Back to School Interactive Ice Breaker for Grades 3-8 FREEBIE

What is the Back to School Interactive Ice Breaker?

A fun way to get students interacting and engaged from the moment the first bell rings!

I am always looking for the perfect activity to welcome my students back to school on that very first day. Due to the need to share rules and procedures, I want to allow them some time to have FUN! I need something engaging, but something that can be on display is always in my mind as well. I usually put up a fabric bulletin board with the title ‘Welcome Back to School, 6th Graders!” On the first day, I take each student’s picture and then display it on the bulletin board. It isn’t especially exciting, but it gets student faces displayed. Most 6th graders LOVE to see their picture shared. After some brainstorming, I think this interactive “The Top 10 Best Things About My Summer” is even better! I came up with this interactive Back to School resource as a tool to:
• get my students reflecting on their summer
• engage them in a fun “Who’s Who?” activity
• utilize as a hallway display for students have fun with and for visitors to enjoy

Directions for use:
1. Copy The Top 10 Best Things About My Summer interactive page and I am page.
2. As a whole class, brainstorm different activities that people may have enjoyed in the summer.
3. Allow students time to create, reflect, color, and record what they did on their interactive page.
4. I have them glue the interactive page to a sheet of yellow legal pad paper because of the color and cheap cost.
5. As students are working, snap a picture of each student individually.
6. Using glue sticks, model for students how to put their display together.
7. Before displaying, share each student’s “Top 10” and allow students to infer which student the list belongs to.
8. Display on a bulletin board in the classroom or jazz up your hallway.
9. Don’t forget to do one for yourself. Students LOVE learning about their teacher and it is the perfect model.

Materials:
1. Copies of interactive pages, legal pad/notebook paper, and photograph
2. Glue stick
3. Colored pencils
4. Pencil/pen

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• NOVEL UNITS Made EASY 15-Novel Units for Differentiated Reading Instruction

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• Back to School Blues Reader's Theater and Reading Literature Toolkit

• Classroom Etiquette for BIG KIDS Reader's Theater and Reading Literature Toolkit

• First Day Jitters for BIG KIDS: Reader's Theater and Reading Literature Toolkit

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Welcome Back to School!