Here are some activities you can have students do before the bell rings, while they are waiting for others to finish, during in-between times, and some of these will even work while students are standing in line for lunch or special classes!
As quickly as you can, name:
- gems or precious stones
- teachers at this school
- states
- kinds of flowers
- kinds of ice cream
- U.S. presidents
- colors
- models of cars
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- cities or towns in (state)
- countries of the world
- things made of cloth
- movie stars
- breeds of dogs
- foods that are alphabetical
- holidays
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Write or tell me:
- names of cartoon characters
- what would you do if you saw an elephant in your back yard?
- ordered pairs of numbers
- three smells you like and why
- about your favorite book
- adjectives that begin with each letter in your name
Play:
- Twenty Questions
- I Spy
- Charades
- Who Am I? (guessing famous people)
- ABC game--First person makes a sentence that uses all "A's", second person gets B, and so on...
- Simon Says
- Quiet Game--Silent Water, Still Water
Make up:
- 5 things you do after school
- a sentence using alliteration
- three names for rock groups
- one sentence using the words _______
Read:
- a famous quote & discuss its meaning
- tongue twisters
Give them:
- mental math problems to solve
- flash card relays
- time to describe an object they see
- words to spell
- minute mysteries
- brainteasers
- logic problems
- word puzzles
Explain which explorer you would like to be. Why?
Complete an open-ended story or a story-starter.
Look at a picture and write a story about it.
Describe one interesting experience you have had.
Create a picture out of a number.
Count by 2's, 3's, 4's, etc. How far can you go?
Brainstorm lists of words for themes--ex: autumn, space, heroes, winter
Write down one good thing about each of your classmates.
