Do you want to engage all your students in getting to know each other? Are you looking for a fun way to build classroom community? Then download this Back to School First Day of School Activity for Middle School ELA! Use this brainstorming game to get students working together and get everyone participating! It's also a fun way to get to know your students!

Students work individually or in small groups to brainstorm answers to various topics and categories. This no-prep activity takes one minute to learn, can be played repeatedly, and is perfect for building a foundation of teamwork and looking forward to the new year.

➟ To play, students will see a prompt and brainstorm answers. Prompts include things such as:

• Name something you will do at the beginning of the school year that starts with the letter "A"
• What is one thing you will do with friends that starts with the letter "C"
• What do you think you will learn about yourself this year that starts with the letter "U"

See how creative your students can get all while learning about each other and thinking ahead to the new year!

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Are you looking for a fun, engaging, no prep activity to get students using teamwork and building classroom community? Then download this Back to School Activity with Planning, Reflections, and Brainstorming! Working in teams or individually, students spend time brainstorming things they want to learn, do or experience this school year for each letter of the alphabet. They can plan, brainstorm, practice future tense, and think ahead about all the fun things to come this school year. Your students will surely enjoy this simple activity.

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• Back to School Reflection Activity for Team Building and Discussion

Are you looking for the perfect team building and reflection activity? Do you want your students sharing and getting to know each other? Then download this Back to School Reflection Activity for Team Building and Discussion resource!

In this no prep resource, students reflect on times they persevered or felt proud of themselves, on friendships, goals, learning strategies, grit, and other topics. Great for Back to School or to strengthen classroom community any time during the year! In a think-and-share manner of engaging, students will spend time building relationships through thinking, participating in small discussion groups, and writing about their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. The activity ends with an engaging Top 10 list.

This resource is both reflective and interactive and fosters team building, allowing the students to think about the year ahead. This activity can be completed in 1 class with homework, expanded over 2 classes, or completed during the last 10 minutes of several classes. Other options include selecting only one set of questions on which students can reflect.

This product contains:

• Instructions
• 4 different pairs of discussion/reflection/writing questions
• A Top 10 list
• Terms of Use

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