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Looking for fun icebreaker games for older students? This back to school icebreaker bundle has 10+ best-selling, cringe-free games and team-building activities for the first day of school! Get students moving, talking, and connecting with these fun, low-prep icebreakers that build a strong classroom community.
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Included with this Back to School Icebreaker Games:
- “Speed Meeting” Icebreaker Questions – Editable & Ready-to-Play
- Classroom Feud – Family Feud Slideshow Game
- Survival Scenario Escape Room Game – Digital & Print
- Icebreaker Bingo – Editable & Ready-to-Play
- Two Truths and a Lie: Meet the Teacher Icebreaker Game
- 5-Second Game – Back to School Icebreaker
- Dicebreaker Game – Get to Know You Questions with Dice
- Manuscript Mystery Game – The Case of the Missing Manuscript
- “Matchmaker” Partner Pairing Cards – 50 Partner Matching Cards
- 4 Pics 1 Word Review Game – Editable & Ready-to-Play
- 4 Corners Icebreaker Game – Editable & Ready-to-Play
- Teacher instructions and detailed examples for using these resources
Resources included in this Icebreaker Games Bundle:
Your new students will love these ice breaker questions for older students! These 36 get-to-know-you questions are perfect for a “speed-meeting” icebreaker game, for group discussions, or as daily attendance prompts. Includes editable templates to make your own question cards!
Who doesn’t love a game of Classroom Feud? Modeled after the classic Family Feud format, this team-building activity is a great way to engage students during the back to school season or at the end of the year. includes both digital and printable options!
Foster team building with this immersive Survival Scenario Escape Room Game! This space-themed activity engages students in critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving as they work together to escape disaster in deep space. Includes digital and print versions!
Foster classroom connections on the first day of school with Icebreaker Bingo! This interactive back to school get to know you icebreaker game gets students up, moving, and talking while discovering fun facts about their classmates. Includes editable template formatted for Canva!
Kick off the school year with this fun and interactive Meet the Teacher icebreaker game! Using the classic Two Truths and a Lie game format, your new students will learn about their teacher while practicing critical thinking during this engaging back to school activity.
Get your students talking, laughing, and thinking on their feet with this high-energy 5-Second Game! Perfect as a back to school icebreaker or end of the year activity, this fast-paced classroom game challenges students to name three things in just five seconds.
Break the ice with a roll of the dice! This icebreaker game features get to know you questions for middle school and high school students. Designed for back to school, this activity includes both group and independent versions that spark conversation, self-reflection, and fun.
Transform your lesson on making inferences into a thrilling adventure with this solving a mystery game! Perfect as a back to school activity, students will explore “The Case of the Lost Manuscript” to make inferences and solve the mystery.
You can use these matchmaker cards as a fun icebreaker game at the start of the school year. You can also use them to quickly and easily pair students for classroom activities and assignments. For best results, cut out and laminate these matchmaker cards. Once laminated, they can be continually used in your classroom.
When used as an icebreaker game, this activity will utilize students’ inquiry-based learning skills and give them the opportunity to talk to their classmates.
Have each student build their own headband using the template provided. Provide each student with an individual card to attach to their headband, and instruct them to not look at it. They will have to ask “yes” or “no” questions to their classmates to guess their identity, and then locate their perfect match!
Ex: “Are you a food item?” “Are you yellow?” “Are you cheese?”
Engage your students with an interactive and fun review game using the viral “4 Pics 1 Word” format! This resource is the perfect diagnostic assessment to determine students’ knowledge of your curriculum at the start of the school year.
- 4 Corners Icebreaker Game
Kick off the school year with this interactive four corners game! This fun back to school icebreaker game is the perfect way to foster classroom community with older students. Includes editable Google Slides® template to customize your own 4 Corners icebreaker questions!
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See what other teachers are saying about this Back to School Icebreaker Games:
“loved the ice breaker games! That is something I always have a hard time initiating with students in the early days of classes, but this resource helped a lot and can be used throughout the semester/year”
– Ms. Bee
⭒ For classrooms utilizing Google Classroom® ⭒
To access the digital version of these worksheets, simply follow the instructions within the resource to copy the files directly to your Google Drive®.
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Ms. Bee (verified owner) –
loved the ice breaker games! That is something I always have a hard time initiating with students in the early days of classes, but this resource helped a lot and can be used throughout the semester/ year
US History Lady (verified owner) –
My students liked these activities to help them get to know each other.
Margaret S. (verified owner) –
Fun activity. Thank you for creating and sharing this resource.
Ryan B. (verified owner) –
An excellent and helpful resource for learning, my students loved it.
Lorraine T. (verified owner) –
This resource was easy to set up and ready to use.
Lorraine T. (verified owner) –
This resource was easy to set up and ready to use.
Carmicha E. (verified owner) –
My students and I really loved this! It was just what I was looking for!
Carmicha E. (verified owner) –
My students and I really loved this! It was just what I was looking for!
Megan W. (verified owner) –
I’m so excited to use these activities and games with my students the first couple of days of school. Building community is so important and it sets the tone for the rest of the year. Thanks for creating this great resource.
Jennifer G. –
So excited to use these creative new ice breakers in my classroom. Look easy to implement quickly!
teaching all around (verified owner) –
I bought this for my first year teaching 5th grade and it is going to be great, I can’t wait for the dice game in particular.
teaching all around (verified owner) –
I bought this for my first year teaching 5th grade and it is going to be great, I can’t wait for the dice game in particular.
Bridget’s Teacher Resource Store –
This resource included several engaging ways to start a new school year. My students really enjoyed learning more about me with the Two Truths and a Lie activity!
Elaine B. –
I am especially looking forward to playing Family Feud with students this year!
Jennifer F. –
This was a great resource to get students engaged and to feel comfortable with their classmates. They enjoyed the activities and got them talking and starting to build relationships early on. I will use the activities throughout the school year!
Michelle E. –
This is a good resource for promoting student connections.
Dunia M. –
Great activity for the beginning of the year, student used it really well.
Jeri Lynne L. –
Students loved doing these icebreakers! They especially loved the Dice-Breaker game!
Rachel S. –
I teach 7th, 9th and 11th graders and they all enjoyed this activity
Julie A. –
These ice breaker activities were excellent and ready to go! I just read the very clear instructions and my class has been playing the games all week. We are loving them! Very well plan and put together. Thank you for making such a wonderful resource to start my year!
Kimberly N. –
This resource made the first week of school so much smoother! The activities are fun, practical, and help build a strong classroom community right from the start. I loved how the games encouraged teamwork and positive relationships, while the organization and management tools kept everything structured. It saved me hours of planning and gave my students a welcoming and engaging start to the year. Highly recommend for any teacher who wants both structure and fun on day one!
Mackenzie T. –
We enjoyed the variety of ice breakers in this resource. The Four Corners was a big hit fro back to school.
Julie H. –
Tons of great activities… can’t wait to use more of them at the start of next school year.
Shelley C. –
Great resource for any class to have, not just for the beginning of the year, but any time you have a club or group that needs to get to know each other or interact
Get Your Ducks in a Row –
These were fun to get kids talking at the beginning of the year!
Whitney S. –
Thank you for this resource. It was easy to implement and extremely helpful for my students!
Marlena M. –
This is a great resource. Students enjoyed completing this activity.
Chastity M. –
We used this in class at the beginning of the year and the kids really enjoyed getting to know each other. Thanks!