Icebreakers

Intervention

• A simple activity that allows teachers to get to know their students and for students to get to know about their teachers and classmates

• Involves the whole classroom community

• Activities are short and fun

Direct Application to Tier 1

• All students can participate

• Increases students knowledge about each other

• Creates relationships between students, classmates, and teachers

• When there are strong relationships with students they are more comfortable in the classroom

How to use Intervention

• Can use it on the first day of school

• Can use this in your morning meetings the first month of school

• Use as a warm up exercise in your mornings

• An example of an ice breaker is asking

  • What is your favorite hobby?

  • What do you do in your free time?

  • Do you have any brothers or sisters?

  • What is something new or exciting happening in your lives?

Citations

Dirill, A. (2015). The Importance of Icebreakers and Warm-Up Activities in Language Teaching. ACC Journal , 21(3), 143–147.

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Examples of fun icebreaker activities to use in your classroom

https://www.gpb.org/blogs/education-matters/2016/07/21/20-great-icebreakers-for-the-classroom