Significant 72 by James Adamson https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp Ideas to start the year in room 43 en-us 2017-08-15 18:36:08 UTC 2025-10-02 18:30:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Hidden Friendships adamsonj2 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181138487 Students will write down three interests/passions they have, and then they will be grouped (without disclosing their name) with others that have a common interest. Once in a group, each student will share for a few seconds why they have an interest in ________________.]]> 2017-08-15 18:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181138487 Compare/Contrast Friends rosenthalm https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181138962 I read the book, Tacky the Penguin, and we discussed how we are all unique individuals. Students then worked in pairs and interviewed each other about themselves and their families. Then they completed a venn diagram comparing and contrasting and contrasting themselves to their partner. Students got to know each other and work together!


]]> 2017-08-15 18:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181138962 Two Truths and 1 Lie! rosenthalm https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181139103 I had the students write down 2 truths about themselves and 1 lie.  Each student got up and shared their 3 facts.  Then as a class we had to hold up a 1, 2 or 3 to show which one we thought was the lie.  The students did a really great job masking the lie...we were stumped quite a few times and learned such great things about one another!


]]> 2017-08-15 18:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181139103 Me Map schultzs https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181149689 Think of this as being similar to the Clock Buddy Concept.  This is a way of partnering kids based on like interests.]]> 2017-08-15 19:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181149689 Meeting Your Match adamsonj2 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181293223 A fun way to break the ice on the first day of school is to challenge each student to find another classmate that matches them.
Here's how this activity works: As students enter the classroom, hand each child a puzzle piece. Once students are settled in, instruct them to walk around the room to each classmate to see if their puzzle piece fits with another students' piece. As they go from student to student, they must introduce themselves and tell one important fact about themselves. At the end of the activity each "match" must introduce one another and tell the class about the facts that they have learned. This activity can also be done with a piece of yarn. Cut each piece of yarn into different lengths. The students that have the same length of yarn are matches.

]]> 2017-08-16 16:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181293223 Truth or Lie adamsonj2 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181293520 Give students the opportunity to get to know one another by playing the truth or lie icebreaker game. To get started have each student tell the class two things about themselves, one that is true, and one that is false. The students listening must determine which one is true. They can do this by secret ballot, or just by raising their hand. Once the class figures it out, the student must give a brief description about their truth. Go around the classroom until all students have had a turn. ]]> 2017-08-16 16:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181293520 Name Chain Games adamsonj2 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181295153 The first student says 1) his or her name, 2) one interesting fact about himself or herself. The next student must then repeat all of the information about himself or herself and then say the name and interesting fact of the preceding student. The third student introduces himself or herself and then says the names and favorite English words of the preceding two students, and so on until the last student. As the teacher, you can also go last instead and impress the class with your knowledge of their names while simultaneously making the last student feel better.]]> 2017-08-16 16:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181295153 New Year’s Resolutions adamsonj2 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181295698 Your students may be familiar with this popular tradition in January, but a new school year should bring about new resolutions for students and teachers alike. 
Have students partner up with each other and discuss what goals they have for themselves for the school year. Encourage them to be specific with the things they would like to accomplish and what they want to be different. Make sure that you as the teacher make some resolutions too!
Variation: While students are talking together, have them create a poster of their resolutions. Display the posters around the room to help students remember their goals throughout the term.
]]> 2017-08-16 16:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181295698 Name That Person adamsonj2 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181295966 Pass out small pieces of paper or notecards to each student and tell them to write down two facts about themselves on the card without writing their name on them. Collect the cards in a basket and mix them up before redistributing them to the students. Students take turn reading out the facts from the note card and the other students guess which person wrote the card.]]> 2017-08-16 17:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181295966 Would You Rather.... adamsonj2 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181296117 Line students up in two lines with each line facing each other.
 Tell them to come up with creative “Would you rather...” questions to ask their partners, such as “Would you rather eat pizza for the rest of your life or chocolate?”; “Would you rather be a ballerina or a florist?” etc... Give them a few examples to prompt them and see what kinds of creative questions they come up with. This will help to pique their creativity and get to know their new classmates. After a short time, have one of the lines move down so students will get to meet everyone in the other line.
]]> 2017-08-16 17:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181296117 Word Association adamsonj2 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181296673 A great speaking activity that helps to loosen up nervous students on the first day is a word association game.
 One student says a word (choose a category like travel if you wish to narrow things down) and the next person must say a word associated with that word; the next student says a word associated with that word, and so on. If another student challenges the association, the student must justify how those words are related.
]]> 2017-08-16 17:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181296673 Picture Story-Telling adamsonj2 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181297361 To get some of the more creative students included, give each student a blank piece of paper.
Tell them to draw a picture of an event that happened to them recently, for example, a vacation they took, or a graduation ceremony etc... There can be no words on the paper. Put the students into pairs and have the partners guess what went the event was based on just looking at the picture.
]]> 2017-08-16 17:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181297361 Spaghetti Tower schultzs https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181337038 This is a fun team building activity.  For this, the kids are given a minimal number of items (spaghetti sticks, one piece of string, one small piece of tape) and given minimal directions.  They are given a certain amount of time (ex. 15 minutes) and the goal is to build the tallest free-standing tower.

]]> 2017-08-16 21:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/181337038 The Orange Game adamsonj2 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/183696169 DO THIS ACTIVITY OUTSIDE NEAR A BIG TREE! An old camp activity in which students get to know each other by passing around an orange. Kids will answers questions like: name, age, hobby, siblings, pets, etc. At the end the orange is usually pretty beat up. I then take the orange and talk about how it represents our class. We are going to get a little beat up this year, but we have a choice. We can either stick together and work through our trouble, or we can be like this orange and fall apart! (CHUCK THE ORANGE AT THE TREE CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE!!!)]]> 2017-08-30 14:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/183696169 Cash Cab lentschera https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/183698419 Mr. Adamson will keep google doc of 40 or 50 facts of what happened to the kids this summer. Then the kids will be split into groups of 4 and they have 2 min and they will have to guess which kids did what while they are in the cash cab. Then if they get 3 strikes they get kicked out of the cash cab.]]> 2017-08-30 14:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/183698419 ? r u r u coming to the tree where a man was.. rasmunej000 https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/1330610902 hanged who said he muderd 3]]> 2021-03-19 16:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/adamsonj2/byvpux03pgwp/wish/1330610902