Group activities for elementary students

4th Grade Teacher on Instagram: "A super fun team-building activity idea I found online called: Group Doodler!🖊️ I taped pieces of string to each of the markers for each team to use. The teams had to draw / write whatever I had up on the board by only touching the strings as part of their House Challenge. They drew a snowman, house, and wrote the word “winter”! It definitely required a lot of communication, collaboration, and critical thinking.🧠"

A selection of fun team building activities for the classroom for teachers to use. If you have been on Think About Such Things you have probably seen my other team building posts. Even though I

Fun Friday in the classroom is a great way to celebrate the week of hard work! Find 6 tips and free resources for having your own Fun Friday!

The 9 fun and low prep classroom team building games are the perfect addition to your class and will have your students asking for more!

The first week of school sure is a busy one! I work hard to balance the mandatory paperwork with games, hands-on activities and team-building fun. Even with bigger kids, it’s important to keep them moving throughout the day and providing a variety of activities. 1. Marshmallow Tower For this activity, you’ll need the following materials […]

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Objective: Students are trying to be the first group to reach the volleyball sidelines. -Each group has two noodles -partners start at midline standing across from one another -on signal they must balance their noodle on the ground and switch positions with partner while trying to catch their partners noodle before it hits the group - if both partners successfully catch each others noodle before hitting the ground, they both take a step back putting them closer to the finish line (volleyball…

Joanne Miller on Instagram: "Here’s one of the games from my Community Building Games and Activities resource my previous class couldn’t get enough of! We played all year. No materials needed, just a timer! This game tests their memory! It’s harder than you think! 🤣 Community building through teamwork and collaboration is so important to build that positive learning culture in your classroom! I have created this resource with ⭐️25⭐️ activities and games to do just that! This resource…

Teamwork and collaboration! These are important parts of raising a 21st-century learner in the classroom, yet many students do not entirely understand what this it. I stress the importance of teamwork and collaboration throughout the year, but I take time in the beginning of the year to help students truly understand what it means. Throwing […]

Use these four activities to get your upper elementary students listening and speaking to each other! Games, making words, qr code activities, and task cards will help your students learn the content while honing their ELA skills, team-building, and fostering a classroom community! Perfect for paired students or at a center, these collaborative activities will get your third, fourth, and fifth grade students collaborating and getting to know each other and the content at the same time!