Brain Breaks!

The Power of Mind Set

10 Ways to be a Great Student

Would be interesting for students to rank these in order of importance to them, ease, etc.

Brain Teasers

Brain Teasers are great ways to get kids THINKING, especially if your Advisory period is first thing in the morning at 7:40 A.M.
https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/brain-teasers.html

Tell Us Something Tuesdays . . .

Back-to-School - Getting to Know Each Other Icebreakers

Getting to Know each other - from Education World - It's time to make a fresh start. You've done some summer reading on classroom management, and you're eager to try out some new ideas. You've learned from past mistakes, and you look forward this year to avoiding those mistakes. Most fun of all, the opening days of school are an opportunity to get to know a whole new group of kids!

What will you do during those first few days of school? What activities might you do to help you get to know your new students? What activities will help students get to know you and one another?

For the last three years, Education World has presented a new group of getting-to-know-you ideas -- or icebreakers -- for those first days of school. Here are 19 ideas -- ideas tried and tested by Education World readers -- to help develop classroom camaraderie during the opening days of school.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/icebreakers_for_kids_2.shtml

Olympics

Whether you are back in school or just "waiting", some ideas for Olympics with learners . . . taken from Education World -

Gold Medal Olympics Activities!

Citius, Altius, Fortius. Those are the Latin words for the Olympic motto, which in today's language means "Swifter, Higher, Stronger." The best athletes from around the world exemplify that creed as they compete in the Olympic Games. As the Games get underway, Education World offers you ten gold-medal lessons. Included: Activities that involve students in creating time lines and graphs, writing biographies of famous Olympians, and much more.

Also a book to share -