Back to School Activities and Icebreakers Bundle Middle School Special Education
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Description
The beginning of the school year can be an exciting, but stressful time! Focus on building relationships and getting your school year off to a fun start with this Back to School Activities and Icebreakers Bundle!
Please note: These resources were designed with a self-contained, Mild/Moderate Special Education classroom in mind, but can easily be used with other grade levels and settings. Please view the previews to determine if these resources would be appropriate for your students. Thank you!
This versatile and convenient bundle includes:
Icebreakers for the first day or week of school
- Activities for any time of year
- Activities that could be added to your Emergency Sub Plans
- Most resources with digital and printable versions
- Several resources with editable templates
Included:
- Stand Up If... Icebreaker!
Students are shown statements with visuals. If the statement is true for a student, then they stand up.
The action is editable and can be modified for students to clap, raise their hands, or any other response.
There are 60+ slides, and even includes editable templates to add your own slides to the game!
- This or That? Candy Icebreaker
Candy is optional in this silly game of This or That?
With 50+ engaging This or That? questions, your students will love to discuss their choices!
Editable templates are included so that you can easily add more questions to this fun game!
- Human Scavenger Hunt
This activity is perfect for the first day of school!
Get your students up and moving to find other students who fit the criteria on their printable cards, BINGO style!
Versions with and without visual supports are included.
- Back to School Fill-in-the-Blanks Activities & Graphic Organizers
Students fill-in-the-blanks to create hilarious lists of required school supplies, classroom rules, and a short narrative about the 1st day of school.
Parts of Speech Graphic Organizers are included as handy references.
While this resource is back to school themed, it could easily be used any time of year. In fact, it could even be an activity to include in your Emergency Sub Plans!
- Categories Game
This is an awesome no-prep printable resource to have on hand! Why? Because it can be used all year long- every year!
Students are given a letter and categories and must brainstorm as many items as they can think of with the given letter and categories.
This resource promotes flexible thinking as well as phonemic awareness.
Use this activity as a warm up, something to do when a lesson ends early, add it to your Emergency Sub Plans, or as a back up plan for when there is a crisis that you must attend to.
- Shipwreck Challenge
A super engaging team building adventure!
Students work together to complete 6 collaborative, fun tasks to survive on an island!
This resource includes a presentation to guide the tasks, printable & digital worksheets, and printable awards for extra fun!
- Virtual Scavenger Hunt
A great icebreaker or movement break for distance learning!
Includes a PPT and Google Slides version.
85+ simple categories, and an editable slide template so that you can add your own!
- All About Me Mask Design Activity
This resource was created when masks were required in the classroom, but could still be a fun project.
Students design a mask that is all about who they are.
Students can present their creations, making this activity a great way to get to know each other, as well as embedding social skills.
