‘Getting to Know You’ Activity 9:
Dicey
Number of people: Unlimited
Materials: Pair of numbered dice
Time: 10 minutes approx.
Overview:
In pairs or groups of three students volunteer personal information about each other using the dice as a prompt.
Instructions:
1. Students are placed in Learning Pairs (see ‘Pair Up/Speak Up’ –in full versionof Needs Focused Lessons™), or in groups of three (see ‘Five Creative Ways to Form Random Groups’ – in full version of Needs Focused Lessons™).
2. Explain that the activity is a bit of fun to accelerate the process of getting to know each other. Throw the dice against the wall and call out the number shown from two to twelve.
3. Students discuss with their partners/group members a piece of information about themselves which corresponds with the number shown on the dice, eg ‘I had two eggs for breakfast’, ‘when I’m older I want to own four cars’, ‘when I was three I fell down the stairs and broke my arm’ etc.
4. Each team member records their answers before volunteering to share with the rest of the group.
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