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Snowball Fight Icebreaker

Julie, at https://ispeakmath.org, describes a snowball activity that helps students get to know one another. Throwing snowballs on the first day helps to ease the tension; and speaking aloud what someone else wrote removes the fear of sharing personally.
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Icebreaker using Pipe Cleaners

Give students 3- 5 pipe cleaners. Invite them to create a structure or symbol to represent themselves. Then organize speed dating so that students can share their work!
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If you were a Geometry word, which one would you be and why?

Get students talking about themselves ... wouldn't have to use Geometry vocabulary ... could use any math word!
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Graphing stories ice breaker

Use creating graphing stories for students to share something about themselves. Everything you need is in this blog post!
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The First Day Wiki

Dan Meyer's Who I Am has been popular for several years. Ask students to fill it out ... save it ... share it with them at the end of the year!
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Collaborative Icosahedron

D. Meyer shares an activity by another teacher (Rich) in which students manipulate a circle to discuss various geometric forms (follow the link). At the end of the activity, each student has a truncated tetrahedron. Students then work together to glue/tape their pieces together to form an icosahedron. Here is a link to the instructions: http://bit.ly/2umDhq5
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350+ This or That Questions + Game Rules - Icebreaker Ideas

This or That gives students a chance to find commonalities among them. This site has 350+ this or that choices - not all school appropriate but definitely more than enough to choose from.
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Icebreakers that Rock | Cult of Pedagogy

Cult of Pedagogy makes a good point that too many icebreakers require social risks too great for a first day/first week or they don't help students get to know one another. Check out the three suggestions for icebreakers on this blog post!
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