First-day activities & icebreakers; 4 Student Success, Educational & Career Advancement Division, Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), Albuquerque

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First-day activities & icebreakers

First-day activities and icebreakers

"The first day of class sets the tone for the rest of the term."
-Barbara Gross Davis

The activities listed below come from SAGE faculty at Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque.

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	Pre-first-day activities Contributed by Diane Herrera Shepard
	Icebreaker Using College Success Tips Contributed by Amy Christensen
	Activity to Create a Sense of Community Contributed by Roy Turner
	Icebreaker: What Is in a Cartoon? Contributed by Kenneth Chavez
	Activity: Writing & following instructions on how to build a paper airplane *Most appropriate for a writing class Contributed by Nancee Mancel
	First-day Bingo Contributed by Connie Gulick
	First-day Activity Using Maps Most appropriate for a reading class Contributed by Pat White
	First-day Activity on "Following Instructions" *Most appropriate for a math class Contributed by Huong McDoniel
	First-day Icebreaker: Find 5 Commonalities Contributed by Peggy Homan

For additional information, visit the 4 Student Success library of web resources on first-day activities and icebreakers.

Active learning	Collaborative & group learning	First-day activities & icebreakers	Getting off to a good start	Managing expectations	Project- & problem -based learning
Attendance & retention	Differentiated learning	Games for learning	Making it to the finish line	Motivation	Web resources

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