BRAIN BREAKS - WeAreTeachers

January

BRAIN BREAKS

SUN DAY

M O N DAY

TUESDAY WEDN ESDAY TH URSDAY

FR I DAY

SATUR DAY

Give your

Have students

Play

class a riddle.

recommend a book Recite a poem.

Simon Says.

they love.

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Streeeetttttcccchhhhh.

Learn a tongue twister.

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Doodle for 5 minutes.

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Make a word with Scrabble

1 0 tiles.

Play a game

of Would

You Rather.

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Share a dream.

Watch a Kid President

video.

Do 25 jumping

jacks.

Tell your students

jokes.

Dance to a Top 40

song.

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Rock, Paper, Scissors

competition.

Use stress balls for a 5 minutes.

Play a clappattern game.

Play Heads Up, 7 Up

Do a conga line.

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Learn the Macarena.

Play a game of Telephone.

Sing a song or chant.

Share a memory.

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February

WRITING PROMPTS

SUN DAY

M O N DAY

TUESDAY WEDN ESDAY TH URSDAY

FR I DAY

SATUR DAY

My amazing

superpower

would be...

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I'd give kindergarteners

this advice:

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Three things I'd buy if I won the

lottery:

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How the world will be different

in 2119...

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Advice I'd like to give

to my

7 parents...

Write an "I'm sorry" letter

from a villain's

8 perspective. 9

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These four words changed my morning and

1 1 why:

10 things I'd like to ask my great-great-greatgrandmother:

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If I had magic gloves,

here's what they'd do:

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One fictional character I wish

were real:

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One subject I'd like to give

up in school

1 5 and why:

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Write about a person, place, and

problem that all start with the

1 8 letter P.

Here are three things I'd change if I were president:

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Write about two enemies stuck together in an

2 0 elevator.

How I conquered my fear...

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Write a

story with

three different

2 2 endings.

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Think of someone

you don't like.

Here are three

Now write five rules I'd make if I

good things

were an adult:

2 5 about them. 2 6

I was walking along the beach,

and I saw this unbelievable

2 7 thing...

Here's one way that I'm

weird and wonderful:

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March

DR. SEUSS QUOTES

SUN DAY

M O N DAY

T U E S DAY

WEDN ESDAY

TH URSDAY

FR I DAY

SATUR DAY

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any

1 direction you choose."

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"A person's a person, no matter how

4 small."

"Oh the things you can find, if you don't stay

5 behind!"

"I like nonsense. It wakes up the

6 brain cells."

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"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"

"Think and wonder, wonder

and think."

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"Step with care and great tact, and remember that life's a great

1 1 balancing act."

"You'll miss the best things if

you keep your

1 2 eyes shut."

"So, open your mouth, lad! For every

voice counts!"

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"I know it is wet

"If you never

and the sun is not

did you should.

sunny, but we can These things are

have lots of good

fun and fun is

fun that is funny." 1 5 good."

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"From there to here, from here

to there, funny things are

1 8 everywhere."

"Unless someone

like you cares a

whole awful lot,

nothing is going

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to get better. It's not."

"But down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights."

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"An elephant's faithful

one-hundred

2 1 percent!"

"Today was good.

Today was fun.

Tomorrow is

another one."

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"It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how."

"It's not about what it is. It's about what it can become."

"Just go right along, you'll start happening too!"

"You are you. Now, isn't that

pleasant?"

"Oh, the thinks you 3 0

can think!"

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SUN DAY

M O N DAY

April

EARTH MONTH 20 EASY WAYS TO HELP THE EARTH! TUESDAY WEDN ESDAY TH URSDAY

FR I DAY

Use a refillable water bottle instead of

1 buying plastic.

Take your own bags when you shop at a store.

2

Recycle the plastic

bags

you have at

3

home.

Use less plastic to pack your

lunch.

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Recycle old batteries and electronics.

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SATUR DAY 6

Take an extra

Plant a

Turn off the

look at your

Try composting

bee-friendly

Don't

air conditioner

garbage and try

either at school

plant--the

waste

and open

to recycle more.

or home.

bee population

water.

the windows.

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1 0 needs us!

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Turn off

Grow milkweed

lights when

Take time

for monarch

you don't

to appreciate

butterflies.

need them.

nature.

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If you see garbage at a public park,

1 8 pick it up.

Encourage your

parents to buy

pesticide-free

1 9 products.

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Do an Earth Day craft with

your class.

Organize a community clean-up day.

Ride your bike somewhere

instead of taking the car.

Look into alternative energy, like

solar.

Plant a tree at your school for

Arbor Day.

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Set a classroom recycling

2 9 goal.

Be a voice! Encourage others

to help the environment.

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May

Q UESTI O NS TO ASK AT THE EN D O F THE SCHOO L YEAR

SUN DAY

M O N DAY

T U E S DAY

WEDN ESDAY TH URSDAY

What did you accomplish this year that you're

1 proud of?

What's one thing you learned in math this year?

2

FR I DAY

Name a favorite book you read

this year. Why did you

3 like it?

SATUR DAY 4

5

What's your favorite part of the

school day?

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Name one new person you

became friends

7 with this year.

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What was challenging for you this

year?

What was your favorite art

project you did

9 this year?

Use five adjectives to describe

1 0 this year.

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Name a teacher (other than your own) you really

like. Why?

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What's one thing you were really good at

this year?

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Name an area where you think you made a big

improvement.

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Name something nice someone did for you

1 6 this year.

What were your

favorite three

games to play

1 7 in gym?

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Name your favorite place in the classroom.

What's one thing you taught your

teacher this year?

What's one song you remember

from music?

Name something related to

technology we used in class.

What will you miss about school?

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What's a piece

What's one thing

Name three

What's one

What's one thing

of advice you'd give next year's

students?

you're looking forward to this

summer?

books you want to read this summer.

thing you're looking forward

to next year?

you learned in science this year?

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