Getting to Know You Activity for First Day of Math Class
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Trying to decide on an activity for the first day of school in your math class? How about one that is engaging, lets you get to know students, and gets them doing math on day 1!
A 3D View of You is a hands-on ice breaker that involves graphing points, geometry, and creativity. They will love that they create a 3D figure!
Here’s how it works:
- Students graph ordered pairs on a coordinate grid.
- As they graph, they answer questions about themselves.
- Once they finish connecting all the points, they have created a net of a cube.
- They can decorate it. (Optional)
- They cut it out to form a three-dimensional cube that is unique to them!
After students create their personalized cubes, you can choose what to do with them. Here are a few suggestions:
- In partners or groups, students roll their cube and tell about what they wrote on the side it lands.
- Collect them all and attach string. Hang them in your classroom for personalized, colorful classroom décor.
- Put them all in a container. Each day for the first month or so, draw a cube out of the container as “student of the day.” The class can learn a fun fact about their classmate from the cube they created.
Students will enjoy creating these, and you will get to know your students a little better by reading their responses on the cubes.
Note: Be sure to let students know you may be sharing some of their responses.
This activity is ready to print and go. It is provided in a four-quadrant version and first quadrant only version. You might want to provide supplies to students for decorating (if they do not have their own), or you could print the coordinate planes on colorful paper.
Want to change the questions? See the included editable PowerPoint file to type your own questions for your students.
Want to connect this activity to even more math content? Ask students questions like these…
- How many unit cubes could fill your cube?
- How many unit squares would be needed to cover your entire cube?
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