Directions: Learning more about school-agers in your program will help you to become a more culturally responsive teacher. Use the guiding questions below to create a questionnaire to share with the school-agers in your program to gather information that will help you get to know them better. Select questions from the list that is most appropriate for the age of the child or youth in your program. The questions listed below are only suggestions; you should revise the questions based on what you know about the children and families in your program and add your own as well. Create your own questionnaire to share with the school-agers in your program and encourage them to work with their families to complete the questionnaire.
All About Me Questionnaire (Age 6-9)
- Child’s name?
- Is there a story behind your name (include the story or special meaning behind your name)?
- What is your date of birth?
- What is your race and ethnicity?
- What languages are spoken in your home?
- Who is in your family?
- Do you have special names for family members? (Abuelo, Papa, etc.)
- What special traditions does your family participate in and why do they have a special meaning?
- What special foods does your family eat and why do they have special meaning?
- What shows or movies do you like and why?
- What types of music or songs do you enjoy and why?
- What books, websites, or games do you enjoy and why?
- What is one thing that you are really good at?
- What are two or three things that you are working on getting better at?
- What do you like to do at home or outside of school?
- What else would you like to share about who you are?
All About Me Questionnaire (Age 10-13)
- Child’s name?
- Is there a story behind your name (include the story or special meaning behind your name)?
- What is your date of birth?
- What is your race and ethnicity?
- What languages are spoken in your home?
- Who is in your family?
- Do you have special names for family members? (Abuelo, Papa, etc.)
- What special traditions does your family participate in and why do they have a special meaning?
- What special foods does your family eat and why do they have special meaning?
- What shows or movies do you like and why?
- What types of music or songs do you enjoy and why?
- What books, websites, or games do you enjoy and why?
- What is one thing that you are really good at?
- What are two or three things that you are working on getting better at?
- What do you like to do at home or outside of school?
- What digital platforms do you enjoy (TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, others) and why?
- What is an incorrect idea that people sometimes have about you? How does that make you feel?
- What else would you like to share about who you are?
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