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Designed for Distance Learning (Zoom and Google Meet)

Hi everyone, and welcome back to EdTech Classroom. Today we will discuss some tips and tricks for planning the perfect online Morning Meeting. More specifically, this blog post will outline (1) ideas for establishing Morning Meeting Agreements, (2) examples of slides you can share with your students, and (3) examples of engaging Morning Meeting activities.

Establishing Morning Meeting Agreements

Before I start online Morning Meeting, I like to remind my students of our established Morning Meeting agreements. These include:

Video calling from a productive space

Being prepared and ready for the meeting

Being on time

Turning on your video

Muting yourself when you aren't speaking

Raising your hand before you speak

For a more detailed description of strategies for establishing Morning Meeting agreements and rules, you can check out my previous blog post here.

Creating Engaging Morning Meeting Slides

I am a big fan of Responsive Classroom, so I follow their structure for Morning Meetings. For those of you who aren't familiar with Responsive Classroom, don't worry - I'll walk you through a sample online Morning Meeting using this format.

While waiting for your students to arrive, I recommend screensharing a cheery image with the day of the week on it. It's a great way to set the tone for the meeting.

Greeting

Then once everyone has entered the Zoom Meeting Room, you can begin by saying something like, "Good Morning friends! Today is a rainy Monday. It is April 27, 2020. Nina is our morning leader. Nina, how will we greet the class today?"

Typically our students will opt for the same greetings. For example, we might all do a dance move to greet each other, or we will do a virtual wave greeting.

Share

Then, we will move onto the share portion of the Morning Meeting. I really like the "Rose, Bud, and Thorn" share because it allows students to reflect on how they are feeling. It is a great idea to start with the meeting leader, and then to draw popsicle sticks to call on students. Or, if you're using a platform like Zoom, you can call on students in the order that they appear on your "Brady Bunch grid."

Activity

Next, it is my favorite part of Morning Meeting - activity time! Students love to do freeze dances, scavenger hunts, movement activities, and more. The ideas are really endless in terms of the types of activities you can do with your students to start the day. Here is an example of an activity that many students think is really silly.

Morning Message

For the last part of our Morning Meeting, we will share the morning message. This portion of the meeting is a great time to introduce an academic or social emotional topic that your students will explore that day. For example, you could introduce a math lesson, a writing prompt, or even a tech tool they will use that day. The example below states, "Today is Monday April 27, 2020. We cannot believe that it is the last week of April. Today we will have math class from ______ to ______."

In an activity like this, I'd recommend asking a couple of questions like, "What time does math class start? What time does math class end? How long is math class? And, how do you know?" In this example, I have chosen to do a mini math lesson, but as I mentioned, you can also be creative here. The morning message is a great tool to help jumpstart their day of learning.

Examples of Fun and Meaningful Morning Meeting Activities for Distance Learning

When it comes to games you can play with your students during Morning Meeting, the options truly are endless. Morning Meeting games are a great way to build classroom community during this period of remote learning. Morning Meeting activities help unite your students, and give them that sense of connection and belonging that they need during this difficult time.

I've put together a list of a few examples of activities you can do with your students during Morning Meeting on Zoom or Google Meet:

Guess Who!

"Let's play Guess Who! Take turns asking me questions until you guess who I am. Hint: I am someone in this class."

Basically for this idea, the teacher just mentally picks a student in the class, and then students ask questions to try to guess who the teacher chose. For example, a student might ask, "does you have brown hair?" Or, "do you have a pet cat?"

Emoji Charades

"Let's play emoji charades. Take turns acting out an emotion or an emoji. Make sure you don't use any words or sounds!"

This is a fun activity that also allows kids to practice some social emotional skills like identifying different emotions.

Scavenger Hunt

"Let's play scavenger hunt! You have 3 minutes to find these items:

1. Find something fuzzy

2. Find something sparkly

3. Find something that makes you smile"

Scavenger hunts are pretty popular in the Instagram teacher community right now, and that's for a reason! They are so much fun to try out with students. Consider screensharing a digital timer to really build up the excitement.

Other games you could try:

If you didn't want to use these examples, there are plenty of other games you could play with your students like Freeze Dance, Red Light Green Light, and Student (Simon) Says.

If you like these ideas, consider checking out my Morning Meeting Bundle filled with over 40 Morning Meeting Games and Activities for Distance Learning on Zoom and Google Meet.
Thank you so much for visiting EdTech Classroom! I'd love to chat!

What Morning Meeting Games and Activities have worked well for your classroom? Email us at myedtechclassroom@gmail.com. Let's learn and grow together.

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Designed for Distance Learning (Zoom and Google Meet) Hi everyone, and welcome back to EdTech Classroom. Today we will discuss some tips and tricks for planning the perfect online Morning Meeting. More specifically, this blog post will outline (1) ideas for establishing Morning Meeting Agreements, (2) examples of slides you can share with your students,...

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Integrated Performance Assessment is a classroom-based performance assessment model developed by ACTFL that can be used for evaluating student's communication skills in the three modes of communication (Interpretive, Presentational, Interpersonal) identified in the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (2015). The World-Readiness Standards incorporate the Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century (1996), and Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century (2006).

Using a Backward Design approach, these IPA units begin with Goals of Instruction for the unit, and the final Performance Assessment. The unit template then shows how the 5 Cs of the Standards are integrated. The language functions, priority vocabulary, and sample learning activities students need to practice are also included.

The example IPA units in the grid below are available for use in your classroom.

Click on a title to see a description of the unit.

Right-click on the PDF link, then "save as..." to download the lesson.

Note! These units can be adapted for other languages and levels.

Created as part of the ACES grant-funded program led by the Minneapolis Public Schools, this unit asks students to consider Lebanon as a place to visit and what they would need to know before going to visit. After gathering information, students create a brochure about a city in Lebanon and interview each other about places and activities in Lebanon.

The practice of hospitality toward guests and visitors is an important value and cultural perspective in the Arab cultures. Created as part of the ACES grant-funded program led by the Minneapolis Public Schools, this unit explores behaviors as a guest or with family members, and how what we do with our time when visiting others tells us about our culture.

This assessment follows a unit on sports. Students will have talked about practicing, sportsmanship, and doing one's best. Basketball is a popular sport in Arabic speaking countries and students are interested in the players and all related materials and information about teams. Many students play basketball as a free time activity. Students are beginning level; some may hear Arabic at home.

"Food, Marketplace, and Shopping - Arab Style" is a mid-year unit for level one. The units' purpose is to provide meaningful, culturally appropriate setting to express likes and dislikes, ask and answer simple questions, describe food items, talk about buying and selling food in a marketplace, and recognize cultural differences about food and how marketplaces operate.

Students have learned the Arabic alphabet and are begining to develop their reading and writing skills by writing words or noting new vocabulary using Roman letters for convenience. In this unit, they are branching out into the "world."

"Ahlan Wahsahlan" is for beginning level students learning the Arabic alphabet and developing reading and writing skills. Students greet others, introduce themselves, ask and answer simple questions give about personal information, some numbers, and use familiar and learned vocabulary in a meaningful, culturally appropriate way and learn about the Arab world and what it encompasses.

How do we present and introduce ourselves and others? Are we culturally shaped and what do introductions tell us about a culture? This unit occurs early in the year and was developed for a beginning Arabic high school class but can be adapted for other age groups and languages.

This unit designed for the end of a first year high school class explores the idea of weekend and the meaning it holds for other cultures. Where and how do young people spend their time and what kind of activities do they like to do. Are there any similarities?

Created as part of the ACES grant-funded program led by the Minneapolis Public Schools, this unit questions how we express ourselves and why people act. Students describe Bejing opera masks and present a shadow puppet skit.

This unit emphasizes the extended family and respect for the elderly in Chinese culture. Learners will make short presentations about their families using technology.

Learners create visual representations of their families, write descriptions of their families and then present them to a group of classmates. This unit includes sample activities for the beginning, middle, and end of the unit. Rubrics are also included for the final assessment tasks.

Created as part of the ACES grant-funded program led by the Minneapolis Public Schools, this unit guides students to explore how architecture reflects the culture in which it is designed by reading descriptions of houses in China, presenting information about a house that incorporates the concept of Fengshui, and describing floor plans.

This unit explores the characteristics of a good teacher. Students explore Confucius as a teacher and make comparisons to their ideas as a good teacher. By viewing an authentic Chinese movie, students have an opportunity to consider the social status of teachers in China and in the U.S.

Created as part of the ACES grant-funded program led by the Minneapolis Public Schools, this unit explores how sharing food can build community, define celebrations and traditions, and takes a look at recipes, menus, and going to restaurants.

This unit focuses on how ritual influences family relationships in Chinese culture. Learners identify family hierarchy in Chinese culture, interpret the meanings of sayings related to family life. After creating family trees, learners share their family trees with classmates and compare them to examples from Chinese families.

This unit asks students to explore the different views of personal relationships from the Chinese perspective. They will conduct a survey to gather opinions about choosing a boyfriend and girlfriend from various age and gender groups. Students view a short video about a questionnaire related to the question "In a relationship, who would you be happier with, someone you love more, or someone who loves you more?"

Chinese pop songs, like other music, generate different emotions and feelings that people can relate to while listening. People can connect these emotions to their own feelings and possibly improve their emotional or mental health. Understanding the content of Chinese pop songs helps deepen knowledge and understanding of Chinese culture and customs on many different levels.

This performance assessment was developed for a Chinese level 3 class. The tasks of this unit are intended to expand and deepen students' understanding of the cultural beliefs attached to Chinese names and give them an opportunity to compare & contrast Chinese culture with their own by researching authentic web sites about names and naming traditions.

This unit focuses on the importance of mealtime and healthy eating in the Chinese culture. The final assessment for the unit integrates all three modes into a scenario where the learner becomes the executive chef at the White House and must prepare a menu for Chinese leaders.

Learners read the story, The Magic Flower with Seven Colors, and explain how the characters are connected to each other and dependent on each other. They will compare the Chinese perspective on an individual's relationship to his/her community to the US perspective. Ultimately the learners will write and present an original play illustrating the concept of a supportive community. Rubrics for the project are included.

In this unit learners will compare traditional Chinese medicine practices to Western medicine practices. Learners will role play a conversation describing different ailments and suggestions for treatment based on Western and Chinese practices. They will write an essay comparing Chinese to Western medicine practices.

Learners watch a video about a famous TCM doctor in China and read a story about a boy who recovers from a long illness by using TCM. They will then write an opinion paper about TCM, explaining why they do or do not believe in TCM. The final interpersonal task is a mock debate where pairs of learners defend TCM or Western medicine. They must listen to the opinions of others and challenge those opinions. A suggested rubric for the presentational task is included.

This unit, developed for the end of the first year K-2 beginning Dakota/Lakota class in the American-Indian Magnet School in St. Paul, explores various aspects of powwows. Students explore the different appearances of dancers from different geographical locations and the roles different community members have in a powwow. Students learn the traditions and values of powwows and their relevance to the present.

This unit, developed for the end of the first year 3-5 beginning Dakota/Lakota class in the American-Indian Magnet School in St. Paul, explores the concept of being related to nature and places we value. Students learn about animals and their habitat and explore how our environment is interrelated.

This unit developed as the middle of the year assessment for students in a grades 7-8 first year Dakota program. Students explore family and relationship structures, information from important people and learn to present themselves to a group. Students compare and explore the concept of family in Dakota and in English or the culture of the other students in the class. They explore how all family structures and relationships are both similar and different.

This unit, developed for the end of high school level one, explores healthy habits and what students do and don't do to practice healthy habits. Students compare traditional Dakota diets and the diets of most contemporary families as well as what encompasses the Dakota and American ideas of wellness.

This unit focuses on the Dakota concept of "Wakan" which has many different meanings and is used in a wide variety of Dakota words but its core meanings have always been "holy, sacred, mysterious, something that has the ability to give or take life." It is part of a larger unit based on "W-yakapi WaŒ DŽed Oyakapi" (Traditional Da¦ota storytelling).

This unit, developed for beginning language classes, uses a book as the focus for describing characteristics and comparing families. It helps students to understand that families are made of different people and are very different from one person to the next.

Learners follow teacher's directions to complete activities in class including the daily calendar. They look at images to compare what they do each day in school to what children around the world do.

Learners will discuss whether or not animals should have rights, and if those rights should be protected. They will summarize major events and accomplishments in Jane Goodall's life. They will write about animal rights using persuasive language.

What makes a natural place worthy of saving or recognition? This unit, designed for 5th grade ESL student can easily be adapted to include landmarks or other significant places in a FL classroom. Students use persuasive speech to present a natural place to peers and apply an understanding of how people in North America sell products.

This unit, developed to meet a science standard on planets for elementary students also helps students learn that people in all cultures have seen, read, or heard stories about the planets and that knowledge about planets is shared by all cultures.

The goal of this unit developed for an IB middle years programme candidate school with pull-out ESL instruction, is to help students understand the connection between national parks, their location, features, accommodations and US cultural ideals and conservation.

This unit developed for a marketing class focuses on culture as the median for marketing messages and the importance of the appropriate language and content in selling a product.

Learners recognize and name different shapes that they see in the p classroom and community, and in art. They use their creativity to create a building of different shapes and describe the building to others. Rubrics for the performance tasks are included.

In this unit, students will learn to describe elements of an 'ideal' travel destination or experience, including the setting and activities, with a focus on what we can learn about the culture of a country or region through the sights and activities we experience as travelers.

Learners visit websites for school supply stores showing a variety of supplies. They create advertisements for supplies they consider essential for school.

This unit was developed for the beginning of the second semester of a level four French class. Students research issues of racial diversity, racism, and discrimination that connect to history, geography and culture as well as issues of civil rights and the separation of church and state in France. Students compare these issues with similar issues in the US and use their previous knowledge of such issues as well to develop a better understanding of them.

This unit, designed to be used as a unit-ending summative assessment, uses conventional wisdom as its central theme. Students will be responsible for understanding and interpreting an authentic French fairy tale and write one of their own. A larger inquiry into the nature of conventional wisdom frames this work.

In this unit students explore some of the preconceptions we may form about people based on the way they dress and their reactions to the way young people dress in the country of the language they are learning. Students consider the role of traditional clothing seen in tourist ads for various regions and the historical relationship of the status clothing.

This unit, developed for an intermediate level German class, focuses on text organization and objectivity in journalism. Students work with several original newspaper reports, to discuss them with a colleague and write their own objective report.

This unit, developed for the end of a fourth semester university class, explores the role of cinema in society; in particular, how comedy serves as a reflection of society in film and how film in turn influences society.

This unit explores the role of poetry in Roman society and how Romans did poetry. Students demonstrate understanding of 'Pyramus and Thisbe' and create an electronic comic with their interpretation and discuss using a Cyberdiaria.

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The " My Family - Niij-aya'aag" unit of study will take place in the middle of the fall semester (early November) of the kindergarten year in an Ojibwe language immersion classroom. This is a short unit on 'My Family' or 'My Relatives' as it is framed in Ojibwe. Students are characteristically at the novice level on the ACTFL proficiency guidelines for speaking. Children will have just completed a thematic "All About Me" unit. The present unit is a natural thematic extension to include those family members closest to them in the home setting. Children will have developed a basic understanding of the sound of the language and will be familiar with basic 'yes/no' question/ answers, simple questions using words such as 'where' or 'who', simple nouns, and animate intransitive verbs in present-tense singular and second person forms. grate the names and roles for family members they have learned.

This unit, developed for the Ojibwe Language Program through American Indian Studies at Saint Paul Public Schools, introduces students to the traditional activities of the Ojibwe people during the late summer/early fall months. Students explore traditional teachings and the cultural importance they still hold today. Students communicate about aspects of wild rice harvesting using simple expressions and phrases and compare commercial and traditional methods.

This unit, developed for the Ojibwe Language Program through American Indian Studies at Saint Paul Public Schools, introduces students to the traditional activities of Ojibwe people during the late winter/early spring months and explores traditional teachings and the cultural importance of the teachings as they relate to present society. Students explore the values associated with traditional maple sugaring and commercially produced maple syrup and sharing within the community.

Learners compare what they eat for breakfast to what children their age in Chile eat for breakfast. They make visuals comparing their breakfast to breakfast in Chile.

Students will understand that the Amazon rainforest plays an integral part of the lifestyle and traditions of the people of Colombia and Ecuador. In class students will simulate a real market.

This unit introduces learners to typical meals of Mexico. They will keep track of a week of food they eat, and compare those meals to a family's week of food pictured in a photo of a week of groceries for a family in Mexico.

This unit uses literature to explore students' ideas of the qualities that a hero should have and to consider and contrast the idea of heroism in Medieval Spain to ideas of heroism in contemporary United States.

This unit attempts to introduce an example of a European conquest that had a cataclysmic effect on the shape of Latin America. Students read and interpret some of the Aztec codices and use their own words to recount the events and create a book they will share with other students.

This unit was developed to explore students' understanding of reasons people emigrate, the challenges people face when they emigrate, and examine their own beliefs about immigration by asking, "What makes us Americans? What makes people from all over the world want to become US citizens?"

This unit explores renewable energy and energy self-sufficiency. Students explore their energy use and compare green efforts made locally to similar efforts in the Spanish-speaking world, particularly.

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My name is Tatiana, but my friends and family call me Tutta. I like writing articles that help bring people closer together.
"What is this, 20 questions?" Nope! It's 170 questions! 170 "favorite things" questions, that is.

Getting to know a new person is a real treat, and what better way to start off a new friendship or relationship than by finding out about their favorite anything-and-everything!

If you're starting a new friendship, you're bound to learn pretty much everything about them anyway over time, so why not speed up the process?

Favorite things questions can really teach you a lot about someone, so take this as an opportunity to learn about anything you are really curious about!

What Are Your Favorite Things?

Whenever I hear "favorite things," it makes me think of The Sound of Music (which is one of my favorite things)! "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens. Brown paper packages tied up with strings. These are a few of my favorite things."

Now that this song is looping in your head, let's move on to find out some of your new friend's favorite things!

Food and Drink

Television and Movies

Music

Favorite Beatles song?

Favorite string instrument?

Favorite instrument?

Favorite band or music artist?

Favorite music genre?

Favorite style of dance?

Favorite boy band?

Favorite disco song?

Favorite 80's song?

Favorite cover song?

Favorite one-hit wonder?

Favorite song you're embarrassed to like?

Favorite foreign band/artist?

Travel and Recreation

Nature and Animals

Sports

Favorite sport?

Favorite extreme sport you're too scared to do?

Favorite Olympic sport?

Favorite football team?

Favorite basketball team?

Favorite hockey team?

Favorite baseball team?

Favorite sport to play?

Favorite winter sport?

Favorite sport you wish you were a pro at?

Favorite professional athlete?

Favorite sport to watch in person?

Childhood

Fashion and Beauty

Random

Make Someone Smile

Hopefully asking all of these questions, you've taken notes! Finding out all of someone's favorite things is not only a great way to get to know them, but an easy way for you to find out what makes this person smile and can really come in handy when it comes to giving gifts or doing nice things for them!
When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel so bad...
Now for one of my favorite youtube videos!

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Diya on August 28, 2020:

Nice way to know our friends

Random dude on August 17, 2020:

I kind of liked this I got to know my friends better but I think there should be more

Leo Ryan on August 08, 2020:

Very helpful for a birthday trivia and I might share

Sujay on July 28, 2020:

Nice

Vidhi on July 20, 2020:

It was so good, I really liked it...

someone on July 04, 2020:

this was really good, there are so many good questions to ask in all sorts of situations and really get to know someone. Thank you :)

someone on June 29, 2020:

this rlly didnt help i wanted stuff like favourite colour and stuff

Jakeb Flahr on June 25, 2020:

Ha if wha that's is ok

Evans on June 20, 2020:

Can you teach me , any thing about life?

Moksha on May 17, 2020:

Thank u it's really helped me but i want some more favorites

Jha on May 17, 2020:

Denen

Sangita on May 12, 2020:

good

Your Mom on May 09, 2020:

Cool Selection of choices

Unknown on May 09, 2020:

good stuff but my sons toy elmo just set on fire help

Ayesha Khan on April 29, 2020:

It's really awesome now I can know about my boy friend thanks alot

Matthew.Ken on April 27, 2020:

3224 NW 55th Dr

AzulaKiroson on April 23, 2020:

Thanks this really helped

brianna on April 16, 2020:

I use this everyday for question of the day.

KD on April 13, 2020:

Super

Kavya on March 28, 2020:

Good

ur nightmare on March 24, 2020:

Hi Tatiana it's me again...BTW this article is really nice.i kinda really liked it. It contains damn good questions to ask someone.if someone is nervous and confused about how to start a conversation he/she can start the conversation with these questions

Emily Slimm on March 21, 2020:

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Working with a group of new people and need some conversation starters? Break the ice and get to know people better by selecting several of these get-to-know-you questions.

26. Have you ever had a nickname? What is it? 49. What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
27. Do you like or dislike surprises? Why or why not?
28. In the evening, would you rather play a game, visit a relative, watch a movie, or read?
29. Would you rather vacation in Hawaii or Alaska, and why?
30. Would you rather win the lottery or work at the perfect job? And why?
31. Who would you want to be stranded with on a deserted island?
32. If money was no object, what would you do all day?
33. If you could go back in time, what year would you travel to?
34. How would your friends describe you?
35. What are your hobbies?
36. What is the best gift you have been given?
37. What is the worst gift you have received?
38. Aside from necessities, what one thing could you not go a day without?
39. List two pet peeves.
40. Where do you see yourself in five years?
41. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
42. If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have?
43. What would you do if you won the lottery?
44. What form of public transportation do you prefer? (air, boat, train, bus, car, etc.)
45. What's your favorite zoo animal?
46. If you could go back in time to change one thing, what would it be?
47. If you could share a meal with any 4 individuals, living or dead, who would they be?
48. How many pillows do you sleep with?
50. What's the tallest building you've been to the top in?

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51. Would you rather trade intelligence for looks or looks for intelligence?
52. How often do you buy clothes?
53. Have you ever had a secret admirer?
54. What's your favorite holiday?
55. What's the most daring thing you've ever done?
56. What was the last thing you recorded on TV?
57. What was the last book you read?
58. What's your favorite type of foreign food?
59. Are you a clean or messy person?
60. Who would you want to play you in a movie of your life?
61. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
62. What kitchen appliance do you use every day?
63. What's your favorite fast food chain?
64. What's your favorite family recipe?
65. Do you love or hate rollercoasters?
66. What's your favorite family tradition?
67. What is your favorite childhood memory?
68. What's your favorite movie?
69. How old were you when you learned Santa wasn't real? How did you find out?
70. Is your glass half full or half empty?
71. What's the craziest thing you've done in the name of love?
72. What three items would you take with you on a deserted island?
73. What was your favorite subject in school?
74. What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten?
75. Do you collect anything?
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76. Is there anything you wished would come back into fashion?
77. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
78. Which of the five senses would you say is your strongest?
79. Have you ever had a surprise party? (that was an actual surprise)
80. Are you related or distantly related to anyone famous?
81. What do you do to keep fit?
82. Does your family have a "motto" - spoken or unspoken?
83. If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce?
84. Who was your favorite teacher in school and why?
85. What three things do you think of the most each day?
86. If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
87. What song would you say best sums you up?
88. What celebrity would you like to meet at Starbucks for a cup of coffee?
89. Who was your first crush?

90. What's the most interesting thing you can see out of your office or kitchen window?
91. On a scale of 1-10 how funny would you say you are?
92. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
93. What was your first job?
94. If you could join any past or current music group which would you want to join?
95. How many languages do you speak?
96. What is your favorite family holiday tradition?
97. Who is the most intelligent person you know?
98. If you had to describe yourself as an animal, which one would it be?
99. What is one thing you will never do again?
100. Who knows you the best?

If you really want to get to know someone, questions (not all at once, of course!) are like keys that can open many doors. Get to know someone better today!

Janis Meredith writes Jbmthinks, a blog on sports parenting and youth sports. After being a coach's wife for 29 years and a sports parent for 21, she sees issues from both sides of the bench.

Additional Get to Know You Questions:

50 Get to Know You Games and Icebreakers

50 Funny Get to Know You Questions

Get to Know You Questions for Small Groups

75 Get to Know You Questions for Clubs and Groups

40 Get to Know You Questions for Company Meetings

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