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Back-to-school questions

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Summer Break/Vacation Questions

1. What was your favorite part of summer break?

2. What was your favorite day of summer break? Why was it so memorable?

3. What was something new that you learned or did this summer?

4. What will you miss most about summer break? Why?

5. What was one of your typical days like during summer break?

6. What did you like least about summer break? Why?

7. How did you help around the house this summer?

8. What was the best movie or show you saw this summer?

9. How did you stay entertained this summer?

10. What was something you made this summer?

Upcoming School Year Questions

11. What are you most looking forward to about the new school year?

12. What is something you’re hoping to learn this school year?

13. How prepared do you feel for the new school year?

14. What are your goals for this school year?

15. What are you most worried about this year?

16. What are your goals for your grades this year?

17. Which subject challenges you the most? Why?

18. What’s your best subject? Why?

19. How did you get ready for the first day of school?

20. What is your ideal school day?

Classmates/Schedule/Teachers Questions

21. What class are you most looking forward to? Why?

22. What is your favorite part of the classroom? What makes it your favorite?

23. What do you and your friends have in common?

24. What do you want your teacher(s) to know about you?

25. How do you learn best?

26. What is your morning routine like before school?

27. What is your routine after school?

28. How can you help prevent bullying this school year?

29. When you have a big test at the end of the week, how do you study for it?

30. What is something you are wondering about your teacher(s)?

©Jennifer Findley

What was your

favorite part of

summer break?

Go back in time to the first

day of school, and write a

letter to yourself describing

three of the things you will

learn this year and why

they’re important.

What was something

new that you learned

or did this summer?

What will you miss most

about summer break?

Why?

What was one of your

typical days like during

summer break?

What did you like least

about summer break?

Why?

What was your favorite

day of summer break?

Why was it so

memorable?

1 2

3 4

5 6

How did you help

around the house this

summer?

Go back in time to the first

day of school, and write a

letter to yourself describing

three of the things you will

learn this year and why

they’re important.

How did you stay

entertained this

summer?

What was something

you made this summer?

What are you most

looking forward to

about the new school

year?

What is something

you’re hoping to learn

this school year?

What was the best

movie or show you saw

this summer?

7 8

9 10

11 12

©Jennifer Findley

How prepared do you

feel for the new school

year?

Go back in time to the first

day of school, and write a

letter to yourself describing

three of the things you will

learn this year and why

they’re important.

What are you most

worried about this

year?

What are your goals

for your grades this

year?

Which subject

challenges you the

most? Why?

What’s your best

subject? Why?

What are your goals

for this school year?

13 14

15 16

17 18

©Jennifer Findley

How did you get

ready for the first day

of school?

Go back in time to the first

day of school, and write a

letter to yourself describing

three of the things you will

learn this year and why

they’re important.

What class are you

most looking forward

to? Why?

What is your favorite

part of the classroom?

What makes it your

favorite?

What do you and your

friends have in

common?

What do you want

your teacher(s) to

know about you?

What is your ideal

school day?

19 20

21 22

23 24

©Jennifer Findley

How do you learn

best?

Go back in time to the first

day of school, and write a

letter to yourself describing

three of the things you will

learn this year and why

they’re important.

What is your routine

after school?

How can you help

prevent bullying this

school year?

When you have a big

test at the end of the

week, how do you

study for it?

What is something you

are wondering about

your teacher(s)?

What is your morning

routine like before

school?

25 26

27 28

29 30

©Jennifer Findley

©Jennifer Findley

What was your

favorite part of

summer break?

Go back in time to the first

day of school, and write a

letter to yourself describing

three of the things you will

learn this year and why

they’re important.

What was something

new that you learned

or did this summer?

What will you miss most

about summer break?

Why?

What was one of your

typical days like during

summer break?

What did you like least

about summer break?

Why?

What was your favorite

day of summer break?

Why was it so

memorable?

1 2

3 4

5 6

How did you help

around the house this

summer?

Go back in time to the first

day of school, and write a

letter to yourself describing

three of the things you will

learn this year and why

they’re important.

How did you stay

entertained this

summer?

What was something

you made this summer?

What are you most

looking forward to

about the new school

year?

What is something

you’re hoping to learn

this school year?

What was the best

movie or show you saw

this summer?

7 8

9 10

11 12

©Jennifer Findley

How prepared do you

feel for the new school

year?

Go back in time to the first

day of school, and write a

letter to yourself describing

three of the things you will

learn this year and why

they’re important.

What are you most

worried about this

year?

What are your goals

for your grades this

year?

Which subject

challenges you the

most? Why?

What’s your best

subject? Why?

What are your goals

for this school year?

13 14

15 16

17 18

©Jennifer Findley

How did you get

ready for the first day

of school?

Go back in time to the first

day of school, and write a

letter to yourself describing

three of the things you will

learn this year and why

they’re important.

What class are you

most looking forward

to? Why?

What is your favorite

part of the classroom?

What makes it your

favorite?

What do you and your

friends have in

common?

What do you want

your teacher(s) to

know about you?

What is your ideal

school day?

19 20

21 22

23 24

©Jennifer Findley

How do you learn

best?

Go back in time to the first

day of school, and write a

letter to yourself describing

three of the things you will

learn this year and why

they’re important.

What is your routine

after school?

How can you help

prevent bullying this

school year?

When you have a big

test at the end of the

week, how do you

study for it?

What is something you

are wondering about

your teacher(s)?

What is your morning

routine like before

school?

25 26

27 28

29 30

©Jennifer Findley

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