Learning Objectives: -Become more comfortable with the group -Have fun and laugh together -Break down barriers -Make new friends Great Ice Breaker games to get a new class laughing with each other. 10 fun, silly games that help students become more comfortable with each other and stop them from being self-conscious and shy with their peers. These games are great to use with your form, a new class or with a class where friendships and relationships are breaking down. Enjoy!

Speaking in front of the class or a group can be intimidating for many students, so why not make it fun? This activity pack includes directions for 7 public speaking events and ice breakers. Activity Titles: -What’s My Bag? -As Seen on TV (Shown on preview) -5 Minute Speed Debating -Tallest Tower -I’ve Got Your Back! -Interviews & Introductions -Our Island** Each page includes a detailed description of the activity and supply list. Activities range from 10 minutes to a full class period. All activities can be modified for your class size! Most activities begin with group work then progress into full-class share time. Written in American English.

Icebreaker - Back to School People Search Handout. Use this at the beginning of the year as an icebreaker and getting to know you activity. Find someone who...Give this to the students, and give them time to find people on the grid and have them sign the box when they do. It's fun, and a good way for students to get to know each other. Afterwards, they will do a writing activity about the experience. You will end up not only getting to know your students, but you will have a work sample as well. Teacher directions included. - HappyEdugator

A range of Ice breakers activities in Spanish (English version also included) for the first week of the course. Good way to practise vocabulary, grammar as well as getting to know everyone in the class. Especially designed for year 12 students.

Icebreaker for a new hairdressing group. Divide the salon/classroom in half (one side blue, one side red) and let the student hairdressers decide what they would do? A fun game based on Would you Rather relating to our industry showing actual results.

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This resource pack contains everything you need to help break the ice with your students. This would be ideal for any new class whether they are just new to you or even new to each other! Although it is great for the start of the academic year, many of us deal with casual admissions and students who join late in the year. These resources will be great for helping you get to know them better and for them to integrate into the group. You will find physical activities to get them up and about, moving and talking to one another and finding things in common, helping the group to improve their social skills in talking, bonding and making new friends. Enjoy getting your group of students to begin bonding and making friends!

The first few weeks of school are challenging as everyone starts a new beginning. This Google My Map Ice Breaker will help ease the beginning of a new class. It will also help build a relationship with the students. It is a GREAT icebreaker for all SUBJECTS and GRADES!

This game is ideal for the beginning of the school year, so the children can get to know each other. Little preparation and lots of fun! If you dare, take part too! The children love it.

A one-lesson (potentially plus homework) activity that can be used as an ice-breaker in students' first Media Studies production lesson. Students research move poster conventions and then create a poster about themselves explaining to the rest of the class why they chose media studies. Based on an activity I found from a Canadian school blog.

An ideal ice-breaker!! Excellent bingo for the first class of the year. It will allow students to get to know one another as well as practice asking personal questions to find out about their classmates. It creates a positive group atmosphere! Every time a students asks another classmate a question and gets "yes" for an answer, they can cross out that box. First student to get all boxes crossed out wins the game! Not possible to ask all the questions to the same partner! And then students report to the class what they have learned about their classmates! You can also find Let’s study on https://www.instagram.com/lets_study/ Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. Follow Me! Click the green star next to my store logo and be the first to know about my new products, sales, and freebies.

Group work, discussion/ debate activity. Students select 10 individuals from a list to create a new planet, taking into consideration age, gender, race, job, skills etc.

This pack contains 6 tasks to help develop problem solving and also challenge misconceptions. Very little numeracy skills are needed to perfect for start of term team building. Can be used as a booklet or print A3 for a great carousel in the first few weeks of term. Suggested answers are now included! • Odd One out – there is more than one right answer which some learners find difficult to accept. • Spot the mistake – 5 problems with mistakes, includes writing money on a calculator, changing units, square M, rounding errors. • Plan the book club – again can be more than one correct answer, encourages discussion, systematic planning and importance of explaining your answer • Business cards – reading from a table and interpreting questions • Water meter – making reasonable assumptions, extracting information • Hair appointment – working with time, planning answers, drawing time lines Resources also available on fb.me/letsgetfunctionalskillsmaths

This resource is perfect for a new group or for a group with communication issues. Each student gets a copy of the bingo card and they have to speak to each other to match a name with the facts on the cards. Maths/English/ICT included and a healthy lifestyle is promoted. When the game is won the feedback from the class is a perfect time to start building trust with the learners or to begin a new discussion. This is one A4 bingo sheet and all learners get the same sheet to work with.

"This Or That" is a fantastic ice breaker game to use with your class. Standing in the middle of the room, students have to decide which of the two items on the screen they prefer (for example oranges or apples) and then make a dash for the side of the room to gather with their like minded friends. PowerPoint Game includes a dramatic 5,4,3,2,1 GO countdown, background music, pictures and words and instructions for some other useful variations incorporating more speech and even more suspense (with more moves etc). Please go to the following YouTube address to see a preview of the powerpoint game in action - https://youtu.be/x-KxnIIxlYc 21 different slides in this game which include Toast or Cereal Dogs or Cats Maths or English Reading a book or listening to music Black or White Summer or Winter Singing or Dancing Roses or Daisies Trains or Buses etc. All of my PPT templates and games are made with Microsoft Office 2013. If you are worried about the compatibility of your office versions for viewing this game, you can download the Free Microsoft PPT Viewer Download from the microsoft website.

These ice breaker cards are a really good way for students to get to know each other and for the teacher to learn something about their students. I use these cards with all my year groups as I think they are really good to help build up confidence with questioning and speaking to others. There are a numbers of ways to include these in your lessons and I also use them in a competitive way to see who can remember information about their peers

Creating a climate for learning in Geography: Set the right collaborative atmosphere in your class room by using this Geography themed ice breaker. Great fun. Ideal for the start of term and new teachers.

Keep thinks creative with these innovative ice-breakers to adapt for any lesson in any classroom.

This resource contains over 15 different ice breaker activities for use with any new form group or teaching group. Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach

Want a way to break the ice with your students during those first few weeks of school? These 30 FUN, TEAM-BUILDING and NO-PREP ice breakers will have your students getting to know each other whilst feeling more confident and comfortable in their surroundings. Start school the right way by building a positive learning environment. Black and white version also included.