All About Me Back to School Cell Phone, Art and Writing Activity
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This 'cool' all about me cell phone art and writing activity is ideal for the first week back to school. Kids love cell phones and technology and respond enthusiastically to this creative activity.
Teachers can learn more about new students in a fun way, and students can share about themselves with their peers.
Construct a fold-out booklet-style 'art-phone', and respond to image-making prompts on the front cover and the written elements inside.
Ideal for use as a back-to-school icebreaker and community-building activity.
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1. The front cover of the cell phone activity:
Invite students to respond to and illustrate the 9 questions or prompts, with thumbnail doodles or drawings:
• Age
• My family
• Best food
• Favorite animal
• Favorite color
• Best subject
• Dream destination
• I love...
• I don't like....
2. The fold-out inside pages:
’Let's Chat', is designed in a text message style, and asks more investigative questions:
• How will you achieve your goals?
• What support do you need?
• What do you like most about school?
• What do you like least about school?
’More About Me’, prompts the following:
• My top 3 goals
• 5 fascinating facts about me
• People like me because
• Open-ended questions to complete, I aim to… I wonder if…I imagine that…. I feel….
Please note this activity includes 2 sizes of art-phone templates to choose from:
1. smartphone size 3.7x7.3 inches
2. tablet size 5 x 10 inches
Students can also opt to do the one-dimensional cover or the full fold-out option with written responses, depending on time available, age and ability
Templates with UK/CAN/NZ/AUS spellings for 'favourite and colour" templates are also included in the pack
What materials are needed?
• Use card stock for best results - the phones will be more robust!
• Scissors and glue stick
• Pens/pencils/colored markers for the artwork and written work
• These templates are designed to print on US letter/A4 size paper
Considerations and how to use this activity:
• Encourage students to move beyond words, and 'draw their answers'
• Consider the space around the images they draw
• How do the 9 images look collectively?
• Is there an emerging theme or style or color?
• What colors do we associate with words?
eg carrot: orange and green
• How do students feel about the first week back to school?
• It’s OK to express dislikes as well as likes, our fears along with our hopes
The completed phones slip comfortably into a back pocket for play.
Peg them up collectively as a classroom banner or decorate a wall, door, or your bulletin board
Further activities included in the packet:
1. All About Usbanner
2. Abstract coloring activity, exploring warm and cool colors
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Happy teacher feedback
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jessie R says,
“Was honestly surprised by how much my students loved this activity. They were super creative and it was something they could relate to in real life.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Catherine M says,
“The 6th graders really thought this was a cool "back to school" activity. I displayed their work on the document camera as they shared! I learned a lot about the students as well, through the activity. It also made a nice bulletin board.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Morgan M says,
“I love this resource. It is a fun way to start the beginning of the school year. My students really love that it looks like an Instagram page. I feel like it is a great way to connect with students in the beginning of the year and different than all the other All About Me pages they have done in years prior. ”
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