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BACK to SCHOOL Getting to Know You Activity for Middle School English
By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot
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!
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Line Up....
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Gifted and Talented Activity - Can you make a connection?
By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot
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:
✔ Actual student response: “What does corn have in common with an instrument? Corn sounds like horn. And horns are instruments!
✔ 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.”
✔ 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!!
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Happiness Quiz & Reflection Questions (Great for SEL, Self-Esteem, Well-Being!)
50 FlipGrid Discussion Questions Posting Tips & Rubric
AVID Career Clusters Lesson and Digital Activity
By KJ Inspired Resources
This AVID Career Clusters lesson and digital activity has everything you need to teach the different career clusters and allow students to apply their learning! Students can take focused notes over the career cluster teach slides and then they will play a game as they decide which career cluster they prefer through "This or That!"
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What do you get?
✏️16 career cluster pictures and question slides
✏️16 career cluster teach slides
✏️15 this or that slides
Career Clusters Covered:
✏️Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
✏️Architecture & Construction
✏️Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
✏️Business Management & Administration
✏️Education & Training
✏️Finance
✏️Government & Public Administration
✏️Health Science
✏️Hospitality & Tourism
✏️Human Services
✏️Information Technology
✏️Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
✏️Manufacturing
✏️Marketing
✏️Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
✏️Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
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Christmas Bingo Cards | English, Spanish, & French Christmas Bingo | 200 Cards
By Crafting Curiosity
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.
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End of Year Reflection Activity a Middle School English
By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot
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.
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AVID Fun Debate Topics Speed Philosophical Chairs - Team Building Activity
By Teach Savvy Store
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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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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AVID Team Building Activing - Charades Printable Game for College and Careers
By KJ Inspired Resources
Build classroom community and relational capacity with this exciting AVID resource! This resource includes 56 charade cards that students can use in small groups.
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Rules:
The actor may not talk or make a sound at any time.
The actor may not point to an object in the room.
The actor may hold up fingers for the number of words in the phrase being acted out (i.e. flying a kite = 3 fingers, boat = 1 finger)
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AVID Public Speaking Digital Activity - 30 Second Speeches
By KJ Inspired Resources
Communication is the backbone of any 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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Optional Points:
Get More 30-Second Speeches...
End of the Year Summer-Themed
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AVID Team Building Drawing Activity for Communication Skills
By KJ Inspired Resources
Use this activity as an icebreaker with your AVID students or for any class or content! This team building resource 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 relationship as well as develop necessary skills!
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Back to School Table Talk Discussion Questions - Getting to Know You Icebreaker
By KJ Inspired Resources
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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AVID Four Corners - Career Exploration Clusters - Team Building Activity
By KJ Inspired Resources
In this AVID game of four corners, students will have the opportunity to reflect on their own passions and see what they have in common with others. Students will have a discussion on different career explorations and interests. This game is a great way to build community and get students thinking about their future careers!
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framework Friday
teambuilding
morning meeting
school counseling
AVID
communication
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Spanish Stand Up Sit Down Game | Back to School Activity | Editable
By KJ Inspired Resources
This no-prep back to school stand up Spanish activity is a great way to help students reflect on their summer break and get to know each other during back to school time! Use this digital resource as an icebreaker, first week of school 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 camping over summer break."
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More Back to School Resources:
Find Someone Who
Would You Rather
After Summer Break Bundle
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Stand Up Game Growing Bundle
Games & Activities Mega Growing Bundle
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AVID End of Year | Summer Team Building Drawing Activity | Communication Skills
By KJ Inspired Resources
Use this end of the year, summer-themed activity as an icebreaker with your AVID students or for any class or content! 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!
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More Drawing Challenges...
Year Round General Version
Halloween
More End of Year Resources...
Summer Games & Activities Bundle
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Spanish Back to School Would You Rather Game | Editable
By KJ Inspired Resources
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:
Would You Rather Question Examples:
More Back to School Resources:
Stand Up Sit Down
Find Someone Who
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Stand Up Game Growing Bundle
Find Someone Who Growing Bundle
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AVID Would You Rather Activity - College and Career - DIgital Team Building Game
By KJ Inspired Resources
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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AVID Writing Bundle
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AVID Back to School Team Building Drawing Activity | Communication Skills
By KJ Inspired Resources
Use this back-to-school, first-week activity as an icebreaker with your AVID students or for any class or content! 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!
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Directions:
Uses:
More Back to School AVID Resources...
WICOR Board
30 Second Speeches
More Drawing Challenges...
Year Round General Version
Halloween
End of Year
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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Christmas Emoji Picture Game | Guess the Phrase Pictionary Activity
By KJ Inspired Resources
Use this no-prep digital holiday game as an icebreaker, brain break, morning meeting activity or Christmas party game during the month of December. This Christmas Emoji Pictionary Game will have your students eagerly using emojis to guess the Christmas phrases they represent. For example, a rain emoji that is combined with a deer emoji translates to "reindeer."
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Blobs and Lines Classroom Icebreaker Activity: Fun, Interactive Team-Building
By The Classroom Globetrotter
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.
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Back to School Icebreakers | Get To Know Me Activities | First Week of School
By Perfectly Planned Designs
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!
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**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!
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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.
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⭐️ Crocs
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⭐️ Takis
⭐️ Fortnite
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⭐️ Air Jordans
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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
By Love 2 Teach and Learn
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!
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Thanks for stopping by today! Have a Blessed and Beautiful Day!
Mrs. T.