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Mystery Box

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Fourth graders engage in a icebreaker activity that is meant to introduce curriculum areas at the beginning of the school year. The teacher prepares several different boxes filled with items that are to be studied during the year. Then the students make guesses about the objects found in the boxes.

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breaking the ice

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Activity, icebreaker, social studies
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Grade
4th
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Social Studies & History
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
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