Warm Ups for Cold Weather

I love winter!! Not many people can say that, especially those living in Boston with their 5.5ft of snow (and counting). Here in Mississippi it is pretty chilly and rainy so you feet can stay cold all day.

To beat this cold weather, let's talk about a couple warm ups to keep those young minds in your classroom nice and toasty.

So in our BLOCK class last week, we were all very stressed with our upcoming unit. Our wonderful teacher reminded us that it is important to voice your concerns and listen to your students! I couldn't be more thankful for an understanding teacher. 

Anyways, our warm-up for the day was called QuickWrite. You give the students options of what to pick to write about. The format is like this: "How is a ____ like a __(1)____, __(2)_____, or __(3)_____?" and the students get to choose whichever one they want to write about.  For example, ours was "How is a teacher like a doctor, artist, or builder?"After this warm-up you could hold a discussion about what the students picked and why.

Even with this activity, students can have different interpretations of the same option. For example, in our class 3 of us chose that a teacher is like a doctor, but we all had completely different reasons. 

I found a couple links to some good warm-ups if you ever need a change in your classroom. 

This site has 10 warm-ups for introducing lessons. 

If you have some down time, this site has free downloads and directions for 360 warm-ups.

I hope you enjoy these! Comments are always welcome! And remember to keep those minds working!