GET TO KNOW ME Booklet - Back to School Ice Breaker - SEL Friendship Activity

DescriptionIt can be daunting to come back to school if students don’t have solid friendships. This Getting to Know Me booklet is a friendship activity and ice breaker to help them connect with classmates and settle into your classroom. Students use skills like reading, writing, cutting, coloring, and following directions while improving social skills as they learn to interact with their peers. Kids make their own booklets from the supplied sheets. They write about themselves and color it in for others to read. They share the regular things about family, pets, favorites, and goals but also highlight the positive character traits they feel are important for friends to have. They also write a paragraph explaining what it is that makes them a good friend. As others read their books, they record answers to specific questions on their worksheet to discover people with whom they have things in common. The teacher sets a time for students to pair up to talk and ask each other questions from a sheet to see if they can make a connection. This one-on-one time gives them the opportunity to get to know another classmate on a deeper level and perhaps even find a life-long friend! How to UseCollect the booklets and place them in a large box or bag. Allow each student to put their hand in for a lucky dip. Whichever booklet they pull out is the one they will read (unless it’s their own). You can have students read 3-5 booklets and look for the answers to questions on the Getting to Know My Classmates worksheet. When they have completed it, they will highlight all the things they have in common with each person. After tallying the total, students will highlight the name of the person with the most in common. Make a time for students to pair up with the classmate they have selected. Print the Getting to Know You questions and set a timer for them to ask as many as they can fit in. There is a section on the back for students reading booklets to write their name to show that they have learned about that person. Teachers can purposefully select booklets to give out if they feel that certain students may be well suited. Use the booklets again during the year if students are struggling with friendships to introduce them to someone they may not have considered befriending.Store the booklets so you can select some to give to new class members to read to help them make friends. You can ask them to complete a booklet as well that can be given to the owners of the booklets the new student is reading. Use in combination with my Getting to Know You Fortune Teller.Click here to follow my store and learn when I post new resources and freebies.This Resource Includes Teacher instructions for use, how to assemble booklets, and suggestions for extension activities. 4 US letter pages to print back-to-back. Students receive 2 double-sided pages that they cut in half. When they assemble the pages, the completed booklet is 16-pages. Student record sheet to use for data collection and analysis.A sheet with 36 extra questions students can ask one another.* You will need Acrobat 7.0 or later - please contact me if you require an earlier version. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Save $$ on bundles:Friendship Activities Bundle - 7 resourcesWellbeing & Mental Health Bundle - 5 resourcesEnd of Year Calming Activities GROWING BUNDLE – Saves you the most as new resources added after you purchase are yours to download for free!••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••If you have any questions or ideas for other products you'd like to see in our store, we’d love to hear from you!Please email us at [email protected] or find out more about what we do at www.ripplekindness.org.Have a great day! ☺••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Customer Tips★ Did you know you can save money on TpT resources by leaving feedback?You can receive credit towards future TpT purchases by reviewing products.If you like this one, please leave a review on the product page or through “My Purchases” under “My Account”.Your feedback is of great importance to us as it helps in determining which products are most valuable to you and your students.★ Click here to follow my store and be notified when new products and freebies are added.★ Facebook ★ Pinterest ★ Instagram••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••© Ripple Kindness ProjectMaterials are intended for personal use in one classroom only. For use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses.Report this resource to TPTReported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.