Student connection activities

7 Classroom Community Building Activities 7 easy community building activities for the classroom. Get students feeling connected and engaged with closing circles, compliments, community service, lunch bunch and more.

Some teachers are meeting with students in person for the very first time. Others have been going back and forth between virtual and in-person learning or juggling simultaneous teaching all year. This is definitely the time to focus on strengthen your connection with students. But even if you’ve been in the classroom since the first day, it’s always a good time to strengthen your connection with students. Here are six easy ways to help you do that.

That time has come...the time for my final lesson of the year in my classes. My 3rd grade homerooms are pretty tight knit and family like, with many students feeling sadness and anxiety about leaving

As teachers, we're always on the hunt for easy ways to build positive relationships with students. That's because a strong connection with student can greatly increase their success in our classrooms. I'm sharing 15 ways to build relationships with students. I'm sure you already do so many of them....so I hope you find a new idea or two.

"We Are All Connected" bulletin board that I finished today. This is based on an activity we did where the kids tossed a ball of yarn around while listing meaningful connections with their classmates. It gets harder with fewer kids left and they really have to dig to find the connections between them. The tags are tied on to the yarn between the kids, saying, for example, "Both of our parents are divorced." It was a really cool bonding experience for my class, and I love how the display…

Ice breaker game for elementary school students! Have them sit in and circle and throw the ball to each other, the student who gets the ball has to introduce themselves and answer a question. Simple and fun!

Getting to know you activities for middle school and high school students. These get to know you games are fun ice breakers for back to school and a new semester.

Because I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way.

A great way to end the year in any class, Positive Plates! Create a positive class culture to end the year on a high note. #EndOfTheYear #SpanishClass

Looking to foster relationships among your students during back to school? This blog post is filled with fun Getting to Know You activities for kids! From icebreakers to games, get creative ideas to promote friendship and community in the classroom. Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, or 2nd grade, these activities encourage communication through making friendship bracelets. Explore these free back to school activities for exciting ways to build connections.

Found this great text connection idea in Mailbox Magazine (great WONDERFUL magazine for teachers!) last year and pulled it out again because my kids enjoyed it so much. Have the students write down a text connections that they make during their independent reading time on a slip of construction paper, share, and then categorize them into the three text connections. Once categorized, connect them to create paper chains:) I love the visual "connection" picture that it makes in the kids heads…

A summer program helps San Francisco high school students get back on track academically – and gives them an introduction to higher education and jobs. “What I took from this program is confidence,” one student said. “If you really want something, there should be no reason you can’t go out and get it.”

Here are 30 fun ice breaker questions to get to know your students. These are great for first day back at school or anytime you want to get to know your students.

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Middle school teachers, are you heading back to school? These relationship building activities are great ice breakers to help you connect and relate to your students. Read the post for 5 easy activities your students will love!