What Am I? Icebreaker Explore an activity that helps students to get to know one another using animal sounds.		The Gingerbread Man Students will learn about their school, the jobs people have, and the book, The Gingerbread...
Self-Portrait Help students develop a sense of self while examining race and diversity.		A Back-to-School Conversation Foster trust in the classroom through this first day of school activity.
Remembering Names Use these fun games to help students remember each other's names.		Classroom Timesaver: ID Numbers Assigning students I.D. numbers saves time during assignment collection, field trips, and fire...
Paper Making The ancient art of paper making is explained in this lesson plan, which provides many...		Make a Rainbow Bulletin Board Students describe their helpful behaviors and create a bulletin board.
First Day Celebration Throw a "Getting to Know You" party on the first day of school.		Classmate Book Report Icebreaker Students generate fake book reports with their classmates by sharing information.
Similar and Different Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different.		Our First Classroom Book Build classroom community while creating your first classroom book.
What Is a Peaceable Classroom? An activity to encourage your students to interact peacefully in the classroom.		Classroom Introductions Introduce yourself to your students and discuss year long objectives. Students also introduce...
Getting to Know Each Other Through Poetry Students get to know each other through a poetry writing activity.		Self Portrait Class Book Make a book of self-portraits that you can then use to compare with end of the year portraits.
Name Game Improve students' alphabet recognition and letter-sound associations while learning fellow...		How Do You Say Hello? Children explore an online resource and learn to say hello in Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic.
Follow Me Freeze Build classroom community while giving many students the chance to lead your class.		Student Baseball Cards Students make baseball cards as a way of getting to know one another.