Armed with clipboards, pencils, and personalities, students had to face friends, acquaintances, and virtual strangers to find commonalities. One thing I knew I needed to do was get these boys to mingle with the girls, and by the end of the day, they were at least sitting amongst each other.
When students are thrown together at the beginning of the year, one of our first items of business is to mix people up a little. In this quick activity, students were asked to answer some simple questions about themselves (favorite food, eye color, etc.) and find classmates else who could match each answer. Armed with clipboards, pencils, and personalities, students had to face friends, acquaintances, and virtual strangers to find commonalities. One thing I knew I needed to do was get these boys to mingle with the girls, and by the end of the day, they were at least sitting amongst each other.
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