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Classroom warm-up wheel

Pick a short classroom warm-up that helps students begin a lesson. Adapt the starter activities to your subject, time, and learners.

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About this classroom warm-up wheel

A short warm-up gives a class a shared starting point. These prompts focus on recall, explanation, and curiosity rather than a particular curriculum. Supply the actual topic or example after the wheel selects the activity format.

Choose an appropriate time limit and offer a written, spoken, or drawn response where useful. Disable formats that do not fit the lesson or your learners before spinning. No Repeats provides variety across a sequence of lessons without asking students to perform on demand.

How to use this wheel

  1. Review the 8 starter choices below. Rename, disable or replace any that do not fit.
  2. Start a new round to make the choices eligible. Each winner sits out for the rest of the round.
  3. Click the wheel to spin. The result saves locally before it appears.
  4. Export results as CSV, or share a link to send someone their own copy.

Customize your odds

Each starter entry has weight 1. Turn on Weights & colors to adjust its chance. An entry’s probability is its weight divided by the total weight of the eligible choices. Learn how weighted odds work.

Changing a color or spin speed does not change the winner. Read the selection rules.

Starter choices

This is the template’s original list. The editor above saves your personal version on this device.

  • Recall three ideas from last lesson
  • Explain a key word to a partner
  • Write one question about today’s topic
  • Sketch a concept in one minute
  • Spot the odd item in a list
  • Predict what happens next
  • Connect two lesson ideas
  • Share a useful example

Questions about the classroom warm-up wheel

Does this choose a student to answer?

No. It selects the activity. Use the separate name picker if you need a participant draw, and apply your classroom participation approach.

Can I use it for a specific subject?

Yes. Add the subject or topic to each entry so the result contains the complete instruction.

How do I repeat a useful activity?

Switch to Random for independent draws, or start a new No Repeats round when you want all activities available again.

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