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Bonnie
Sulens:
Green
for Energy
Orange for Hunger
Yellow for Moodiness
Brown for Light Stress
Blue for Heavy Stress
RED ONLY FOR EMERGENCIES
Paula
M. Lee, Third Grade Teacher
Monroe Elementary, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota:
Inspiration
Pill: Yellow
Creativity Pill: Orange
Report Card Pill: Blue
Calming Pill: Green
Energy Pill: Red
Patience Pill: Brown.
Use LOTS of patience pills and Energy ones too. For the others,
you'll need a few of each.
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Although
school has already started and everyone's getting to know each other,
there are always those "special additions" to the classroom.
New students may change schools locally for personal reasons or
they may have moved from far away. Whatever the reason, chances
are good that sometime after those first few days, you're still
going to need an ice breaker. So break out the M&M's or Skittles
once again:
Celeste,
6th grade Language Arts & Social Studies:
Offer
students [some] M&M's or Skittles. For each color, they have to
tell about a different aspect of themselves.
green = embarrassing moments
red = family
brown = likes
yellow = dislikes
Of course, you don't tell them this until after they choose their
candy. You could limit the amount of candy they pick.
Carolina:
Tell the
kids to take as many as they want. They usually take about 10-15
Skittles. Then the teacher takes some too. Next, pick out some fun
music, and for each Skittle they took the students must say one
thing about themselves while moving to the music. The teacher demonstrates
first, of course. An option: Each color of candy represents a category
students must speak about, e.g.,
orange = scary memories
red = great vacations
green = something about your family
blue = favorite hobbies...
The activity is as real ice breaker and the kids love it! After
that, they are feeling comfortable and the class is no longer quiet.
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