Here's my compiled list of different warm ups:
- Find the lie - Place information (or math problems) on the board. Students have to find the lie, or the mistakenly answered problem.
- Create the lie - Students have to create a miscalculated problem, or a wrong bit of information. Then they have to switch with their neighbor and their neighbor has to figure out the right answer.
- Journal entry - Have the students walk you through their process for figuring out problems, or have them journal about being present during an event.
- 3 little words - Students come up with three words related to a new topic. This taps into their background knowledge, and it gives you a quick formative assessment.
- 4 corners - Get students thinking about a controversial subject, a "what if" question, or you could use this as a modified multiple choice question. Students stand at the four corners of your room depending upon how they answer a question.
- Read - Students read about a problem, a current event, a newspaper article, a journal article, etc Then you talk about it. You can also integrate some during reading activities like double entry journals.
- Questions - The teacher puts up a topic, picture, etc and students write down questions they may have about the topic. This is also a quick formative assessment, or a way to tap into student interest.
- Would you rather - The students or the teacher can come up with "would you rather" questions that relate to the topic. Then students stand in a designated spot that matches up with their choice (kinda like four corners.. but there's only two options).
- Present - Students can present a very short problem, idea, research, etc for extra credit.
- Mnemonic - Put up a word on the board related to the topic you are studying, and ask students to create a mnemonic for that word.
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