Sit or Stand Getting to Know You

In past years, I’ve had kids walk around the room and do surveys at the beginning of the year to get to know each other and start building a sense of classroom community. We would also practice turn & talk with getting-to-know-you topics. But those types of activities may not be allowed right now, so a good option is Sit or Stand.

Basically you just call out something like, “Sit down if you prefer chocolate milk.  Stand up if you prefer white milk.”  Then take a minute to have the students look around, see who answered the same way, and talk a little bit about their choices.