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Interested in using QR codes with your students? This is a great activity to start the year off - get to know your students and teach them how to use technology (ipad, ipod, or smartphone). There are 26 cards in this activity along with a label to use for storage. Each card has a generic question for the student to answer. Laminate the sheets, cut cards apart, and use with students in group time. Students pick out a card, scan it, and then share their information with the class. Have fun scanning! Hope you like it!

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Interested in using QR codes with your students? This is a great activity to start the year off - get to know your students and teach them how to use technology (ipad, ipod, or smartphone). There are 26 cards in this activity along with a label to use for storage.

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9 Digital "Getting to Know You" Activities for Back to school. 

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9 Digital "Getting to Know You" Activities for Back to school. 

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follow this link and sign up for free to download...promise there're great activities!
https://marketplace.hmhco.com/listings/11072?elq_extcampid=7015A000001mnRAQAY

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Students enjoy sharing their names. I enjoy learning about them.

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10 easy ways to create an amazing classroom culture 

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10 easy ways to create an amazing classroom culture 

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Love this list!

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We work on these together and then they are displayed in my room. It helps me get to know my students while they are getting to know each other. I like to have the constant visual reminder of their favorite things, their birthday, etc.

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You could personalize the prompts to better suit SIFE.

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We use Seesaw to do a classroom scavenger hunt- with one item being that they have to interview another student in the room (we use sticks so everyone gets interviewed).  The videos are shared with the class and parents so everyone gets to know each other.

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Have students create a "Heart Map" by drawing a heart and then filling it with sketches all kinds of things that are important to them. Linking to some supporting resources
https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Maps-Helping-Students-Authentic/dp/0325074496/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500683940&sr=8-1&keywords=heartmaps

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Story-Eileen-Spinelli/dp/0803730551/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500684192&sr=8-1&keywords=the+best+story

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Community Building Questions-Year Long Bundle

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Community Building Questions-Year Long Bundle

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Community-Building-Question-of-the-Day-Year-Long-Bundle-2547738

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Getting-to-Know-You-Jar-A-Back-to-School-Community-Building-Activity-714982

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Me-Craftivity-413732

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QR-Codes-Getting-to-Know-You-Activity-277918

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Beginning of the Year Multiple Intelligences Activity

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Beginning of the Year Multiple Intelligences Activity

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Find out what kind of learners your students are. I discovered that my 4th graders were not "musically" interested at all and they did not like
all the creative songs I'd been writing/singing. #goodtoknow
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Beginning-of-Year-Multiple-Intelligences-Getting-To-Know-You-Kit-266767

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bulletin board. Students love seeing their pictures and learning about their classmates.

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who do not know English, they need only write "My name is ...I am from ...
Others can also tell about their families, their favorite subjects, their hobbies and/ or their future plans. The next day the picture and paragraphs are laminated and displayed on the bulle

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Incoming English Language Learners, including SIFE students are both exited and timid on the first day of school. I help them get to know one another immediately by taking their picture and asking them to write a short paragraph about themselves. For those
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Student Choice = Compelling Desire for Output

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Student Choice = Compelling Desire for Output

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Offered my students three options for presentations: 1) My Country vs. USA Compare/Contrast 2) My Migration Journey 3) What's in a Name - Research first, middle and last name/interview parents/analyze appropriateness of name. I also follow @noasbobs where I learned to be flexible on time and have students do a great deal of the work outside of classtime and grading deadlines. They all had a strong desire to present on one of these topics. We learned so much about them and about how to teach them.

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Although I don't have a classroom I used a version of this activity, http://www.quinnrollins.com/2016/08/play-doh-on-first-day-of-school.html, when I did Drama Planning Time. I gave each group two to three containers of small play doh containers and asked them to make something that represented themselves. This was a grade 5 class and not all students had played with play doh. As they watched their group members create their object they got the idea. Lots of conversation and laughter.  I was able to pair up students who spoke the same language for translation. As you can see from the photo one enjoyed music and the other had lovebirds. That was something new for their friends. @MsZ_ESL

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We do these the first week of school about ourselves. Last year we made a holiday traditions Kahoot about ourselves. Read about this idea on the Kahoot blog. (ANY learner can do this with the printable planning pages as there is room for illustration & each student can contribute one thing about themselves.)

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What is a selfie kahoot? | Story of language learners

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Read this story from Kahoot! ambassdor Carol Salva sharing how her language students create selfie kahoots to better know each other.

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As students enter class, hand them a roll of toilet paper and ask them to take what they need (be vague and don't say what it's for). Once all students have their sheets, tell them they will need to share one piece of information about themselves for each piece of toilet paper they took.

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Have students write/draw/doodle in a special journal and then write back to them with reactions, questions etc. Develop and back and forth conversation in writing. Use prompts or have students free write.

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Send home template and ask families to write one word for each letter that has meaning to their child/family. Native languages can be used. Share words in conjunction with letter of the week (Kinder) or use words for conversation starters with students.