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Autograph Game1stDays Icebreaker Activity

Background Information

The first days of school can be exciting and anxious

for everyone involved. Students are excited to beback and anxious about who their new teacher will

be. Teachers are excited about their new class yetanxious to be well enough prepared that the day goeswell for everyone involved. This activity is a fun

icebreaker designed to help everyone in those allimportant first days of school

Grade Level

Grades 3 - 8

Purpose

Have fun getting to know each other on the first days of school.

Materials

Teacher

Students

Classroom

Pencil or pen

Hard backing for the game card (clipboards or students atlas)

Procedure

Have students create the area for the game to be played by moving all desks to oneside of the room.

Invite students to come with their atlas/clipboard, pencil or pen and sit in a circle inthe area theyve created for the game to be played.

Hand out the Game Card Sheet and go over the purpose and the rules with allstudents.

Students play the game (you may wish to play as well) by standing and approaching

individuals in the room to ask questions and obtain signatures/initials.

Follow-Up

Have students sit in the circle when the time period has expired and the game isover. The scores are not important having fun is! If you wish to acknowledge awinner, simply ask the students to count up the number of different

signatures/initials they have on their card.

Collect all the playing cards

Written and submitted by Ron Waldron

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Below is your playing card containing 16 squares with statements that need to be matched to

individuals in your class. You try to obtain two signatures or initials per square from people who

match each characteristic.

Rules

Ask your questions by moving quietly around the room and approaching individual students!

You must only ask each individual one question at a time. Then move on to a new person!

Each student may initial your playing card two times only!

You have only 15 minutes to complete your card

Scoring

The number of initials or signatures on your card determines your final score

Does Not

Like

Pizza

Has a Birthday

In September

Owns a

Dog

Saw and can tell

you the name of a

movie they saw in

a theatre this

summer

Holidayed

OutsideSaskatchewan

This Summer

LikesLiver

Is the Youngest

Member of theFamily

Is Glad to BeBack at School

Owns a Computer

And has Internet

Access

Has a Pool

In their

Backyard

Gets a

Regular

Allowance

Hates

Shopping

Is the tallest

person

in your classroom

Horoscope

Is Gemini

Watches Cartoons

On Saturday

Mornings

Owns

A Cat