Strand Session Openers and Icebreakers

Topic facts/quotes Find your match Participants are all in a whip around relating to topic given a penny and format (parts of quotes, share the significance opposites, famous of that year in their pairs) lives.

A short attention- Did you know? Participants are grabbing video is Facts/pieces of each given one shown and data on cards that letter card that participants react participants share spells out the topic to it and connect it with each other or theme and are to the topic asked to share an idea that comes to mind related to the topic

Graffiti Gallery Dot voting: Participants create Walk: Ideas are Participants leave a visual that posted around the colored dots on represents their room and charts around the thinking/prior participants write room indicating knowledge about responses/ideas on their level of the topic each. Then, groups comfort, their process what was opinions, etc. added to each poster

Participants share Six Degrees of Given a set of items, prior knowledge by Separation: Using a participants make completing a map (of either the connections between graphic organizer state, US or the the item of their around the topic World) participants choice and the topic interview each other and find out about places they have in common

Find someone who: Placemat activity: Participants are given A bingo board with Participants ½ of a quote, qualities that relate individually write statement, or question to the topic. ideas around the on the topic. They find Participants topic on the outer their “other 1/2” and attempt to fill in sections of the discuss and relate. their board with placemat and then signatures in every share and find block similarities in the group to write in the middle

Participants are Participants create given cards that a foldable to use they must during the session collaboratively on which to take organize into notes. categories on the topic and discuss

Seasonal/Holiday Themes

Valentine’s Day: Participants choose a conversation heart candy and relate its saying to the topic

St. Patrick’s Day: Participants choose a phrase with “luck” in it and relate it to the topic.

Winter: Participants create a free-form snowflake using scissors and paper and write three things that are unique about them on it, followed up with sharing in pairs or groups.