What things do children ages 10-11 (3rd-4th grade) enjoy these days? ^^;
I'm only teaching 3rd and 4th grade this year. Double yay! At the start of every school year, I take a written survey to learn the interests, hobbies, and favorite things of my students.
This is my 8th year teaching English. I've taught every grade in both elementary and middle school. But for awhile now, I've been assigned to only teaching the older students. I'm out of the youthful loop a bit. Haha.
Knowing what 5th and 6th graders like is easy: K-pop idols, TikTok, anime, webtoons, and the Netflix series they definitely shouldn't be watching at their age (i.e. "Squid Game," "D.P."). LOL.
But it's been a minute since I taught little ones.
What should I ask 3rd and 4th graders this year? ^^
I usually ask for students' favorite game, animation, music, superhero, character, and whatever they want to put under miscellaneous. But I'm thinking I want to substitute something else for "superhero" and "music."
The young ones don't care about idols, and Marvel isn't all that popular with them as it used to be in my previous years.
Anyone have any ideas~? Thank you and much appreciated!
A screenshot of my annual survey is attached. I go through it with students with a PPT, showing them the things I love. And then, I show them lots of examples of things they can write using lots of pictures and gifs.