robinthebun

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maybe some icebreakers where everyone can chime in (class size dependent)? and then from there with tension being eased seguing into discussion? Could also try breakout groups and have a lead for each group that shares what they discussed?

it sounds kinda silly, but one thing that kids in a 5th grade class i worked in really liked was daily riddles/puzzles. like not even as something they have to do right then and there, but like having it up at the start of snack time, and then giving them time to solve it while eating

sometimes i'd put harder ones on at the beginning of the day, and even kept track of kids who participated and/or solved challenges, and kids liked seeing their sticker count go up, and sometimes that helped with incentives

the puzzles were more that they could tell you the answer privately/write it down, but towards the end of snack they had time to deliberate and try solving stuff all together