Get to Know Your Teacher with this Printable

September 7, 2019 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

The start of a new school year is full of fresh faces, new routines, and plenty of curiosity. Kids always wonder about their teacher—what they like, what they do outside of school, and whether they prefer the beach or the mountains! This Get to Know Your Teacher printable worksheet is a creative way to turn those questions into a fun classroom activity.

How the Worksheet Works

Students make their best guesses on questions like:

What is your teacher’s favorite color?
How long has your teacher been teaching?
Does your teacher have pets?
Would your teacher rather live at the beach or in the mountains?

Then, as the teacher shares their answers, kids can check off whether they were correct. At the end, they tally up their score out of 10.

Why Teachers Love This Icebreaker

This printable goes beyond just “favorites.” It:

Encourages active listening skills
Builds personal connection between teachers and students
Adds a touch of humor (some of the guesses can be pretty wild!)
Works for a variety of ages—whether you teach elementary or upper grades

Perfect for Back-to-School or Anytime

First Day of School: Start the year with a lighthearted guessing game.
After a Few Weeks: See how well your students have been paying attention.
Open House Night: Have families guess the answers too.

Tips for Using the Printable

Print on cardstock and reuse year after year.
Let students come up with an extra bonus question at the end.
Pair it with a “Get to Know Your Classmates” activity for double the fun.

Download the Free Printable

You can download and print the Get to Know Your Teacher worksheet for free from The {4th Grade} Journey. Keep a stack on hand for new students or substitute days—it’s an easy way to spark conversation and laughter.

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Gross Motor Math Ideas

With little kids especially, linking learning to physical activity really does help them learn. Movement can help kids focus, and it just keeps them from sitting still all day, which isn’t good for anyone.

The good news is lots of different learning activities can be adopted to get kids moving while they learn, so let’s look at some math and number activities that use gross motor skills.

Probably the most obvious thing would be hopscotch, which helps kids count while they hop. You can also mix up the numbers, do skip counting with the numbers, give kids a simple math problem and have them hop to the correct answer, and on and on.

This number hop game from Gift of Curiosity is a more chaotic version, with number flash cards on the floor that kids can hop, skip or jump to as you call them out (this one is more for individual number identification than counting). It’s a great indoor option if it’s too hot, cold or rainy out to do traditional hopscotch, too.

This painter’s tape number line idea from Days with Grey doesn’t involve quite as much movement, but kids can move around while they place things on the number line and work on learning about one to one correspondence. In the blog post they use shoes, but you can count anything you’ve got handy. (Be warned when I visited this website had an ad that continually took up the whole page, but you can get the idea pretty quickly.)

One of the important tasks of learning numbers is learning a parent’s phone number just in case it’s ever needed, or how to dial 911 in case on an emergency. Teaching Mama has a great way to practice telephone numbers and get some movement in with a giant telephone keypad made out of paper plates. You can also use this for counting practice, but it’s a great idea for learning phone numbers, too.