Morning Meeting 20 questions
Activities
The class may ask 20 yes or no
questions to guess the teacher’s
or classmate’s mystery person,
place, or thing.
Guess the Beach ball Pass
Category
The teacher invents a category and Write different facts or questions
identifies students that fit that on a blown up beach ball. Pass
category (ie- students wearing laces). the ball around the room and
The class tries to guess the category. students answer the question their
thumb lands on.
Zoom! Who’s Missing?
In a circle, pass the word A student leaves the room and one
“zoom”around the circle. See how of the other student hides. The
fast the word can travel around the classmate outside returns and
circle. Try and beat your best time! tries to guess who is missing.
Telephone Simon Says!
One student starts and passes Play the classic game of Simon
around sentence. Will it be the Says. Remember students should
same sentence at the end of the only repeat the action if Simon
circle? says so!
Hot and Cold Going on a trip
The class hides an object while a The class is going on a trip. The
classmate is outside the room. first person in the circle will bring
The classmate tries to find the something that starts with an A.
object with hotter and colder The class will continue around the
clues. alphabet and the circle.
Category Snap Follow the Leader
A classmate stands out of the
circle as the class chooses a
Pick a category (ie- fruits) and leader to start a motion and
snap around the circle as every everyone will follow. The
student names something from classmate has to figure out who is
the category. the leader starting the motion.
Famous Pairs Guess the Number
Name two people who have
something in common. Students The teacher picks a number within
have to name what the pair has in a range. Students ask yes or no
common. questions to guess the number.
Behind my Back Walk, Stop, and
Talk
Students have a mystery word As you play music, students walk
taped to their back. Students have around the room. When the music
to walk around the room asking stops, students find a partner and
questions to try and figure it out. talk about a prompted question.
Charades Heads Up!
A student holds up a mystery word
Students act out a word without to his or her forehead. The rest of
talking while the rest of the class the class tries to describe it for the
tries to guess the word. student.
Line Up! Silent Speedball
Students pass the ball around the
Students have to line up to a room quickly without talking or
specific order without talking. dropping!
Four Corners Rock, Paper,
Scissors
Pose a question with four options Play a variety of rock, paper,
(ie- favorite season). Students scissors. After losing, you follow
move to the corner of the room that opponent around and cheer
they side with. If there is extra them on. At the end, there is one
time, students can debate. winner.
Freeze Dance Human Knot
In a small circle, students begin to
hold hands with students opposite
Students dance while the music is the circle. Students then to have
on. Students freeze when the to untangle themselves without
music stops. letting go.
Meditation Hot Potato
Pass around the an object (“hot
potato”) while music plays. If you
are holding the object when the
Follow a guided meditation or deep music stops, you are out of the
breathing video. circle.
Two Truths and a Word Scramble
Lie
Students come up with two truths The teacher writes a scrambled
and a lie and the class must figure word on the board and the class
out the lie. quickly tries to figure it out.
