Many of you have started school already and I hope you are off to a great year. Getting to know your class can be loads of fun for your students if you try one of the many great icebreakers out there. Here are some places to begin:
8 Great Icebreakers to Use With Your Students- from Simple K12
Back to School Icebreakers- 6 activities are listed here
The Big Book of Icebreakers- from Amazon.com
Education World- currently there are 12 volumes of icebreaking ideas on the site
The Big Book of Icebreakers- from Amazon.com
Education World- currently there are 12 volumes of icebreaking ideas on the site
Collaborative Learning/Substantive Learning with Some Icebreaker Activities- nice listing with detailed lessons
First Day of School Activities- elementary grades
First Day of School Icebreakers- for grades K-5
Fresh Ideas For Opening Day- 5 lessons
Icebreaker Ideas- list of teacher ideas
Icebreaker Tags- enter a name prompt, write a question, upload a logo if you have one
Icebreakers- from Dave's ESL Cafe
Icebreakers- from Teachervision; covers K-8
Icebreakers and Energizers-site says these are for any age group
Icebreakers for High School Students- check out the related articles at the bottom of the page
Icebreakers, Fun Games, Group Activities- by group size
Mapping Your Identity: A Back to School Icebreaker- cool idea uses the Visual Thesaurus
Resources for the First Day of School- from teachersfirst.com; grade levels are listed for each one
TeAchnology- for grades 5-8
TeAchnology- for high school
Teampedia- currently has 50 icebreakers and 100 team building activities
Thinkfinity- teachers share ideas for 8th graders
