A few first day activitiy ideas

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A few first day activitiy ideas
By RLE

I have a few ideas of my own and some that I've gotten from other teachers.

One neat game is to sit everyone in a circle and pass around a cup of M&Ms and tell everyone to take some. Then tell them that for every M&M they
took, they have to tell the class something about themselves.
You could make a crossword puzzle on puzzlemaker.com to help them learn each other's names.
Make a "Classroom Confusion" game worksheet with questions such as, "What is the name of our science textbook?" "What color is the picture frame on the teacher's desk?" "What color is the country of Ireland on our class map?"

"What is one thing you could do if you finish work early according to the poster?" Then as you go over the answers, use this time to acquaint them with the classroom.

Make up a worksheet with a large grid on it. Fill in the squares with things such as "is wearing blue jeans" "is 11 years old" "has 2 brothers" "favorite sport is soccer". THe students have to find another student with that characteristic to initial in that square, and the first one to 5 in a row (BINGO idea)wins a small prize.

Just a few ideas, hope they help! Anyone with more ideas, please share!!