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Curated OER

Eight Ways to Learn All About Me

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Activities designed to encourage young ones to learn who they are and how to express themselves.
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Curated OER

Who am I Mobile: Ceramics

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
A getting-to-know-you activity that is perfect for the beginning of the year! Kids craft their portrait out of clay, then make a mobile by dangling ceramic representations of things they love. This project builds self-awareness, motor...
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Education World

My Favorite Things

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Celebrate your students' individuality with this simple back-to-school learning exercise. Offering six sentence frames asking for students' favorite subject, book, lunch, and more, this activity will help break the ice during the first...
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Teacher Printables

It's All About Me!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
It's the beginning of the school year, and you want to learn all about each of your pupils. Use this organizer as a tool and one of your first assignments. Individuals fill out each box by completing the sentence starter provided or...
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Curated OER

Would You Rather 2

For Teachers 1st - 6th
The best way to get to know your class is to ask them questions about themselves. Use these silly questions to ask kids what they would rather do, eat, or see. There are 10 questions total, with three possible answers for each question....
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PPT
Curated OER

Friends and Family: Learning about our Identities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An enigmatic question kicks of this PowerPoint. The class answers a series of personal questions to help them consider who they are and what type of person they'd like to be. They define themselves in terms of who they live with, what...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Getting To Know You - Interview questions

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this getting to know you worksheet, students interview a partner by asking them 11 questions and filling in their answers in the blank.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Find Someone Who..

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students mingle with classmates to find names of students who can answer "yes" to one of the 25 questions. All questions have the words "got" or "get."
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Crafting Themed Poetry Collections

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains back-to-school poetry lesson plan ideas that ask students to write poems in order to get to know each other. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Playing Name Bingo With

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for two lessons of get-to-know-you activities that use a Name Bingo Game to help young scholars break the ice with each other. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: First Week of School, Day 2

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders will take a test and be surprised at how similar their teacher is to them.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: First Week of School, Day 1

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders will learn about each other from a toilet paper activity.