All About Me Worksheet with Riddles for Back to School

This is an All About Me worksheet for the beginning of the school year.

These questions and statements are included on the worksheet:

Name

Nickname

Birthday

How many brothers do you have? Sisters?

Pets? What kind?

What are some of your hobbies or interests outside of school?

What is your favourite colour?

Favourite food?

What is your favourite movie?

What is your favourite book?

What are your top 3 favourite subjects?

What are your least 3 favourite subjects?

What can I do to make you enjoy your least favourite subjects more?

Circle the statement that represents you best?

a) If something is challenging, I keep trying until I figure it out.

b) If something is challenging, I get discouraged and give up.

Is reading fun for you?

Do you read at home?

Do you learn better in groups, partners, independently, or with a mix?

What else would you like me to know about you?

All About Me worksheets are always a great way to get to know your new students. Young students and older students enjoy sharing about themselves. this is also a great way to build classroom community amongst your students. If given the chance to discuss, in small groups or whole groups, students will learn things they have in common with their new classmates.

The second page has 2 riddles.

The first riddle has a square with 4 numbers. Students are to figure out which square doesn’t belong and explain why.

The second riddle is as follows: This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary, you'd think nothing was wrong with it. Actually, nothing IS wrong with it. But it is not as ordinary as you might think. If you think about it for a bit, you will find out why it is truly so unusual. So what is it? What is so unordinary about this paragraph?