Ice+Breaker+Activities

=Please add an ice breaker activity that you like to use to help students get to know one another.=

I use this bingo game for higher levels, such as 3+ and 4. It is a bingo game where the students ask their classmates the question in the bingo square and if the classmate answers "yes" then the classmate puts their name in the square. The square may read "wears glasses for reading". So, the student must be able to form the question "Do you wear glasses for reading?" There are some questions that would start with "do" and some that would start with "can". You may have to review that before playing the game.~ Heather [|Ice Breaker BINGO Game.docx] OR [|Ice Breaker BINGO Game.pdf]

My two favourite ice breakers, depending on level are "Find Someone Who" and "The Smarties Game" For Find Somone Who, I adjust it to the level - beginners get all the info and they just ask partners the question.i.e. "Do you speak 3 languages?" If the partner replies "yes" they can fill in their name (encouraging "What's your name? How do you spell that?"). If the group is higher I give them "Find someone who...speaks 3 languages". The student need to come up with the questions. I use the yello 'Find Out' books in the resource room as my template and create my own questions. The student with the most squares filled in or the one to fill them in the time limit is the winner. It's also a good practice for questions reviewing/using 'do', 'have you ever' and 'can'.

For the Smartie Game, I write the colours on the board and a matching topic. i.e. brown = the most important person in your life; pink = the happiest moment of your life; yellow = a place you would like to travel etc. Students take two Smarties (at this point tell them they are not to eat the Smarties yet) and they can choose one or both colours to talk about. Students can talk as a class, in groups, in pairs, whatever you decide and the best part...they get to eat Smarties after they're done!! Of course it helps if you're willing to go first.

-Lisa

**Who Said What?**
Put questions on slips of paper. For example: Where would you like to travel? What singer would you like to meet? What's your favourite sport? What's your favourite season? If you could change your name, what would it be? What was your favourite subject in school? What was the last movie you saw? What's your favourite animal? What are you afraid of? What's your favourite food? What superpower do you wish you had? What do you find disgusting? What's your favourite smell? (Obviously, these would be adjusted according to what level you're teaching.)

In each round of play, it is one person's turn to be the reader. The reader chooses a slip of paper and reads the question aloud. Each other student (and the teacher) writes down an answer on a piece of paper and hands it in to the reader. Once all answers are in, the reader reads each answer aloud and tries to guess who wrote each one. After the reader finishes guessing, each player reveals if the reader is right. The reader gets one point for each correct answer. The next person becomes the reader. Continue until each person has had a turn to be the reader, or until you are out of slips of paper. To make it fair, you would need to be sure everyone had the same number of turns being the reader. The person with the most points wins.

-Carol