Todays icebreakers will tie into the LA curriculum with a focus on descriptive language and teaching the alphabet!

Alphabet Freeze:

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Magda Ehlers
  1. Students will all walk around the room reciting the alphabet as a group until the teacher yells STOP. (quite yell please there are other classes learning beside you)
  2. All the students will gather in a circle repeating the letter we stopped on until everyone is in the circle.
  3. Once in a circle the students will answer the first question written on the board: What is your favorite animal but the answer must start with the letter we stopped on. Use describing words to achieve this, ie: little rabbits for L if the students favorite animal is a rabbit.
  4. Continue playing for the next 4 questions:
  • What is your favorite sport/activity?
  • What is your favorite colour?
  • What do you want to be when you grow up?
  • What is one thing that scares you?

NAME AEROBICS:

This next ice breaker is a fun activity for younger students who are just learning the alphabet but feel comfortable spelling their own name!!!

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This game is an excellent way to have students work on the alphabet while also learning the names of fellow classmates! The silly actions are a FUN way to help students REMEMBER and having the students repeat each letter is a great way to PRACTICE saying letters of the alphabit

ADAPTIONS:

  • instead of saying their names students could say a phrase answering a morning prompt like “what did you do this weekend?” for each SYLLABLE the students would create a new action. This is a fun way to practice breaking short sentences into syllables!!! GO SKI ING (this student would have 3 actions)
  • Instead of doing an action the students could say one descriptive word for each letter in their name! C (caring) A (attractive) S (silly) S (sassy) I (independent) D (daring) Y (yeller)

******* for the second adaption I would recommend limiting the students to 4 letters and have them just say the other letters in the name to save time

******* consider allowing the students 1 pass if they get stuck on a letter. Maybe ask them to tell you what they come up with by the end of the day!

These ice breakers could be an excellent way to dive into a literacy activity for the day by warming the students up and having some fun!

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