Choose a Morning Connections game from our class list
Today we are personalising our Writer's Notebook. Check out your 2026 Writer's Notebook if available, and either add to it with your new items, or crate a fresh one!
Use what you have brought (or draw a picture that you can stick on) so that your Writer's Notebook is special to you.
Use the first page to write about what you want to achieve with your writing this year.
First, explain to your students that the purpose of this game is to find out what they have in common with each other. Instruct them to listen to your prompts and line up or “blob” themselves together in a group according to the instructions.
Line up in order of tallest to shortest
Make a blob of people who have the same hair colour as you
Line up in alphabetical order according to last names
Make a blob of people who have the same eye colour as you
Make a blob of people who have the same number of siblings as you
Line up in order of birthdays, starting with January 1
Make a blob of people who are wearing the same style of shoes (running shoes, sandals…)
Line up in order of who has the most vowels in his/her first name
Make a blob of people who have the same number of syllables in their last name
Class Game - Human Bingo
Introduce Class novel
Reading expectations