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@Noellefromhell_ 4 года назад

I don't plan to become a teacher but your content taught me how hard teachers work

@desireeromero2384 4 года назад

Me as well

@tpsu129 4 года назад

Why not? We have cookies, and donuts, and candy, and every delectable delight you can think of.

@jahanarafaizal2023 2 года назад

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@BrittanyNicole2001 4 года назад

I love your channel just seeing how you interact with your students how much love and compassion that you've given has taught me a lot and I hope to be a fantastic teacher one day just like you. Thank you so much for everything couldn't have done it without you teaching me new things every single day and of course your bright beautiful smile keeps me going forth thank you so much, I appreciate all that you do.

@christinecarlson8496 4 года назад

Thank you for the fresh new ideas. After teaching for 11 years, it is fun to switch things up. I love that these games don't require a lot of materials and students will find these a activities to be new and engaging!

@yavannareynolds9785 2 года назад

I love how much thought you put into the student's individual comfort level. Thank you! These activities will be great as we all get used to being back in school together again.

@AlaynaMarley 4 года назад

Michelle! These games are AMAZING! Not only am I an assistant teacher in elementary school, but my husband and I are also the youth leaders at our church and these ice breaker and team building games are perfect for both age groups! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this valuable information!

@SuperTeachersUnite 4 года назад

I agree! These games are amazing!

@leonorvargas8656 4 года назад

Just in time!!! Yesterday I planned my first week activities but now that I've seen yours I'm changing a couple. Thank you so much Michelle, I've been following you for ever, and you have made my teaching experience fun, innovated and easier. Luv ya! 💕

@russellpalatiere8852 4 года назад

Love all the icebreakers and community building activities!! I wish we did these when I was going through school. It would have made our classroom community more tight-knit. It is always more fun when the teacher participates because the students get to know their teacher and their traits. Two truths and a lie is probably my favorite icebreaker. I did this with college kids as a fraternity advisor and the creativity was endless. I did a human knot when I was in a FCA camp in high school with other runners and it was interesting to see who was a leader and who was a listener.

@KM-ye9so 4 года назад

I love these! Also, as a student (and soon to be student teacher) who is physically disabled, thank you for the disclaimer considering that not all students have the same physical abilities! So important to note before community building activities!

@kaleigh4081 4 года назад

Great ideas!! I'm even going to try some of these activities in my ESL classes with adults. The index card tower is perfect!

@agathaklassen5466 4 года назад

I actually did Saving Fred with my students last year after seeing it in one of your videos, and they loved it. It was great seeing how each group had different ways to save Fred. They however were begging to eat Fred throughout the activity. Also, I love how you end the video by telling us to put on our positive pants. I had a student come to school with a not so happy attitude to school on a Monday, remembering your ending, I told the student to put on their positive pants and change their mindset. My students were quite taken aback by the wording of my suggestion they listened to why I was telling them to change their attitude and we ended up have an amazing day.

@RachaelLyn 4 года назад

These are all brilliant ideas and I LOVE them! I love that many, if not all of these can be used throughout the entire school year.

@sharlenecuret1495 Год назад

Thank you for sharing. These activities saved me my first week of school. I used them as fillers in case there was any down time and they were a hit. I teach multigrades 3-5 so having something that will keep the interest of all the age ranges was great!

@melodihenry3345 2 года назад

I cannot thank you enough for this comprehensive list of activities!! I’m using it for the first day back after spring break!

@CandiceNance 4 года назад

Very timely! Thank you! I'm going to try the index card tower one! And maybe the line up one too!

@emmamills5248 4 года назад

These are all great activities, but I think my favorite is the “I also” ice breaker. It’s a great way to connect the whole class. I love this video and would love to see more throughout the school year of review games etc

@oriflameglowec Год назад

Can u explain how it works??

@peytonmorris1499 4 года назад

Looking forward to seeing what your new classroom is looking like! Love you!

@user-mv3pi3kb7g 10 месяцев назад

These were just what I was after!!! Thank you SO much!! I know we're going to have some fun, learn about one another and build some solid community skills!!!

@melanieprice9176 4 года назад

I am a 17 year old living in the UK and am wanting to become a teacher and you are so ejspiring and are part of the reason I want to become a teacher thank you for being amazing

@brokenchalksofia 4 года назад

I'm a teacher in the UK! Stay inspired, we need wonderful and motivated teachers to be :)

@emlaurenbrewin 4 года назад

I'm just about to start uni in a couple of weeks to become a teacher! Can't wait!

@brokenchalksofia 4 года назад

That's brilliant, good luck!

@SuperTeachersUnite 4 года назад

Hi Mel! I'm sure you're going to be a Super Teacher! Well done on choosing the best career ever! All the best for your future.

@chelsyealyssa 4 года назад

Such great ideas!! Thank you for sharing Michelle! 😀💜 I definitely will have to try a couple of these.

@amietedeschi3203 4 года назад

Saving Fred is one of my favorites too! Thanks for sharing these. A couple of them were new to me, even in year 26 of teaching. Have a great school year!

@FanpireBella 4 года назад

Soo many good ideas here! Thank you so much, Michelle!

@lorettasegura4091 4 года назад

I love the activities. I am going to try the Survey Dots to start. I teach 2nd grade and think this would be a great first day activity for them. Thanks for sharing these activities. 👍

@jackiecrampton4779 2 года назад

WOW... wonderful! I am planning to use all of these games in the 1st two weeks of school. My Year 4 class will love them! Thank you!!

@chloe_3787 4 года назад

I’m in high school and in a lot of our classes, we write two truths and a lie cards at the beginning of the year or semester (we’re on block scheduling) and throughout the duration of the class, our teacher reads one when we have down time. We take turns guessing who it belongs to, and whoever is guessed, makes the next guess. It’s fun because sometimes even the person who wrote it forgets it was them. Plus it’s a really good break from class.

@mariemolloy2392 4 года назад

Thanks for reminding me of several of the activities as well as sharing new ones. I can't wait to "Save Fred" with my 5th graders as well as many others.

@teachingremedy 4 года назад

I have the same students from last year, but I'm excited to use the card stacking activity as a community building activity! I've also used the 'this or that,' but never tried the 'switch sides if you.' That sounds super fun as well! Thanks for sharing all of these wonderful ideas!

@puchanus 3 года назад

Thank you for these fresh and meaningful activities. Can't wait to do when were back in person!

@kathryngarcia3899 Год назад

Thanks Michelle! You are saving my day! My first 2 weeks were so jammed packed . I am excited to do these activities now.

@brittstromberg4403 4 года назад

Yay! Thank you for this collection of activities. I teach MY and I think these would be perfect even with the older kids.

@dancingdiva90950 4 года назад

The human knot can also result in no solution. We had that happen at a sleep away camp

@nataliaskolnik8166 10 месяцев назад

Thank you, I use some of these in my advisory classes, but I just learned quite a few more ideas. Thank you!

@traciepuckett8509 4 года назад

These are amazing ideas! Thank you for sharing!

@taradaniels1886 4 года назад

i live in australia, im going into year 10 and i’ve just done my time table which help me get into teaching!

@kaylee2531 4 года назад

I love all of these ideas! There’s a few I already to but I can’t wait to try some of the others!! Thanks Michelle!

@yariquiros214 3 года назад

I'm studying to be an english teacher in Costa Rica. And I Love so much your videos, they help me to get creative ideas for my students and also encourage me to work hard to create a comfortable and fun environment for them. Thank you ❤

@allysoncrooks1990 4 года назад

Oh my gosh I loved this video! I’m moving down from 8th to 6th grade next year and I feel like the 6th graders will love some of these activities, especially saving Fred. Thank you for also clarifying that community building should not be competitive. We had one training on this before school started and were encouraged to incorporate it without any further help/guidance and I made the mistake of encouraging competition. This only furthered the rift between certain students. I have a much better understanding now and can’t wait to try it out next year with my new students.

@1ellengoodwin 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing all your ideas. Great teachers become so by learning from other great teachers. I appreciate you being part of that loop. Hope you have a great COVID year.

@angieniko8844 2 года назад

Great ideas! Thank you for sharing fun and interactive activities. My favourite one is Saving Fred.

@steminstyle4001 4 года назад

I love these ice breaker activities! Thank you for always sharing the best ideas!

@samanthakeller448 4 года назад

This sounds like a variety of fun activities. I will try a couple as space allows or play them at home with my own kiddos instead of them watching television or texting on their phones. Thank you for sharing.

@doriane6441 4 года назад

Thank you! Really excited to try those next Tuesday! ;)

@lewism1847 4 года назад

Hey Michelle! Hope your having a great day! Love your videos

@karladawnjones718 2 года назад

I work in an after school program and these are so perfect for my kiddos! We have limited resources and using other teacher spaces where we cannot touch anything and cannot store anything. Often I do know what space I will be in until the day of. Also, I may have to combine group and I have kids that are not usually together. But, I can always carry index cards and writing utensils in my back pack!

@brokenchalksofia 4 года назад

Love those icebreakers! Even if I don't use them as icebreakers, they can be go-to activities to get students to recall information of a topic.

@SuperTeachersUnite 4 года назад

This is a Super idea!!! I'm definitely use it for recall exercises. Thanks for this helpful comment.

@brokenchalksofia 4 года назад

@@SuperTeachersUnite That's great! Let me know how it goes :)

@hebaemad25 4 года назад

Genius

@belearning973 3 года назад

@@SuperTeachersUnite Great ideas! If you want to end a zoom class with a song, you can try this one. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SM7_690xar4.html

@XXELFONXX 4 года назад

I did the line-up one a few months ago at my internship. And my kiddos (age range 8-12) really really loved it and kept asking for more!

@MJIBBN 4 года назад

Saving Fred is so cool! My students are gonna love it. Thanks for sharing your ideas :D

@misteryamo Год назад

Thank you! These are awesome and will definitely be practiced!

@margotod 10 месяцев назад

Thank you SO MUCH for all of these amazing activities. I'll try them all with my ATP class!!

@nataliebullinger8330 4 года назад

These ideas are amazing!!!!! Thank you sooo much for sharing! We go back to school 8/26, so we’ll definitely be doing some of these during the first few days! 💗

@MsTexas73 Год назад

Hi Michelle! These activities are awesome. I knew about a couple of them, but some I didn’t. Saving Fred is DEFINITELY going to be used this week. 🤗❤️💫✨

@meghansen9612 4 года назад

Your ideas are awesome!!!

@meganarbuckle4636 4 года назад

This is so great! Thank you so much for sharing!

@lescreationsdestephanie3639 4 года назад

Thanks Michelle for these great ideas!! 🤗🤩

@whitetyger06 11 месяцев назад

These are great! I'll definitely be using a few with my high schoolers this fall!

@madisyn4129 4 года назад

I love your videos so much 💗💗

@christinalockett1817 2 года назад

OMG I love the "Saving Fred" I can't wait to try this tomorrow for high school.

@melissacamacho6277 2 года назад

Thank you! Love Fred and his life preserver! Great ideas!

@Emmagination 4 года назад

Yay, back to school is on Wednesday for me and I can’t wait to try some of these activities with my mew students!

@anapaulacerutti313 2 года назад

Hello from Brazil! I simply loved all your suggestions! Will add them to our Welcoming Class. Thanks a lot!

@srtxwberrixchoclate7970 4 года назад

OoooooOoo the backround where you are talking is cool and professional ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@carna110 4 года назад

I'm totally going to use the index card tower game as a topic review informal assessment.

@AubreySmalls 4 года назад

Nice icebreakers. I participate in all activities I have the students do and they love it. It is a little different for me because I teach music but I will use and modify your balloon bop.

@yosefshannykatzman4619 4 года назад

Loved this one!! Reminds me of my camp days. Well done. DO YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT WITH A LIST OF QUESTIONS YOU TYPICALLY USE AND CAN SHARE WITH US FOR THE SWITCH SIDES OF ROOM GAMES?

@rebeccaweyen8406 4 года назад

loving this! Thank you

@andino3035 Год назад

Saving Fred will be my Game for the whole school year. That is a great game! Thank you for sharing. 😊

@Frazzle2Zazzle 4 года назад

I’ve done most of these, but Saving Fred sounds awesome!

@lizrocksthejams9952 4 года назад

Awesome ideas! Thank you!! I might use all haha. I’ve done Save Fred (but I call him Sammy) the last three years, it is always a hit!

@carolinappe 2 года назад

I'm definetelly going to use it!!! Hugs, from Brazil!

@victoriaLL345 4 года назад

Thanks for thoroughly explaining "Saving Fred".

@davillamitchel4269 4 года назад

Nice...definitely using some of these to help with my classroo management and lesson planning. Also going to help my students release some tension before an afternoon lesson.

@SuperTeachersUnite 4 года назад

Great idea! I didn't think of these activities as classroom management strategies. These would be great as a reward for good behavior.

@ashleyolson9076 4 года назад

I did the human not in a church youth group activity. It was so much fun with a large group.

@vesnakrstic4659 2 года назад

Thank you! It was very helpful!

@sabreen45 10 месяцев назад

You just planned my first day for me. Thank you!

@melissahuffman9812 2 года назад

Definitely planned on saving Fred before I found this video, so glad I made a good choice with that one. I'm also going to use the index card tower and then use this or that as sort of a brain break activity on the 1st day of school to get away from talking and practicing all those procedures they need to know.

@kristenalmonte1110 Год назад

Lots of the activities are old school still and do not engage kids that may not go many places in the summer, etc. So glad I tuned in here.

@dinellefreschi4193 4 года назад

I have watched this a couple of times because it is sooo helpful!

@SuperTeachersUnite 4 года назад

I agree! Definitely using the info card tower in my teacher development workshop tomorrow.

@ThatGirlWithTheCoffee 10 месяцев назад

This or That can also be done as standing vs sitting, in case any of your students have mobility issues, or your furniture is too bulky to move around/ built in!

@sergiomg9671 3 года назад

Great ideas and very-well exposed! Thank you for the video.

@Chrissi15 4 года назад

Brilliant ideas! I'm going to try the index card tower and saving Fred!

@SuperTeachersUnite 4 года назад

I'm doing a teacher development workshop tomorrow and I'll definitely use the index card tower for the ice breaker.

@swethakalluri1476 4 года назад

@@SuperTeachersUnite how did it go? I'm thinking of doing this with my kids soon

@SuperTeachersUnite 4 года назад

@@swethakalluri1476 It worked super well. My cards were a bit flimsy but luckily there were prestick on the tables so the teachers reinforced their towers with that. Really a cool activity.

@betheldridge2403 3 года назад

These are great activities! Thank you!!😃

@donellebrown7856 Год назад

Let me tell you Michelle, I was laughing so much when you were describing how to do these games! I can definitely use a few during the first week of school and use the rest after a few weeks. Thank you for these ideas! Also, I wanted to tell you that I used the Word Work bins idea with my second-grade students this past school year. It was a half-and-half situation. Half of my class used the materials correctly while the other half did not. This happened because they were not paying attention when I was explaining and demonstrating how to do each activity. I even showed your video about the activities. I am still going to use them though, but this coming year, I will have 3rd-5th grade and I know they will do better with them.

@svetapuzyreva6008 4 года назад

Amazingly professional content! You must be a super teacher! 🦸‍♂️

@luciannagravel116 3 года назад

I teach intermediates and I loved this video! You are awesome!!!

@KD-yf6le 2 года назад

These are great! Thanks for sharing!

@CandaceTravismusic 4 года назад

Awesome ideas. I like the hula hoop.

@barbarabuchanan1195 4 года назад

I love saving Fred what a great idea!

@gracetoogood8666 4 года назад

Michelle - you are AWESOME 😎😀 so using these!

@sadierhae 2 года назад

I love these!!!

@yvettehernandez369 2 года назад

Love these ideas.

@kathleenwhite1564 4 года назад

I am planning on doing the Saving Fred activity. I love your videos!

@tonyacoffman2702 2 года назад

I LOVE Fred! I can't wait to try this at school this week with my 4th and 6th graders!! So fun! Thanks for sharing. Any ideas on where we can find different activities like "Fred"?

@judithsmith6552 4 года назад

Love it. Great ideas.

@carmelacaranyagan6726 10 месяцев назад

I'm trying Saving Fred tomorrow with my elementary kiddos! Haha I'm so excited and nervous. Wish us luck ❤

@coolpanda234 4 года назад

Hello you give great tips! 😁

@aaronlanier 4 года назад

My alarm clock quit waking me up! I know this sounds horrible, but I will have a new one order through Amazon...this should arrive before school starts next week! By the way I use the Sonic Alert Extra loud bed shaker! The one I currently have for years quit waking me up! 🤭 😆 ❤️Aaron

@niallwatts789 3 года назад

Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing 😊

@chamm8749 4 года назад

Hi!! Happy Sunday!

@danielafernandes714 2 года назад

Amazing ideas!!!

@jennifermorse2803 4 года назад

Great video!! Thank you so much:) Jen

@lovicollier9640 4 года назад

Michelle I’m trying all of these especially saving Fred. Thanks for the fun activities.😀👍💐. Will let you know how it went. Smiles from down under 😀👍👍💐