Story of your name...

Every year I do this activity with my students to get to know them. Each student is assigned to ask an adult in their household why or how they got their name.  Once the students complete this portion of the assignment, they write about their name and why are their name helps them identify with who they are.  The writing portion of this activity is done when the students write their name on a strip and make it into a story.  Our follow up to this is to ask them if they could change their name, would they?  After we do the story of their name, all students decided not to change their name. I love learning about my student, I learn about their families, and they feel very proud of their names after we do this activity.