Encourage participants to bond and form a new team
Get people from different backgrounds to meet
Invite others to become involved with learning about new subject matter
Help the group leader become acquainted with the participants and interpersonal interactions within the group
Yield observed information on the group’s dynamics, which can assist group leaders in tailoring lessons to group needs
Since the printed dot count ranges from one to six, assign each number of dots an activity or question for a total of six.
Pass out or share a die with each group of students. If using stations, you can place a die at each station, then have students roll that die upon arriving.
When students roll a number, they share their coordinating response with others at the station or in the group.
Example #1: Inside-Outside Circle twist on the @TCEA Dicebreaker warm-up activity. Transitions back from holiday break and getting everyone talking is a win. Special thanks to teacher Elizabeth Vanderveen Heinrich - Source: https://tinyurl.com/tceadbe1
Example #2: 4th graders learning more about each other and kicking off fitness class with “dicebreakers." Special thanks to OJR Elementary Health and PE.
Source: https://tinyurl.com/tceadbe2
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Here are a few debrief questions you can use in a dice debrief:
What did you learn today?
Why does what you learned matter?
List three big ideas you got out of today’s lesson.
What process did you go through today? Did it work? Why or why not?
What resources (e.g. books, websites) did you use today?
Did what you write or make meet your goals?
How do you feel about your work today? Why?
What would you change or do differently?
Additionally, such activities work well as entry tickets when you ask questions like:
What do you think we’ll be learning about today?
What do you already know about this topic?
What areas would you like to learn more about?
What predictions (or guesses) can you make about what you will be learning today?
How do you feel about this subject?
What are some areas you might need help in?
You can also adapt ideas from this blog entry on bell ringers. How could you adapt exit tickets for this fun variation?
You may have found these templates useful, but there are many more online. A Roll and Respond list of questions caught my eye. It included questions such as:
What are you looking forward to?
What are you looking forward to doing?
If you could spend an hour with someone, who would it be?
If you could have something to help, what would it be?
How would you describe this idea to an alien from outer space?
How is this the same or different?