Engage students in sharing about themselves with this social-media-inspired student interest survey. Using the format of a Facebook page, the worksheet asks kids to fill in information about their interests, family, friends, summer vacation, memories from the previous year, and hopes for the new school year. A perfect first back-to-school activity for the upper-elementary through high school grade levels.

Additional Tags

student survey, back to school, student interest, student information, back-to-school, classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• Use this resource as an icebreaker activity, having students work in pairs completing the worksheet with information about each other
• After finishing the survey, have kids share one or two items they wrote down with the class
• Post the finished pages as a classroom display, allowing students to learn more about their classmates

Classroom Considerations

• Template includes a section for Relationship Status, which may or may not be appropriate depending on the age of your students

Pros

• Template is clear and easy to understand
• Ample space is provided for responding to the writing prompts
• A section is provided for students to draw a picture of themselves

Cons

• None