Resource Round-Up: Classroom Culture Building Activities, Review Games, and More!

By

Clif Wallace

This week’s resource round-up is packed with activities to help build a positive classroom culture. Discover icebreakers, games, and incentives that promote student independence and character education. You’ll also find resources to engage students through social stories and painting! So many resources to choose from, and half of them are free!

Short Vowel Game Pack by Teaching Little Miracles	It’s FREE! “We introduce sounds one at a time with targeted practice. We love to use this resource after the students have learned all of the short vowel sounds to review and practice them.”
Telling Time Mega Pack! by Teaching Little Miracles	“It seems every year many of our students struggle with telling time. This resource is perfect for practicing and reviewing basic and more advanced telling time skills.”
Growth Mindset Icebreakers: Set of 28 Cards by Little Miss Counselor	It’s FREE! “This resource provides conversation starters that get students thinking about growth mindset.”
Scooping Up Self Control Bundle: Lessons and Small Group Counseling Curriculum by Little Miss Counselor	“This bundle addresses the four types of self control and is designed for classroom use and for small group counseling.”
DIGITAL and EDITABLE Happy Birthday by Mama Pearson	It’s FREE! “Students need to feel special and need to be celebrated. This is an easy and fun way to make their special day even more special.”
DIGITAL and PAPER Editable Behavior Bingo by Mama Pearson	“A positive and fun approach to behavior is always best. This will help teachers model behavior they would like to see rather than punish behavior they don’t want.”
Task Completion List by Brooke Reagan	It’s FREE! “These task completion charts are perfect to help a student who struggles with completion of tasks. Great visual to display on desk to help students become independent works.”
Social Stories Pack: 12 Social Stories by Brooke Reagan	“Social stories are ideal for explicitly teaching appropriate school behavior. These social stories teach students about school expectations in kid-friendly language.”
Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low Bingo Game by Leader Connecting Leaders	It’s FREE! “When discussing the accomplishments of women, this bingo game is a wonderful choice! It’s all about Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low, the founder of Girl Scouts. It is a great way to share her life story with your kids.”
Brownie Girl Scout Painting Activity Booklet by Leader Connecting Leaders	“This booklet will teach kids all about different art periods. While having fun playing a game, they will have fun with painting with pipe cleaners, bubble wrap, plungers, and their hands. The kids will take a crack at painting something from the real world, and working as a group putting together a large mural to be used in a place of the kids’ choosing.”
FREE student survey by Escobar’s Educational Emporium	It’s FREE! “A student survey to create a classroom community and to get to to know your students in a risk-free way that invites them to share facts about themselves.”
Classify Polygons Games by Escobar’s Educational Emporium	“These review games provide an opportunity for classroom practice of essential geometry concepts”

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