Help your students find like-minded friends on the first day of school with a ‘Who’s in Your Circle?’ icebreaker activity.
Who’s in Your Circle? An Easy Icebreaker Activity
It’s that time of year! Back to school means a fresh group of students who need to get to know one another. Get your students talking, writing, and sharing what makes them unique with the ever-popular “Who’s in Your Circle?” icebreaker activity.
How does this activity work? For starters, it works much like the typical ‘Pass the Paper’ activity. To complete this activity, students will:
- Write their name on the paper and fill in their favourite things in the centre of each circle.
- Pass their paper to the left.
- When they get a new paper, write their names in the ❤ ring if they like the same thing as the owner.
- If they don’t like the same thing as the owner, they will write their name in the ✘ ring.
- Students will keep passing and writing on other students’ handouts until they get their own paper back.
Now, when students have their papers back, they can check to see who’s in their circle and has similar interests. What a fun way to meet new friends!
Download Your Printable Icebreaker Activity
This resource is available as an easy-to-use Google Slides or Printable PDF Resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select your preferred file format. Make your copies, pass them out to your students, and you’re ready to begin!
This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.
Even More Resources for Team-Building Fun!
Discover more ways to spark curiosity and engage your students. Before you go, take a moment to browse through these team-building activities!
teaching resource
Team Building Games for Upper Grades
Encourage communication and cooperation with a set of 10 team building games.
teaching resource
Cooperation Puzzles - Teamwork Activity
Explore the benefits of cooperation with a tangram-style team-building activity.
teaching resource
Playdough Task Cards -Back to School Team Building
Use this set of Playdough challenge cards to foster team building in your classroom.
0 Comments
Write a review to help other teachers and parents like yourself. If you'd like to request a change to this resource, or report an error, select the corresponding tab above.