Lesson - Curriculum Linked

Choose pairs or groups of words (e.g., salt & pepper; PB & J; earth, wind, fire, & water; heart, veins, arteries, lungs; drummer, guitarist, singer, tambourine player). Call sections of the class each of the words, and invite students to find the other words in their group (e.g., "heart" will look for "lungs", "veins", and "arteries" to complete their group). Great for jigsaw where students may move back and forth between large group work and work in small groups or pairs. Word groupings could be linked to curriculum. When appropriate, encourage students to create a gesture for their word and to find their group members non-verbally.

Give students a sheet with a clock on it, for example, or a randomized set of distinct graphics that are related to a curricular theme (e.g., human organs). Students write down the names of peers they enjoy working with for each hand of the clock or for each graphic. Teachers call out "Find your 2 o'clock partner.", "Find your intestines partner."

Give each student one part of a compound word on a cue card,  e.g. door and bell. Have them find one another. Have them find another pair that go with the first pair e.g.. mail and box. You can make these words thematically related to whatever big idea you are working on.

Cut up a multi-lined text (poems work well) and give one line to each student. Have them walk around saying the line aloud until they find people that are saying the same lines.

Give each student a cue card with a government, human body, matter, forces, etc. word on it and have them find others that would be found in the same categories.