Interviewing Our Friends

One of our social studies units is about learning from one another and how everyone is special because we are all good at different things. We discussed what we are good at and what we would like to learn from someone in our class. After we shared, I had students fill out a worksheet answering questions about themselves. Once they were finished, I paired students up and they had to interview each other to see what they had in common and what was different. Before they were allowed to interview their partner, they had to shake hands and say hello, just like you would do in a real interview. Their reactions to shaking hands were hilarious! It was really cute to see them ask questions, listen to what their classmate said, and then record their answers on their worksheet. They had so much fun interviewing their friends that they asked me if I could make a new set of interview questions for them to complete the next day. Of course I said yes!