thank you these were so helpful. I teach high school seniors, but they love icebreakers. Two that works best for me: Is to have students get into a circle give each student a marker they will pass the marker either left or right depending on when "left" or right is mentioned in the story being read. The story is about the wright families vacation. Passing the marker shows how well they listen. The second icebreaker is to divided student into 2 groups within the class depending on size. The student will have to get in birth order oldest to youngest without talking to each other and without writing. They learn ways of non verbal communication.
I love the suggestions, just recently started a HS Spanish Teaching position in Philadelphia and I've been having issues to get students to engage and participate in the classroom, I believe these icebreakers will help. Thanks!
When it comes to high school students, I want you to know that they tend to be negative or apathetic. It’s not you. This is why I take a good amount of time (all semester) to incorporate short games, creative ways of participating, etc. I notice a lot of high school teachers become less creative/collaborative in the classroom because we are preparing them for the real world and because it’s harder to do at their age; I think this is a huge mistake. Collaborating and teamwork is a life skill. I have a vlog coming up that describes 3 ways I get my students to participate. One of them involves polling. Polls inspire discussion because they can see in real time that others in class agree with them. Good luck!
Absolutely love these ideas!! I teach English in PR where the majority of students don't understand the language. These are so simple and engaging that I am definitely going to try them out!
Yay, I’m glad it can be useful! I taught bilingual ELA for three years. Many of my ELL’s didn’t speak English so I know where you’re coming from with the language barrier.
@@teachingwithalexa Do you have any tips or tricks on how to teach students who don't really understand English? This will be my 8th year teaching but any suggestions are always welcomed.
Love these ideas! Thank you! My favorite ice breaker activity is what I call The Curtain Drop. I divide students into two groups on each side of The Curtain. The Curtain is simply a bed sheet attached to the wall on one side and held by me on the other. One students from each team sits in a chair on their side of the curtain. When I drop the curtain, the first students to say the name of the student on the opposing team scores a point for their team. As the game progresses, students start exchanging sweatshirts of glasses to throw off the opposing team. Finally I, give each team disguises including fake mustaches, sunglasses etc.
I absolutely love these ice breakers especially the last one. I couldn’t contain my laughter I’m thinking about adding music in the background 😂 I just subscribed to your channel and look forward to learning more from you.
Brilliant! Backs to the board is my fave. Groups of 3, 4 or 5 sit in circles on chairs around the room. One chair per group cannot see the whiteboard. Each round T writes a word, or group of words, even a sentence if they get really good. The student in each group who cant see the board has to guess what is written on the board by the other students' descriptions. Once the student knows the answer, hand up, "i got it!" , T listens, if correct, round stops. Points awarded to first group and groups rotate so that another student is facing away from the whiteboard, T writes a new word to begin next round. If T hears incorrect answer (can be as precise as equired), all groups contine until one group gets it! Contine til the bell rings.
My remembrance of school is you don't want to interact with everyone. The last thing i would want is to be forced to interact with the bully that has been victimizing me for the last year or two.
Aw, I’m sorry to hear that. The big idea is to promote and create common ground and respect within the room. That would be hard to do without offering interaction. That’s one of the reasons we should offer a variety of ways to get to know each other and to offer games throughout the year, not just the first week. Most teachers I know do not force anything, unless it’s academic
I’m pretty sure you just assign both sides of the room an answer to the question. So for example, if you like hotdogs go to the left side and if you like burgers go to the right. Hope this helps! :)
thank you these were so helpful. I teach high school seniors, but they love icebreakers. Two that works best for me: Is to have students get into a circle give each student a marker they will pass the marker either left or right depending on when "left" or right is mentioned in the story being read. The story is about the wright families vacation. Passing the marker shows how well they listen. The second icebreaker is to divided student into 2 groups within the class depending on size. The student will have to get in birth order oldest to youngest without talking to each other and without writing. They learn ways of non verbal communication.
Thanks! Love both ideas! I will use them!
Please know: This is the single most helpful Back to School video of ideas for building a great 5th grade class culture I’ve seen! I truly thank you!
I love the suggestions, just recently started a HS Spanish Teaching position in Philadelphia and I've been having issues to get students to engage and participate in the classroom, I believe these icebreakers will help. Thanks!
When it comes to high school students, I want you to know that they tend to be negative or apathetic. It’s not you. This is why I take a good amount of time (all semester) to incorporate short games, creative ways of participating, etc. I notice a lot of high school teachers become less creative/collaborative in the classroom because we are preparing them for the real world and because it’s harder to do at their age; I think this is a huge mistake. Collaborating and teamwork is a life skill. I have a vlog coming up that describes 3 ways I get my students to participate. One of them involves polling. Polls inspire discussion because they can see in real time that others in class agree with them. Good luck!
You did an awesome job presenting these ice breakers! 😀
Thank you! Hope you find them helpful.🙂
Absolutely love these ideas!! I teach English in PR where the majority of students don't understand the language. These are so simple and engaging that I am definitely going to try them out!
Yay, I’m glad it can be useful! I taught bilingual ELA for three years. Many of my ELL’s didn’t speak English so I know where you’re coming from with the language barrier.
@@teachingwithalexa Do you have any tips or tricks on how to teach students who don't really understand English? This will be my 8th year teaching but any suggestions are always welcomed.
Awe you seem like a good teacher
Thanks, I sure hope so!
Love these ideas! Thank you!
My favorite ice breaker activity is what I call The Curtain Drop. I divide students into two groups on each side of The Curtain. The Curtain is simply a bed sheet attached to the wall on one side and held by me on the other. One students from each team sits in a chair on their side of the curtain. When I drop the curtain, the first students to say the name of the student on the opposing team scores a point for their team. As the game progresses, students start exchanging sweatshirts of glasses to throw off the opposing team. Finally I, give each team disguises including fake mustaches, sunglasses etc.
Very nice, thanks for sharing your icebreaker! It sounds fun!
Jamboard is fading away soon.. Do you have any other alternative?
Yes, Padlet. It's the same concept, but better.
You have such amazing ice breakers, Thank you so much.😇
I absolutely love these ice breakers especially the last one. I couldn’t contain my laughter I’m thinking about adding music in the background 😂 I just subscribed to your channel and look forward to learning more from you.
Thank you! Best of luck to you this school year!
I teach dance and I’ll be using some of those tonight for our first night back
These are some great activities. Thank you so much for sharing!
Glad you like them!, thanks for your feedback 😄
I used the index card tower today with my class to break the ice and it was successful!
❤ thanks ma'am
Appreciate this information! Using the first three today!
Awesome! I’ll be using some of them this week too
Four corners…it’s kind of like the this or that game. I really like the paper clip game idea. Thank you.
Alexa is 🔥😂😂😂😂😂
Brilliant!
Backs to the board is my fave.
Groups of 3, 4 or 5 sit in circles on chairs around the room. One chair per group cannot see the whiteboard. Each round T writes a word, or group of words, even a sentence if they get really good. The student in each group who cant see the board has to guess what is written on the board by the other students' descriptions. Once the student knows the answer, hand up, "i got it!" , T listens, if correct, round stops. Points awarded to first group and groups rotate so that another student is facing away from the whiteboard, T writes a new word to begin next round.
If T hears incorrect answer (can be as precise as equired), all groups contine until one group gets it!
Contine til the bell rings.
Thanks for the feedback and for sharing your own! This sounds like something students would have a lot of fun playing.
i like this
Pretty interesting. If the groups are not even, doesn't matter right?
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Worth learning talk
Thank you so much for the interesting ice-breaker.
Thank you so much! Awesome icebreakers!
super helpful. thank you so much
I’m glad you found it helpful, good luck!
Way to go
My remembrance of school is you don't want to interact with everyone. The last thing i would want is to be forced to interact with the bully that has been victimizing me for the last year or two.
Aw, I’m sorry to hear that. The big idea is to promote and create common ground and respect within the room. That would be hard to do without offering interaction. That’s one of the reasons we should offer a variety of ways to get to know each other and to offer games throughout the year, not just the first week. Most teachers I know do not force anything, unless it’s academic
Facts!!!!
@@teachingwithalexa Unfortunately the teachers were not my allies. They didn't even try to stop the bullies even when it was happening during class.
Please get to the Icebreaker ideas sooner in the video.
Don’t be a dick and fast forward
Alexa: Don’t mind this rude person. They feel like they need to voice their opinion rather than solve their own problem.
She even put timestamps on the video. Just skip the part you don't want to watch and stop complaining.
Very helpful thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks!
Welcome!
Thank you for the video!
You're welcome :)
You are a great teacher! Thank you ❤
You're welcome and thank you for the kind feedback ❤️
I don't understand the this or that
I’m pretty sure you just assign both sides of the room an answer to the question. So for example, if you like hotdogs go to the left side and if you like burgers go to the right. Hope this helps! :)
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I really like this video! Very well made!
Thank you!
Lol!!! Great post!!😃
Thank you!!! Nice suggestions!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thank you
I’m glad you find them helpful 😁