Teacher Tuesday: Attendance Questions

 

After 19 years my teacher achilles heel is ALWAYS attendance.  I'm going to blame it on having to take it SIX TIMES A DAY but I'm just the worst.  I'm bad at recording it, bad at remembering it, just BAD at it.  Which isn't ideal since it's kind of a big deal when I'm grading, sorting out makeup work, etc. 

A teacher friend taught one of his classes in my classroom last year and he used attendance questions and I loved it so much I decided to implement it in my room this year.  Instead of just taking roll at the beginning of class and having kids say "here" I ask a random question and then their response is their "here".  It's great because the kids don't let me forget! ;) hahaha

They look forward to the questions and it doubles as a fun little ice breaker as well.  

Sometimes the questions are weird and prompt some super funny followup questions...

... and sometimes they're pretty basic.

Sometimes they're super involved and other times they're super simple.  

If you use this in your classroom I'd love to hear your tips and tricks and I'd double love it if you'd leave your favorite questions to ask in the comments of this post.  

If you don't use this (or aren't a teacher) I'd still love to hear your question ideas ;). 

To wrap up I thought I'd share 9 weeks worth of questions just in case you're looking for some ideas to start with!

1. Would you rather travel the world or live in your dream home?
2. Would you rather keep social media or keep television?
3. Eat a whole lemon or a raw potato?
4. Would you rather control the weather or heal any injury/illness?
5. Constantly be itchy or always have a cough?
6. How many pets do you have?
7. Would you rather have a personal chef or personal stylist? 
8. What was your favorite vacation ever? 
9. Dogs or cats?
10. Soccer or football?
11. What is your favorite holiday?
12. Go to a concert or go to the movies?
13. Get stitches or get a cavity filled?
14. Go sky diving or ride the world's tallest roller coaster?
15. Pizza or tacos?
16. What's the thing in this room you stare at when you're zoning out?
17. Live without music or movies?
18. Starbucks or Dunkin?
19. City or country?
20. Best and worst fast food French fries.
21. Would you ever ride in a hot air balloon, yes or no?
22. Would you rather have an extra finger or extra toe?
23. Five brothers or five sisters?
24. What's the best flavor Oreo?
25. Room temperature or cold water?
26. Horror movie or comedy?
27. Travel or stay home during a break?
28. You have $3, what are you buying at the gas station?
29. Netflix or Hulu?
30. Do you sleep in socks?
31. Would you rather have front row seats to see your favorite sports team or your favorite band?
32. Would you rather give up chocolate or cheese forever?
33. What's the worst chore?
34. What do you dip chicken nuggets in?
35. What's scarier if you think about it: ocean or space?
36. What's the ugliest color?
37. What treat are you choosing from the ice cream truck?
38. What would be the worst thing to put in a pinata?
39. What's the best day of the week?
40. What's a song that you hate?
41. Would you rather be able to become invisible or fly?
42. Would you rather be a spectator at the Winter Olympics or Summer Olympics?
43. Would you rather time travel to the past or the future?
44. Which country would you be most excited to visit?
45. Social media... helpful or harmful?

HAPPY TUESDAY, FRIENDS!!!