New Year Approaching....

July 22, 2011 ~ As a new year approaches (in about 20 days for teachers), I often ponder on what I can do to create a community in my classroom. What to do as ice-breakers and beginning of the year activities that either are "new" (at least to me and the students) and unique to get their attention and stir their internal motivation. I have done some research and come up with some resources.

These are just a few links to hopefully spark some creativity. Please share if you have any thoughts or ideas that have proved useful in your classroom!

Beginning of the year activities:
10 Great Classroom Icebreakers
http://www.worksheetlibrary.com/teachingtips/icebreakers.html
Interesting Ways to get to know your new Class
http://edte.ch/blog/2011/07/11/interesting-ways-to-get-to-know-your-new-class-2/

Back-To-School Activities
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/beginning-of-year.html

Back-to-School Activities from Mathwire (for my math friends)
http://www.mathwire.com/seasonal/school1.html
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Back to School
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edres.html

eThemes~Back-to-School
http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/606

Classroom setup ideas:
Pictures of my classroom
http://edte.ch/blog/2008/09/03/pictures-of-my-classroom/