Four Corners Icebreaker & Brain Break Game | Back to School Grade 5+ | 50 SLIDES

Looking for a back to school icebreaker and year-round brain break that won't get the eye-roll? Introducing... FOUR CORNERS! The most engaging way to welcome in a new year with upper primary, middle, and high schoolers... a dang tough crowd that often greets first-week activities with sighs.

Four Corners is different. While most icebreakers totally miss the mark, this one always hits. Developed by a teacher who actually gets tough teen crowds, it's built to be incredibly engaging and something to come back to again and again, all year long.

💃 Use to break the ice or as a year-round community builder!

This isn't a one-and-done first-week activity. With 50 prompts spanning everything from "about me" questions to school-based scenarios, funny dilemmas, and exciting hypotheticals, Four Corners is built to be one of your most-used tools all year:

✏️Brain breaks: a 5-minute reset that gets students up and moving.

✏️Re-engaging a class after lunch or a long block.

✏️Starter activities or bell ringers to open a lesson with energy.

✏️Building a positive class community, one prompt at a time.

✏️Encouraging discussion and critical thinking, especially when students are asked to debate their position.

✏️Writing prompts for a quick reflective task.

✏️Breaking the ice in week one, without the cringe.

🎉 What's included in Four Corners:

• 50 ready-to-go slides on PowerPoint
• Google Slides link so you can add it straight to your drive.
• A Canva template so you can create your own prompts whenever you like

Everything you need to make this as custom to your class and context year round!

🎲 How to play Four Corners:

✏️Project one of the 50 prompts up on the board.

✏️Students move to the corner of the room that represents their response.

✏️Optional: have a few students debate their position before moving on.

💛 Why you and your class will absolutely LOVE 'Four Corners' as a Back to School Icebreaker and YEAR ROUND as a brain break:

• A genuine mix of personal, funny, and school-based prompts that keep every kind of student engaged.
• No prep! Just project and go.
• Gets even the quietest or most reluctant students moving and participating, without putting anyone on the spot.
• One resource, endless uses! A true year-round staple, not a single-use first-week activity.
• Suitable for grades 5 and up, designed by a teacher who knows exactly what it takes to win over a tough crowd.

PLEASE NOTE: The slides are uneditable so the original game stays intact with the engaging protected elements, but the Canva Template lets you create endless questions of your own, so it's just as flexible and can feel like it was made just for your class.

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Connection, routines, icebreaking, and expectations that actually stick (without lifting a finger)?

You'll find this and everything else inside of The Complete Back to School Bundle. And when I say complete, I mean complete.

The only bundle out there that has literally everything, built by an actual classroom management specialist who knows what it takes to win over a tough teen crowd.

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