Would You Rather…?

In this game, students think about two scenarios and choose the one they would rather

do. The “Would you rather…?” questions (a variety of which can be found online), can

range from goofy to serious, such as:

 Would you rather be poor and happy or rich and unhappy?

 Would you rather have a missing finger or an extra toe?
 Would you rather find your soulmate or find a billion dollars (and never find your soulmate)?
 Would you rather eat your favorite meal for every meal for the rest of your life or never be
able to eat your favorite meal again?
 Would you rather speak all languages fluently or be able to speak to animals?
 Would you rather lose your wallet or lose your keys?

You can play this as a whole class or put students in groups and give them a stack of

cards with questions and they take turns asking each other the questions. Either way,

following up by asking “Why or why not?” can lead to some fun discussions.

The Snowball Activity.

Have students write three things about themselves on a piece of paper. Then have
them crumble up the paper to resemble a snowball. Let the students have a snowball
fight for about one minute. Now everyone grabs one of the snowballs and has to try
and find the person who wrote on it. Once they find their partner, they have to bring
that person up in front of the class and explain what they learned about their new
friend with the three facts written on the piece of paper.

Pows and Wows –

This is a great game to help a classroom or team of students build camaraderie. Have each

person share one good thing and one bad thing from their day. It’s simple, but effective
Boats sail on the rivers,
And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky Snowball by Shel Silverstein
Are prettier than these. I made myself a snowball
There are bridges on the rivers,
As pretty as you please; As perfect as could be.
But the bow that bridges heaven, I thought I’d keep it as a pet
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky. And let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
About the Teeth of Sharks by John Ciardi
And a pillow for its head.
The thing about a shark is—teeth,
Then last night it ran away,
One row above, one row beneath.
But first it wet the bed.

Now take a close look. Do you find

It has another row behind?

Still closer—here, I’ll hold your hat:

Has it a third row behind that?

Now look in and…Look out! Oh my,

I’ll never know now! Well, goodbye

 Child Of The Days

Monday’s child is fair of face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursday’s child has far to go.
Friday’s child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child works hard for a living,
Sunday’s child is fun and entertaining.
All the days have a child that’s amusing