This role is kept secret, and the goal of this icebreaker game is for each student to communicate to find their matching partner. To play, each student in your class will assume the role of the item or identity you provide them with. Some examples include salt and pepper, Romeo and Juliet, the sun and the moon, peanut butter and jelly, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, etc. To start, write down a list of items or identities that often appear as pairs.
This icebreaker game will activate students’ inquiry-based learning skills and give them the opportunity to talk to their classmates.
You can then have a student volunteer read the entire story aloud. Whoever is the last one to contribute to the story must write a conclusion to tie the story together. When the last student has contributed a line to the story, you can loop back to the student who contributed the first sentence and continue to pass the responsibility along until the timer runs out. Remind them not to worry too much about what they write – the whole point of this activity is to have fun. They can say the sentence out loud while the transcriber notes it alternatively, you can create a shared Google Doc® that enables each student to write down their sentence when it is their turn. Each student will add a sentence that relates to the sentence written by the student before them. Students have a set amount of time to write a story based on a writing prompt – you can have a student create the prompt or select one from a list of pre-made writing prompts. For this icebreaker activity, you need a transcriber, a timer, and a method to transcribe – I find that a word-processing device works best for this. I especially love this option for freshmen and junior students in the English Language Arts classroom. If you have any students who are reluctant to participate, you can provide them with these icebreaker questions ahead of time so that they can prepare answers that they feel comfortable sharing. Mondays Made Easy’s “Speed-Meeting” Icebreakers for High School Students includes 30 engaging and age-appropriate icebreaker questions that are organized into ready-to-print activity sheets. The key to this icebreaker activity is to select icebreaker questions that students will feel comfortable answering. This is a great option if you’d like to incorporate icebreaker activities over an extended period of time. Select a new set of icebreaker questions for each day, and have different groups of students discuss them. Option Two: For the first few days of school, create new groups of students at the start of class. I find the easiest way to do this is to have students in the inner circle move to the left after the first round, then have the students in the outer circle move to the right after the next round, etc. Students can have a set amount of time to discuss the icebreaker questions before rotating to a new station with new questions. Place a few icebreaker questions at each desk and set a timer.
Option One: Seat students in pairs at a circle of desks. To play, you can choose from a few options: you can either seat students in pairs at a circle of desks or create new groups of students at the beginning of each class. Encourage students to approach classmates and ask specific questions (Example: Ask, "Do you like listening to music?".This game involves icebreaker questions for high school students.Classmates initial/write their name in a square that contains a true statement about themselves.Students will ask their classmates questions in order to fill in their whole BINGO board.Students get to know their classmates better with this fun icebreaker game.This is a "just for fun" classroom activity.Each student needs a bingo card sheet & a pencil.Note: Participants must be able to read & write their name (or initials) This Get To Know You Bingo Game is the perfect Icebreaker to get students talking and interacting with each other! The 25 squared Bingo sheet contains statements like, "I was born in another state", "I take music lessons," and "my favorite color is red." This is great for school classrooms, Sunday school, summer camp, and clubs/sports teams - What a great way to begin a new year or semester!