updated 1/23 I love a good no print icebreaker for my middle and high school students. The perfect icebreaker to use in speech therapy is one that helps me learn about my students but doesn’t make them uncomfortable. Brick and mortar SLP or teacher? Check out this prior post on printable icebreaker activities for your middle and high school students!
No Print Icebreakers for Groups!
This packet of three editable no print icebreakers is for middle and high school will give you lots of insight into students and help them get to know eachother too! All activities in the packet could be used in online sessions, brick and mortar social skills group or during individual or small group sessions too!
- It includes a “where do you stand?” game, a favorite of many of my students. This is similar to a “would you rather” game! The questions give you insight into personality and learning characteristics of your students and helps students learn more about themselves in the process! In this game, they have to choose one answer, they cannot say “both.” It is an editable powerpoint so you can individualize it to your needs.
2. The second game in the no print icebreakers packet is called the “long and the short of it.” Students use a piece of yarn or string and must keep talking about the prompt on the screen until they have wrapped it around their finger! This game gives you insight into the students language skills. During teletherapy, I have the string!
3. The third game in the no print icebreakers packet is an activity where students take a deep dive into the vocabulary of teamwork! With so much emphasis on collaboration with peers in the common core standards, this activity helps students explore these vocabulary words using graphic organizers:
- negotiation,
- collaboration,
- teamwork.
Here’s a sample in the picture below! This activity would be used with a digital annotation tool during teletherapy in your zoom speech therapy sessions or you can write and draw on it in powerpoint too! It can also be printed out!
Need more ideas?
Fortunately or unfortunately. In this no print icebreaker game, you can take turns telling a story. Give your student(s) an opening line such as “Chloe rescued a cat from the humane society.” (You can write it on a digital whiteboard if you are in a teletherapy session). Then, take turn adding to the story with a relevant statement that begins with either “fortunately” or “unfortunately.” For example, I might add “fortunately, the cat was neutered,” and the next person would add “unfortunately, the cat disliked people.”
This activity provides you with insight into the students ability to stay on topic and maintain a structured conversation. I like to write down all the statements and then reread the entire story!
Good luck getting to know your students at the beginning of the school year or within your speech therapy sessions!
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