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Acknowledgments  xiii <p>About the Author  xv</p> <p>Introduction  xvii</p> <p>PART ONE: GETTING PERSONAL</p> <p>Chapter One: Getting to Know You: Introductions 5</p> <p>1. <b>The Adjective Game 7</b></p> <p>2. <b>Autograph Collectors 8</b></p> <p>3. <b>Are You Kidding?</b> 10</p> <p>4. <b>Business Card Creations </b>  11</p> <p>5. <b>Flash Figures </b>  12</p> <p>6. <b>Getting to Know You </b>  14</p> <p>7. <b>I Have to & I Can’t </b>  17</p> <p>8. <b>I Never Would Have Guessed </b>  18</p> <p>9. <b>Magic Eyes </b>  19</p> <p>10. <b>Me in a Bag </b>  2 0</p> <p>11. <b>Do You See What I See? </b>  21</p> <p>12. <b>Name Cards </b>  22</p> <p>13. <b>Right or Left Brain? </b>  23</p> <p>14. <b>Wave Your Flag </b>  26</p> <p>15. <b>Stand by Your Music</b> 28</p> <p>16. <b>Would You Ever? </b>  29</p> <p>Chapter Two: Working Together: Assigning Pairs & Partners  31</p> <p>17. <b>Card Sharks </b>  33</p> <p>18. <b>Animal Pals </b>  34</p> <p>19. <b>Personality Matches </b>  36</p> <p>20. <b>Comics Coworkers</b> 38</p> <p>21. <b>Pick-a-Stick Partners</b> 39</p> <p>22. <b>Puzzle Partners </b>  40</p> <p>23. <b>Story Segments </b>  41</p> <p>Chapter Three: Body & Brain: Kinesthetic Activities  43</p> <p>24. <b>Beanbag Topic Toss </b> 44</p> <p>25. <b>Birthday Circle </b> 45</p> <p>26. <b>Brain Boosters </b> 46</p> <p>27. <b>Find Your Folder </b> 47</p> <p>28. <b>Keep It Up </b> 48</p> <p>29. <b>Hello, Stranger!</b> 50</p> <p>30. <b>Make Your Move</b> 51</p> <p>31. <b>Meet and Greet</b> 52</p> <p>32. <b>Name Game Ball Toss </b> 53</p> <p>33. <b>Name Tag Search </b> 54</p> <p>34. <b>Shall We Dance? </b> 55</p> <p>35. <b>Symbol Search</b> 56</p> <p>36. <b>Slow, Fast, Slow </b> 58</p> <p>37. <b>Verb Mania </b> 59</p> <p>Chapter Four: How We Do Things: Routines & Rules  61</p> <p>38. <b>Class Chant </b> 63</p> <p>39. <b>Call-and-Response </b> 64</p> <p>40. <b>Crazy Quiz </b> 66</p> <p>41. <b>Cleanup Time </b> 68</p> <p>42. <b>Give Me Three </b> 69</p> <p>43. <b>Noise-o-Meter </b> 70</p> <p>44. <b>My Kind of Class </b> 72</p> <p>45. <b>Rules Bingo</b> 73</p> <p>46 . <b>Seat Scramble Signal </b> 74</p> <p>47. <b>We’re Going Reading </b> 75</p> <p>48. <b>You & Me Pact </b> 76</p> <p>Chapter Five: Teamwork: Building Classroom Communities  79</p> <p>49. <b>Find the Teacher </b> 81</p> <p>50. <b>Team Classroom Concentration</b> 82</p> <p>51. <b>First-Day Feelings </b> 84</p> <p>52. <b>Finish the Story </b> 86</p> <p>53. <b>Juggling Teams </b> 87</p> <p>54. <b>Our Class Puzzle </b> 88</p> <p>55. <b>Multi-Balloon Float </b> 90</p> <p>56. <b>Paper Turnover </b> 91</p> <p>57. <b>Team Trivia </b> 92</p> <p>58. <b>Unusual Measures </b> 93</p> <p>PART TWO: STICKING TO THE SUBJECT</p> <p>Chapter Six: Mathematical Possibilities  97</p> <p>59. <b>Balancing Act </b> 98</p> <p>60. <b>Count My Fingers </b> 100</p> <p>61. <b>Matchstick Puzzles </b> 101</p> <p>62. <b>The Number Game </b> 102</p> <p>63. <b>People Shapes</b> 104</p> <p>64. <b>Rhythm & Words </b> 105</p> <p>65. <b>What’s My Number? </b> 106</p> <p>Chapter Seven: Scientific Suggestions  107</p> <p>66. <b>Critter Connection </b> 108</p> <p>67. <b>It’s Elemental</b> 110</p> <p>68. <b>Is That a Fact? </b> 112</p> <p>69. <b>Mail Call </b> 113</p> <p>70. <b>Recycled Animals </b> 114</p> <p>71. <b>Tower Builders </b> 115</p> <p>72. <b>What Is This? </b> 116</p> <p>Chapter Eight: Language Arts Starters  117</p> <p>73. <b>Analogy Anchors </b> 118</p> <p>74. <b>A Picture Tells a Hundred Words </b> 120</p> <p>75. <b>Canine Connection </b> 121</p> <p>76. <b>Contraction Cutters </b> 122</p> <p>77. <b>Foreign Phrases </b> 124</p> <p>78. <b>“I Am” Poems </b> 125</p> <p>79. <b>Meaningful Matches </b> 126</p> <p>80. <b>Lick a Slug </b> 127</p> <p>81. <b>Mirror Writing </b> 128</p> <p>82. <b>Musical Words </b> 129</p> <p>83. <b>Pictographs </b> 130</p> <p>84. <b>Poetry-Picture Match </b> 132</p> <p>85. <b>Proofreading Pairs </b> 133</p> <p>86. <b>Quotations </b> 134</p> <p>87. <b>Six-Word Summaries </b> 136</p> <p>88. <b>Wacky Wordies </b> 138</p> <p>Chapter Nine: Rev Up the Reading  141</p> <p>89. <b>Back-to-Back </b> 143</p> <p>90. <b>Book Swap </b> 144</p> <p>91. <b>Fishing for Sight Words </b> 146</p> <p>92. <b>I Can See Clearly Now </b> 147</p> <p>93. <b>Three-Story View </b> 148</p> <p>Chapter Ten: Social Studies Scenarios  149</p> <p>94. <b>City Search </b> 150</p> <p>95. <b>Birthday Customs </b> 152</p> <p>96. <b>Local Geography Bingo </b> 153</p> <p>97. <b>Name That Flag </b> 154</p> <p>98. <b>State Silhouettes </b> 156</p> <p>99. <b>Our World Map </b> 158</p> <p>100. <b>Time Stretchers </b> 159</p> <p>101. <b>World View </b> 160</p> <p>Chapter Eleven: Techno Tasks  161</p> <p>102. <b>Add a Sentence </b> 16 2</p> <p>103. <b>Map Your School </b> 163</p> <p>104. <b>Sell a Subject </b> 164</p> <p>105. <b>What We Know Slideshow </b> 165</p> <p>106. <b>Wordle Teams </b> 166</p> <p>Chapter Twelve: Artistic Experiences  169</p> <p>107. <b>Animal Figurines</b> 171</p> <p>108. <b>Artists & Art </b> 172</p> <p>109. <b>Head & Shoulders</b> 174</p> <p>110. <b>“Me” Collage </b> 175</p> <p>111. <b>Partner Silhouettes </b> 176</p> <p>112. <b>Newspaper Hats </b> 178</p> <p>113. <b>Tinfoil Sculptures</b> 179</p> <p>114. <b>Window on My World </b> 180</p> <p>Chapter Thirteen: Musical Moments  183</p> <p>115. <b>Beats Me </b> 184</p> <p>116. <b>Music-Picture Match </b> 186</p> <p>117. <b>Musical Moods </b> 187</p> <p>118. <b>What Color Is This Song?</b> 188</p> <p>119. <b>Song Switch </b> 190</p> <p>Chapter Fourteen: Swell Ideas for ELLs  191</p> <p>120. <b>Body Parts </b> 192</p> <p>121. <b>Let’s Talk</b> 194</p> <p>122. <b>Noses to Toes</b>195</p> <p>123. <b>School Shoppers</b> 196</p> <p>124. <b>Picture Pairs </b> 198</p> <p>125. <b>Take a Note </b> 199</p> <p>PART THREE: FORTY WAYS TO WRAP IT UP</p> <p>Chapter Fifteen: What We Learned Today: Daily Closure 205</p> <p>1. <b>ABCs</b> 206</p> <p>2. <b>Ball Toss Recap </b> 207</p> <p>3. <b>Big Banner </b> 208</p> <p>4. <b>Board Bingo</b> 210</p> <p>5. <b>Cartoon Quotes</b> 211</p> <p>6. <b>Connect the Dots</b> 212</p> <p>7. <b>Countdown: 3, 2, 1 </b> 213</p> <p>8. <b>Flash Cards</b> 214</p> <p>9. <b>Fractured Phrases </b> 215</p> <p>10. <b>Learning Tree or Garden </b> 216</p> <p>11. <b>Little Whiteboard Review </b> 217</p> <p>12. <b>Missing Words</b> 218</p> <p>13. <b>Pair Shares </b> 219</p> <p>14. <b>Paper Airplanes</b> 220</p> <p>15. <b>Question of the Day </b> 221</p> <p>16. <b>Quiz Questions </b> 222</p> <p>17. <b>Rate the Lesson </b> 223</p> <p>18. <b>Roger Recap </b> 224</p> <p>19. <b>Sentence Starters </b> 225</p> <p>20. <b>60-Second Recall </b> 226</p> <p>Chapter Sixteen: Recapping the Course: End-of-Term Closure 227</p> <p>21. <b>Countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 </b> 229</p> <p>22. <b>Class Portrait </b> 230</p> <p>23. <b>Create a Quiz </b> 232</p> <p>24. <b>Dear Me </b> 233</p> <p>25. <b>Dear Future Student (or Dear New Kid)</b> 234</p> <p>26. <b>Digital Scrapbook </b> 235</p> <p>27. <b>Draw & Discuss</b> 236</p> <p>28. <b>Famous Quotations </b> 237</p> <p>29. <b>I’m the Expert</b> 238</p> <p>30. <b>I Used to Think </b> 239</p> <p>31. <b>Learning Tips </b> 240</p> <p>32. <b>Paper Quilt</b> 241</p> <p>33. <b>Scrapbook </b> 242</p> <p>34. <b>Self-Assessment </b> 243</p> <p>35. <b>Six–Word Memoirs</b> 244</p> <p>36. <b>Story Time </b> 246</p> <p>37. <b>Twenty Questions </b> 247</p> <p>38. <b>Who Wants to Earn an A? </b> 248</p> <p>39. <b>Words of Wisdom</b> 249</p> <p>40. <b>Write a Book </b> 250</p> <p>APPENDIX: We Want More!  251</p> <p>Index 255</p>

<p><b>LouAnne Johnson</b> is the author of eight books, including the <i>New York Times</i> best-seller <i>Dangerous Minds</i>, and most recently, <i>Teaching Outside the Box</i>. Johnson is a former U.S. Navy journalist, Marine Corps officer, and high school teacher.</p>

<p><b><i>Kick-Start Your Class </i></b></p> <p><b><i>“My first priority in any class is to help my students believe in themselves and their ability to learn.”</i></b> —<b>L<small>OU</small>A<small>NNE</small> J<small>OHNSON</small></b> <p>In <i>Kick-Start Your Class</i>, LouAnne Johnson (educational expert, long-time teacher, and author of the <i>New York Times</i> best-seller <i>Dangerous Minds</i>) offers a dynamic way to engage students that will get them on the road to learning with enthusiasm. The book is a collection of icebreakers specifically designed for teachers—quick, cost-effective, enjoyable activities that engage students from the very first minute of class. In addition to being fun, these activities serve a real purpose in the classroom. Research shows that effective academic icebreakers can increase student motivation, create a positive classroom environment, and much more. Using these inspirational icebreakers will help:<ul><li>Engage students’ brains</li> <li>Promote critical thinking</li> <li>Improve behavior and cooperation</li> <li>Encourage creativity</li> <li>Unify the classroom community</li> <li>Create positive attitudes towards learning</li></ul> <p>The teacher-tested activities within may be used with students at all levels, and many of the activities include variations and modifications so they can be applied effectively with different groups. <p>“An amazing gift for a student or a beginning or seasoned teacher, <i>Kick-Start Your Class</i> offers a rich compilation of multi-disciplinary, ready-to-teach classroom starters, concept-builders, and closers that will invigorate the culture and climate of any classroom.”<BR>—<b>P<small>AMELA</small> P<small>ROSISE</small></b>, thirty-year veteran teacher and literacy specialist, McMinnville School District, McMinnville, Oregon <p>“LouAnne Johnson’s book is packed with priceless lessons and activities for today’s teachers. It doesn’t matter whether you work in a regular day class or an after school setting; or whether you’re a first-year intern, an instructional leader, or a life-long teacher, <i>Kick-Start Your Class</i> is a must-have resource for all educators.”<BR>—<b>J<small>IM</small> V<small>IDAK</small></b>, Tulare County Superintendent of Schools, Tulare County, California</p>

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