Here are a few ideas to engage your student in conversation — and tips to keep the conversation going!
Questions:
- If you could tell me just ONE thing about you, what would you want me to know?
- What do you like to do for fun?
- What is most fun about school?
- What is hardest about school?
- What’s something you are good at?
- What’s something you’d like to get better at?
- Do you have a favorite book? Which one? Why do you like it?
- What is your favorite movie? Why do you like it?
- What is the funniest thing that happened to you today?
- Did anyone do anything super nice for you today?
- What was it?
- What is the nicest thing you did for someone recently?
- Who or what made you smile today?
- What is something new you learned today?
- If you had the chance to be the teacher tomorrow, what would you teach the class?
- What was your favorite thing to study or learn today? Why do you like it?
- If you could have one super power, what would you choose?
- When did you feel most proud of yourself today?
- What is one thing you hope to learn this year?
- Did you play any games today?
If the conversation hits a lull, try responses and prompts, such as:
- “Tell me more about that.”
- “Wow!”
- “That’s interesting.”
- “No kidding!”
These questions are modified from a post by Sara Goldstein on Motherly. The conversation prompts are from a post by Dr. Allen Mendler on Edutopia. View his full post.