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