I need info on activities or icebreakers for new jr. high teachers and their mentors.?

Answer 1

The M & M or toilet paper icebreakers are good. You have each person take as many M & Ms as they like, but they are not to eat any until everyone has some. Then each person has to share one fact about themselves for every M & M they took. The same applies to the toilet paper, but people are told to take as much toilet paper as they would normally use. Both are fun and help to share info.

Answer 2

Have everyone stand in a circle. Then ask every other person to step in and make a circle within a circle. Have other outer circle move one way and the inner circle move the other way. Call out a number of spaces to move and tell them the question they're going to answer. For example, "Everyone move 6 spaces, introduce yourself to the person across from you, and tell him/her what superpower you would choose if given the opportunity."
I don't know how many people you have. This generally works with larger groups. The idea is to move relatively quickly and give multiple pairs of people an opportunity to introduce themselves. This, of course also works in the classroom for test review, etc.

Answer 3

I've did the M&M one before. It's good because usually everyone takes a hand full so you can really find out things about them. I just don't like it if someone starts by saying their favorite color then everyone else will say the same stuff about theirselves. Another one, to help learn names, is to have each person use their name with and adjective of the same letter (such as Dancing Dave, Joyful Jill, etc) But as you call the next person to see what their name and adj is they must repeat everyone's that was before them

Answer 4

I recommend what we call "Untangle".
Have 6 to 10 people in a circle put both hands in the center. Each person grabs somebody else's hand, but not the person next to them or the same person's hand.
Now challenge them to untangle themselves until they become a circle.
Everyone will have to work together to succeed.

OR...

"Countdown"
4 to 6 people stand in a circle and try to count down randomly from 20 to one. If two speak at the same time, all start over.

Answer 5

Play bingo but instead of of numbers and letters have phrases in each of the boxes like...
-plays an instrument
-favorite colour is red
l-ikes to workout
then the people in the room have to walk around and find someone who matches the phrase and write their name in the box, the firtst person who fills a row wins.
Its a good way for people to get to know eachother and fun!

Answer 6

I always like "2 Truths and a Lie." Each person tells 3 things about themselves, one of which is fictitious. The group tries to guess which is the "lie."

Answer 7

You might check into some of the current Resolution Training manuals. I know my Conflict Resolution training manual has some good ice-breakers.