Blobs and lines

 

. Blobs and lines

This activity is easy, quick, keeps students moving and talking, plus helps them discover what they have in common. The idea is for students to listen to their teacher’s prompts and organize themselves in a line (for example, in alphabetical order of last name) or in blobs according to something they have in common (birth month).

Try these prompts:

• Line up in chronological order of your birthdays

• Line up in order of how many siblings you have

• Find those who are allergic to the same things as you

• Gather with those who have the same colored clothing as you

• Line up in alphabetical order of your fathers’ names

• Gather in four blobs: those who traveled by car to class, those who traveled by bus, and those who traveled another way

• Line up in alphabetical order of your first names.

• Line up in order from the person with the most siblings to the person with the fewest.

• Line up in order of the number of letters in your first name, from least to greatest.

• Line up from shortest to tallest.

• Line up in order of the current month you were born in.

• Line up in order of the number of pets you have, from most to fewest.

• Line up in order of your favorite number, from least to greatest.

• Line up in order of the first letter of your last name.

• Line up in reverse chronological order of your birthdays.

• Line up in order of the number of buttons on the clothes you are wearing right now, from most to fewest.