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Would You Rather Brain Break

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Would You Rather Brain Break

A two-minute reset between lessons. Questions are short enough to read from the back of the room, clean enough for any year group, and structured so the whole class can vote at once.

Project it, read the question, count hands, then tap and show the class how the internet voted. The disagreement is the lesson.

Questions in this deck

The full list.

  1. 1

    have a class with no homework and double the tests or homework every night and no tests?

  2. 2

    give the answer out loud or write it on the board?

  3. 3

    work alone or work in a group of four?

  4. 4

    have a lesson outside in the cold or inside with no windows?

  5. 5

    read aloud to the class or be read to for an hour?

  6. 6

    swap seats every lesson or keep the same seat all year?

  7. 7

    have a ten minute break every hour or an extra hour at lunch?

  8. 8

    be the timekeeper or be the scorekeeper?

  9. 9

    learn one subject perfectly or every subject a little?

  10. 10

    present with slides or present with nothing?

  11. 11

    have a class pet or a class garden?

  12. 12

    start school an hour later or finish an hour earlier?

  13. 13

    take a test you can retake once or one you can't but is easier?

  14. 14

    write with a pen that never runs out or a pencil that never blunts?

  15. 15

    do a project you choose or one that's chosen for you?

  16. 16

    have the whole class agree with you or have one person really understand you?

  17. 17

    play a game where everyone moves or one where everyone thinks?

  18. 18

    have a two-minute break every half hour or a ten-minute one at eleven?

  19. 19

    vote out loud as a class or vote silently and reveal?

  20. 20

    do a quick quiz or do a quick stretch?

  21. 21

    have music during work or silence during work?

  22. 22

    stand up to answer or stay seated and write?

  23. 23

    have the lights bright or the blinds open?

  24. 24

    do a challenge in pairs or as a whole class?

  25. 25

    have a break you choose or one the class votes on?

  26. 26

    share your answer or hear someone else's first?

  27. 27

    have an extra break or finish five minutes early?

  28. 28

    write on a whiteboard or write on paper?

  29. 29

    answer ten easy questions or one hard one?

  30. 30

    do a class quiz or do a class drawing?

  31. 31

    sit near the window or sit near the door?

  32. 32

    have a rota for jobs or volunteers each time?

  33. 33

    learn a new word every day or a new fact every day?

  34. 34

    do maths first thing or do maths last thing?

  35. 35

    work with the person beside you or the person across the room?

  36. 36

    have a countdown timer on screen or no timer at all?

  37. 37

    do homework at lunch or do it at home?

  38. 38

    pick the class song or pick the class game?

  39. 39

    have a longer lesson with a break or a shorter one without?

  40. 40

    read a chapter or watch a short clip?

  41. 41

    have the register read aloud or tick your own name?

  42. 42

    be asked a question you can pass on or one you must attempt?

  43. 43

    do a warm-up puzzle or a warm-up stretch?

  44. 44

    have neat handwriting or fast handwriting?

  45. 45

    use a calculator and show working or no calculator and no working?

  46. 46

    plan a trip to a museum or a trip to a forest?

  47. 47

    have a class photo wall or a class question wall?

  48. 48

    give feedback out loud or write it on a sticky note?

  49. 49

    work at a tidy desk or a desk with everything on it?

  50. 50

    do a spelling test on Friday or a little bit every day?

  51. 51

    have a teacher who jokes or a teacher who explains twice?

  52. 52

    do group work with friends or with people you do not know yet?

  53. 53

    have a quiet corner in the room or a standing desk?

  54. 54

    start with the hardest task or save it for last?

  55. 55

    have a class motto or a class mascot?

  56. 56

    choose your own reading book or have a book read to everyone?

  57. 57

    do a poster or do a short talk?

  58. 58

    have a fire drill in the rain or a double lesson indoors?

  59. 59

    be the one who collects the books or the one who hands them out?

  60. 60

    have a break where you go outside or one where you sit and chat?

  61. 61

    do a puzzle with a partner or race the whole class?

  62. 62

    have the answers at the end or hints along the way?

  63. 63

    write a story or write instructions?

  64. 64

    have coloured pens or a ruler that never slips?

  65. 65

    learn a song in another language or learn to count to twenty in one?

  66. 66

    do art on a Monday or art on a Friday?

  67. 67

    have a suggestion box or a weekly class vote?

  68. 68

    be told the plan for the whole term or find out each week?

  69. 69

    do a science experiment you watch or one you carry out?

  70. 70

    have desks in rows or desks in groups?

  71. 71

    do a memory game or a guessing game?

  72. 72

    have a school trip every term or one big one a year?

  73. 73

    bring in something to show or hear about somebody else's?

  74. 74

    have a clock you can see or no clock and a teacher who tells you?

  75. 75

    do the task twice and get it right or once and move on?

  76. 76

    have a class library or a class noticeboard?

  77. 77

    answer in a full sentence or answer in one word?

  78. 78

    do sport indoors or do sport in the cold?

  79. 79

    have a partner who works fast or one who checks everything?

  80. 80

    start a new topic or finish the old one properly?

  81. 81

    have a quiz with teams or a quiz on your own?

  82. 82

    use a map or use a list of directions?

  83. 83

    write with your best pen or type on a keyboard?

  84. 84

    have a two-minute riddle or a two-minute joke?

  85. 85

    do a tidy-up at the end of every lesson or one big tidy-up on Friday?

  86. 86

    have a lesson about space or a lesson about the sea?

  87. 87

    learn how something works or learn where it came from?

  88. 88

    be given a checklist or be given an example?

  89. 89

    have a silent minute at the start or one at the end?

  90. 90

    do a class challenge that takes a week or one that takes ten minutes?

  91. 91

    have your name on a good work board or a quiet word from the teacher?

  92. 92

    do a task standing or a task moving around the room?

  93. 93

    have a longer lunch and a later finish or a short lunch and home early?

  94. 94

    plan a lesson for the class or choose the order of the lessons?

  95. 95

    have a new topic explained with a story or explained with a diagram?

  96. 96

    work to music with no words or complete quiet?

  97. 97

    be first to present or last to present?

  98. 98

    have a snack break or a water break?

  99. 99

    do a drawing you copy or one you invent?

  100. 100

    guess the answer and check it or work it out slowly and be sure?

Questions people ask

How long does a brain break take?

Two to three minutes — about four questions with a show of hands between each.

Is everything school-appropriate?

This deck and the Kids deck are. Avoid NSFW and Adults with a class.

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