Getting to Know our Students
This page will offer resources for getting to know your students.
Six Exercises to Get to Know Our Students
Nora Fleming shares 6 practices to get to know your students and increase their engagement.
A 4-Part System for Getting to Know Your Students
Jennifer Gonzales shares a 4-part system to help teachers quickly get to know students and benefit from those connections.
10 Strategies To Get to Know Your Students and Create an Inclusive Learner-Centered Culture
Dr. Katie Martin discusses strategies to get to know students and create an inclusive classroom.
This blog in Inside Higher Ed offers strategies to get to know students.
Learning Student Names and Pronouns
This Yale resource site gives ideas for teachers to get to know and remember their students’ names and pronouns.
Inspired by https://www.idealbookshelf.com/, this sample activity asks your students to create their ideal bookshelf, sharing with you and the class which books are most important to them.
This sample activity asks your students to share their story in 6 words and join the six-word memoir movement.
Identity charts are a graphic tool that can help students consider and share who they are as a person, learner, and community member. Sharing identity charts with others can help students build relationships and break down stereotypes.
Flipgrid is an online tool where students can video themselves responding to prompts about their identities and communities.
Padlet is an online tool where students can upload photographs of themselves and share information about their identities and communities.
This sample activity asks students to map our their identities and communities. Be sure to create and share one of your own!
This sample activity ask students to share out their multiple and intersectional identities.
Resources for Getting to Know Your Students
Examples of questions to use to get to know your students
Six Exercises to Get to Know Our Students
Nora Fleming shares 6 practices to get to know your students and increase their engagement.
A 4-Part System for Getting to Know Your Students
Jennifer Gonzales shares a 4-part system to help teachers quickly get to know students and benefit from those connections.
10 Strategies To Get to Know Your Students and Create an Inclusive Learner-Centered Culture
Dr. Katie Martin discussses strategies to get to know students and create an inclusive classroom.
This blog in Inside Higher Ed offers strategies to get to know students.
Learning Student Names and Pronouns
This Yale resource site gives ideas for teachers to get to know and remember their students’ names and pronouns.
Identity charts are a graphic tool that can help students consider and share who they are as a person, learner, and community member. Sharing identity charts with others can help students build relationships and break down stereotypes.
Inspired by https://www.idealbookshelf.com/, this sample activity asks your students to create their ideal bookshelf, sharing with you and the class which books are most important to them.
This sample activity asks your students to share their story in 6 words and join the six-word memoir movement.
Flipgrid is an online tool where students can video themselves responding to prompts about their identities and communities.
Padlet is an online tool where students can upload photographs of themselves and share information about their identities and communities.
This sample activity asks students to map our their identities and communities. Be sure to create and share one of your own!
This sample activity ask students to share out their multiple and intersectional identities.
Resources for Getting to Know Your students
Examples of questions to use to get to know your students
