blank cards to write your own words

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

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Looking for fun Christmas Bingo Cards you can use to play Christmas Bingo with your whole class?

This English, Spanish, or French Christmas Bingo Card product provides 200 unique Christmas bingo cards to use with your class this Christmas! Christmas bingo is a fantastic game to play whenever you have a few extra minutes in class.

WHAT'S INCLUDED :

• 100 Color Bingo Cards
• 100 Black & White Bingo Cards
• Color & B/W Bingo Call Cards: 37 Unique Images
• Printable Bingo Chips
• Spanish & French Call Card Options: Note - I do not teach either of these languages, so please see the preview to see if these cards fit the needs of your class!
• Teacher Instructions
• View Preview to See Examples of the Cards

BEST USED FOR:

• No Prep Sub Plans
• Christmas Party
• End of Day Activity
• Fast Finishers
• Group Activity
• Fun Friday
• And so much more!

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Are you looking for a fun and engaging end of year activity for your middle school English Language Arts students? Then download this End of Year Reflection Activity a Middle School English! This fun reflection activity is a perfect way to have your students wrap up the school year on a positive note. Played in pairs or small groups, students will recall their experiences, activities, things they learned, and fun they had with friends. This is an engaging and team-bonding activity that will have everyone participating.

➟ Reflection Questions Examples:

• What is the strangest fact you learned?
• Did you go for at least 1 day without using social media?
• Describe a time when you worked hard.

➟ Fun Questions Examples:

• What is one thing on your ‘bucket list’?
• If this year has a motto, what is it?
• What is the best food on campus?

➟ This resource contains:

• Two game boards with both reflection and ‘fun’ questions in a printable format.
• The same game boards in a virtual format. Students must have access to the internet and Youtube to use the virtual dice.
• Instructions 

➟ Use for:

• End-of-Year of End-of-Semester party
• Reflection activity
• Early finishers
• Sub-plans

➟ Why this resource?

• No prep
• Fun and engaging
• Flexible, easy for all to participate, and FUN!

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Happiness Quiz & Reflection Questions (Great for SEL, Self-Esteem, Well-Being!)

This interactive SEL Community Building + Cooperation activity is based on the famous question, "If you were stranded on a desert island..." however, it comes with a small twist! Students will answer get to know you questions that will then turn into their list of items that they can potentially bring on board on their island adventure. The fun part is that they do not know that their answers to the questions are building their lists for the island. Once questions are answered and lists are created, they are put into teams to decide which items must come and which will stay behind! If time allows, the activity also comes with plot twist scenarios that add a little more fun to the mix! This digital download includes everything you need and is ready for your next fun lesson. Bring some paper along for students to utilize and you're all set.

A simple icebreaker to get students moving, engaged, and connected with one another! Number the four corners of your classroom then follow the prompts on the presentation. Exit Ticket/Discussion included!

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Use this Halloween activity as an icebreaker with your AVID students or for any class or content during the fall season! This team-building game promotes good communication skills which allows for AVID families to build trust and relational capacity. It also helps students prepare to be successful in their future college and career endeavors. This engaging game will allow AVID students to continue to develop those peer relationships as well as develop necessary skills!

⭐Check out the general version Team Drawing Challenge to use all year!⭐

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What's Included:

• cover page
• directions page
• 48 Halloween-themed drawing cards

Directions:

• Print and laminate multiple sets of image cards.
• Divide the class into multiple groups.
• Group members take turns drawing a card from a pile.
• The person who drew a card must not show their team the image or use words to describe it. Ie if it is a rainbow you can only use shapes, lines, and location to describe the drawing and cannot say things like, "it forms after the rain."
• The group member describes and gives directions on how to draw the image.
• The team then tries to use listening skills to copy the drawing based on the directions given.
• Repeat until all cards have been used.

Uses:

• teambuilding
• communication practice
• listening practice
• framework Friday

Click HERE to see our other AVID resources. We also have several great AVID bundle options available down below!

AVID Mega Growing Bundle

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Looking for fun back to school icebreaker activities to make the first days or week of school in ELA seamless? You need your new batch of kiddos to get to know their classmates to ensure a wonderful new year. Then check out this fun Find Someone Who... (ELA Edition) Game which will get your students to know their new classmates...with questions that aren't lame!

It'll keep your kids busy and coming back for more! It is a great no-prep resource that you can use during the critical first weeks of school for an engaging activity that your students will LOVE!

***CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR FULL DETAILS!***

**For personal and single classroom use only. If using with multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses at the discounted rate.**

You may be interested in the Back to School Activity Bundle which features 25 printable activities that are just perfect for the first weeks of school. A cover is included if you would like to print it as a packet!

Included in the Resource:

• My Favorite Things Flower Craftivity -perfect for display
• All About Me
• Get to Know You Fortune Teller Craftivity
• Get to Know Me 3D cube activity
• Back to School Vibes - reveals secret message!!
• Class Bingo Get to Know Classmates edition
• Two Truths and a Lie
• School Rules Crossword Puzzle with solution
• This or That?
• Word Search - with 48 words
• Find the Classroom Maze - with solution
• DIY Word Search (use with names of students in your class!)
• Letter to Your New Teacher
• Letter to Your Future Self
• Message in a Bottle Writing
• School Memories Writing/Drawing
• Autobiography Writing
• Back to School Acrostic Poem
• Design a Hoodie
• Design a Book Cover
• Design a Hat and Sneaker Set
• Back to School Goal Setting
• Beginning of Year Vibes
• Setting Expectations
• Back to School Bucket List

⭐️ LOOKING FOR MORE RELATABLE ACTIVITIES FOR TEENS?

Check out the Pop Culture ACTIVITY BUNDLE - your solution to no-stress lesson planning and easy print and go sub plans.

INCLUDES THESE HIGH-INTEREST TOPICS FOR TEENS...

⭐️ Crocs

⭐️ Netflix

⭐️ Takis

⭐️ Fortnite

⭐️ MrBeast

⭐️ Air Jordans

⭐️ TikTok

⭐️ OpenAI

6-Page Article & Activity Sets - Includes 8 Sets!

Each set includes...

► 1-page pop culture article

► Reading Comprehension - 7 multiple choice questions

► Critical Thinking - 5 short answer questions

► Crossword Puzzle

► Design Page

► Impossible MAZE

This Pop Culture Bundle for Middle School will make your students WANT to work and stay on task as they read about high-interest trending topics among teens. Also available for High School and Upper Elementary School.

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Please check out the Q&A section or message me and I'll get back to you within 24 hours.

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Partner Icebreaker | Team Building Activity - Bottle Flip: Bottle Flip is a partner team-building card game and it's the perfect icebreaker for your AVID students (or for students in any content area). This activity allows students to talk and share their personal beliefs, ideas, and experiences. Students will take turns trying to gain points by flipping a bottle upright! When they miss, they have to answer a question and lose a chance at points.

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, the AVID team-building card game is the perfect choice!

Bundle and save over 30%:

✨AVID Mega Bundle✨

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Bottle Flip Bundle

How to Play Bottle Flip

• Place students into random partners and give each set of partners a water bottle to flip
• Print discussion cards for each group
• Have students get out paper for scoring
• The oldest student flips first
• If they flip the bottle and it lands upright, the flipper gets 2 points, and then its their partners turn to flip
• If they flip the bottle and it does not land upright, they have to draw and answer a random question
• If the flipper answers the question, they get one point. If the student does not answer or says “I don’t know,” the OTHER student gets the point and they get to take their turn
• play for 10 minutes and switch partners!

What's Included

• Directions page
• 60 question cards
• blank cards to write your own words

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

Check out other AVID resources HERE!

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Are you looking for a fun reflection activity to wrap up the school year? Are you struggling to get all students to participate? Do you need a no prep game? Then download this End of Year Activity!

Played as a whole group, it can be played for 15 minutes or the entire class time. Students make a line in order of their answers to fun prompts about their activities, thoughts, and feelings from the past semester or school year. This is an engaging and team-bonding activity that will have everyone participating.

➟ Examples of Questions

Students line up by...

• How many minutes you studied on average every evening
• How much you like English class
• How many times you ate school lunch
• How many languages in which you can say "Hello"

➟ Why this resource?

• No prep
• Fun and engaging for the whole class
• Can be played as a warm-up, for the last few minutes of class, or for the full class period.
• Flexible, easy for all to participate, and FUN!

➟ This resource contains:

• Gameplay instructions
• 45+ questions
• Comes in 2 versions: PowerPoint and Google Docs (there is a link in the PPT to make your own copy of the Google Doc version of this resource)
• Terms of Use

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This no-prep After Spring Break Stand Up Spanish Activity is the perfect game to welcome your students after spring break or Easter break. Use this digital resource as an icebreaker the morning students return from spring break, community building activity or brain break! Students will love standing up or sitting down depending on their answer to the themed slides, such as "stand up if you went on a hike."

⭐Save 20% with the Spanish After Spring Break Icebreaker Bundle!⭐

What's Included:

• 20 stand up game slides
• Directions slide
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the statements on each individual slide to fit the needs of your own class
• Editable Directions Slide to add your own directions

Sample Slides:

• Stand up if spring is your favorite season.
• Stand up if you went on a hike.
• Stand up if you did some spring cleaning.

Need more Spanish resources? Click the links below:

Spanish After Spring Break Find Someone Who

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

AVID Fun Debate Topics Speed Philosophical Chairs - Team Building Activity: Use this AVID speed philosophical chairs icebreaker activity to promote public speaking and dialogue in your classroom! Students will not only learn what speed philosophical chairs is but they will enjoy some exciting dialogue through 20 fun debate topics!

For example, students will choose to agree or disagree with the statement, "older students should still get recess."

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What's Included:

• A teach slide for "the why" of speed philosophical chairs
• A slide which includes the rules of engagement for students
• A slide for the steps of this speed philosophical chairs activity
• 20 speed philosophical chairs funny debate statements
• A 5 minute silent timer embedded in each slide

The Steps:

1. A central statement will be announced to the class and we will define the two sides

of the debate (Agree/Disagree).

2. You will move to the side

of the room with the position that you intend to defend.

3. A timer will be set for 5 minutes, and the debate will start between the two groups.

4. Be concise and attempt to keep you contributions to less than 30 seconds each. The goal is to have an up-tempo debate, where the arguments for and against the prompt are batted back and forth with quick, verbal strokes. When the timer goes off, the conversation is immediately over.

5. A new prompt is displayed and we start another round of quick debates.

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

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Check out more Speed Philosophical Chairs resources HERE!

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Are you looking to build classroom community? Do you want to learn about your students? Then download this no-prep Back to School Getting to Know You Activity for Middle School Students! With this resource, students will be given instructions on how to make a line in various fun ways. They must use teamwork, talk with each other, sometimes communicate without talking, and rearrange themselves according to the prompt. Perfect for BACK TO SCHOOL or for BRAIN BREAKS throughout the year!

Examples:

Line Up....

• In order of how many shoes you have.
• Based on how many times you have checked social media today (from fewest to most).
• In order of how many hours of sleep you get on a school night.
• In alphabetical order of your favorite color.
• And so many more!!

➟ How can I use this resource?

• As a back-to-school activity
• Mid-year to build community
• As a class warm-up or for the last few minutes of class
• For a class party! Students will love this game!

➟ This resource includes:

• Instructions
• 50 unique prompts for lining up
• Both a virtual game (project on white board) or printable (teacher reads prompts)
• Terms of Use

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• Gifted and Talented Activity - Can you make a connection?

Do you teach a college and career course? Are you an AVID teacher or maybe a counselor? Are your students preparing for the ACT? Then this product is for you! Your students will move around the room and form different groups while discussing 10 important questions related to their performance on a practice PreACT. Get your students engaged in reflection as they prepare for the real thing!

Directions:

• Students walk around the room to music.
• When the music stops students get into a group with however many people are listed in the corner of the slide.
• Each member says their name and answers the question shown.
• Each time students must meet with new people until everyone has been met with.

What do you get?

1 directions slide

10 questions related to extracurricular and involvement activities

10 walk/transition slides

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AVID Halloween - Speed Philosophical Chairs Debate Activity for Team Building: Use this speed philosophical chairs icebreaker team-building activity to promote debate through dialogue along with public speaking and listening skills in your classroom as well as get students in the Halloween spirit! Students will not only learn what speed philosophical chairs is but they will enjoy some exciting dialogue through 20 spooky debate topics.

For example, students will choose to agree or disagree with the statement, "You are never too old to trick-or-treat."

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Save 30% with this AVID Halloween Bundle!

⭐Save 30% with this Public Speaking Bundle!⭐

⭐Save 20% with this Speed Philosophical Chairs Bundle!⭐

What's Included:

• A teach slide for "the why" of speed philosophical chairs
• A slide which includes the rules of engagement for students
• A slide for the steps of this speed philosophical chairs activity
• 20 speed philosophical chairs Halloween themed debate statements
• A 5 minute silent timer embedded in each slide

The Steps:

1. A central statement will be announced to the class and we will define the two sides

of the debate (Agree/Disagree).

2. You will move to the side

of the room with the position that you intend to defend.

3. A timer will be set for 5 minutes, and the debate will start between the two groups.

4. Be concise and attempt to keep you contributions to less than 30 seconds each. The goal is to have an up-tempo debate, where the arguments for and against the prompt are batted back and forth with quick, verbal strokes. When the timer goes off, the conversation is immediately over.

5. A new prompt is displayed and we start another round of quick debates.

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

Check out other AVID resources HERE!

Check out more Speed Philosophical Chairs resources HERE!

Check out more Public Speaking resources HERE!

Check out more Collaboration resources HERE!

Looking for an engaging activity to challenge your gifted students? Do you struggle to find activities focusing on lateral thinking? Then download Gifted and Talented Activity Can you make a connection? This interactive game encourages lateral thinking and creativity. Students will make a connection between two objects that seem completely unrelated. Watch and be amazed as students draw connections, practice brainstorming, and collaborate.

Students can make plays on words, create stories, and make connections that you may have never thought of! Perfect for your gifted/advanced and creative students!

Example:

• What do CORN and INSTRUMENTS have in common?

✔ Actual student response: “What does corn have in common with an instrument? Corn sounds like horn. And horns are instruments!

• What do TOES and RUBY have in common?

✔ Actual student response: “I was at the beach. I dug my toes in the sand. I felt something. I pulled it up and it was an old toy. I looked at the toy and saw that someone had written their name on it. It was a girl’s name, Ruby.”

• What do WRESTLING and RAIN have in common?

✔ Actual student response: “Wrestling. Wrestler. Mr. T was a famous wrestler. And do you know what else starts with the letter “T”? Tornado! Tornados start with the letter T. And do you know what tornadoes bring? Lots of wind and rain. Rain! Wrestling leads to rain!!

This product comes with the following:

• Directions for 7 different ways to play
• 60 fun word pairs
• 100% digital/online game

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Use these no-prep back to school table talk conversation starter questions for an easy get to know you game, first week of school activity, icebreaker activity, brain break, morning meeting questions and more! Each of the slides have an embedded digital dice you can roll. The questions have been designed to initiate conversation between students and point out similarities in interests and experiences. Your students will love getting into small groups and discussing some fun getting to know questions!

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What's Included:

• directions slide
• 40 discussion questions with embedded dice rolling videos
• editable slide to add your own questions

Directions:

• Students will circle up in groups of 6.
• Students in each group number off 1-6.
• Teacher rolls the digital dice and clicks pause on the embedded dice rolling video to land on a number.
• The student whose number correlates with the number shown on the dice answers the question to their group.
• If time allows let the conversations flow naturally after each question. Students will love pointing out similarities/differences in interests and experiences.

Sample Questions:

• What makes you angry?
• What do you think Martians do for fun on Mars?
• If you could choose one superpower what would it be and why?

Uses:

• Back to School
• AVID
• Counseling
• Back to school
• morning meeting
• Fun Friday
• Any content/subject area

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AVID Mega Growing Bundle

AVID Teambuilding Bundle

AVID Writing Bundle

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