Warm+Up+&+Team+Building+Activities

Team building in the classroom is a proven strategy that will foster teaching and learning in all other activities in the classroom. It creates deeper relationships and connections among the members of the class. Warm ups can be used to team build or engage students in class. Many times students come to class still thinking about events they just came from and need a small activity to get them engaged what they will be doing next.

Please share warm up activities that will help engage students. If it can be explained in a two to three sentences, do so here, but if it is more involved, please use a link to the activity on another page. Thanks for sharing!


 * 1) Say-A-Word - Have the students say one word that comes to mind when they think of... [topic of the day]. This is also a good way to express emotions by having the students to state a feeling word after they have engaged themselves in an activity.
 * 2) 12-by-12 - In small groups, have the students list on a scrap sheet of paper 12 things that all of them have in common, and 12 unique things that only one person in their group has. Examples: Everyone has a nose. Only Joe was born in New York. Rules: Once a category was used, like body parts, that category can no longer be used.