Yet each one offers a way for students to connect with and learn about each other at the beginning of the school year. Divided into elementary, middle, and high school, activities are accompanied by helpful images and videos from real-life classrooms. Try the classroom shout-out, Friendly ...
Students in some communities are back in school already. In many other locales, excited conversations fill school hallways as teachers prepare their classrooms for the big day. One of teacher Heather Migdon's favorite activities is to have her students at Dogwood Elementary School in Fairfax County...
In my own classrooms, with middle school, high school, and college students, I have played all three of these games with great success. What I like about all of them is that they get students talking, but require very little social risk. Each activity supplies students with real topics to...