Dice Game Topic Starters
There are 36 starter topics categorized by themes. Ask pupils to choose a Dice, roll it an read one of the 6 topics, think for a while then record their name, the topic and their response. An extension to the game could involve inviting other pupils to offer their views using appropriate opening phrases such as "I agree with you because..." , "I hear what you're saying, but I think..." , "Can you tell me more about why you think that...?" etc and recording this too.
Themes include : Personal & Getting to Know You, Imaginative, School & Classroom Life, Thought-Provoking & Society.
Dice Game
Blue
①Favorite Subject: What is your favorite subject in school and why?
②Hidden Talent: Explain a unique talent you have that people might not know about?
③Perfect Day: Describe what a perfect day at school would look like for you.
④Proudest Moment: Explain one thing you have done recently that you are really proud of?
⑤After School: What is your favorite thing to do once the school day is over and why?
⑥Common Ground: Name things everyone in this group might have in common.
Purple
①Favorite Hobby: If you could spend all weekend doing one hobby, what would it be and why?.
②Friendship Qualities: What do you think makes someone a truly good friend?
③Three Words: How would your friends or family describe you?
④Superpower Choice: If you chose one superpower, what would it be and how would you use it?
⑤Animal for a Day: If you could be any animal for a day, which one would you pick and why?
⑥New School Subject: How would you invent a new subject for everyone to learn
White
①Time Travel: If you had a time machine, would you go to the future or the past and why?
②Desert Island: If you were on a space station for a month, what three items would you want and why ?
③Famous Dinner: If you could invite any person to dinner, who would it be and why them?
④Robot Assistant: If you had a robot for one day, what tasks would you ask it to do?
⑤New Holiday: If you could create a new holiday, what would it celebrate and how?
⑥Dream Job: What career sounds the most exciting to you and why?
Yellow
①Classroom Rules: If you could make one new rule for your classroom, what would it be?
②Teacher for a Day: If you were the teacher tomorrow, what would you teach and why?
③Homework Debate: Should homework be banned for primary school students state why?
④School Uniforms: Do you think wearing a school uniform is a good idea or a bad one and why?
⑤Ideal Playground: If you could redesign the school playground, what would you add?
⑥Learning Style: Do you prefer working on your own, with a partner, or in a big group and why?
Red
①Kindness at School: What is something kind you could do for a classmate tomorrow?
②Favorite Book: What is the best book you have ever read, and why should others read it?
③Dream Field Trip: If your class could go on a trip anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
④World Change: If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
⑤Video Games: Are video games good for your brain, what do you think ?
⑥Prize Money: If your group won £100, how would you decide to spend it together?
Green
①Hero Definition: Who is your personal hero, and what makes them "heroic"?
②Future World: How do you think the world will be different 100 years from now?
③Environment: What can we all do to help protect the environment?
④Social Media: What do you think about social media for creating friendships ?
⑤Pets vs. People: What are the benefits of having pets ?
⑥Mistakes: What can you learn from making a mistake?