Getting to know the learner

Yesterday two new adults joined the existing group of four making it a total six and I wanted all of them to be on an even platform so instead of asking them to fill out a KWL sheet prior to the lesson , I had an open discussion to see what they already knew and what they wanted to learn . This way the expectations were clear . The discussion also helped me to communicate what all they will be studying and so we all got to know each other far better than had we filled up KWL sheets as that would have been time consuming and not this much of fun .