questioning: how hard can it be?
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Trudy Little
Preschool Special Education
http://maherstudios.com/who-is-your-best-choice-for-puppet-maker/
Trudy [email protected]://bit.ly/esc14ppcd
Education• BS Education in Early Childhood• MS Education in Teacher Leadership
Experience• Early Childhood general and deaf ed• High School Life Skills (self contained)• Special Education ConsultantCONTACT INFO
Think Time• Think of a lesson
• Jot down all the questions you can think of that you ask in the lesson
• Be prepared to share with a partner
With your partner….• Share the 3 questions you feel are questioning at the
highest level of critical thinking
• Agree or disagree
• Discuss
Stand If….You asked a comprehension or recall question
in your lesson
Stay Standing If…..
You asked an application question in your lesson
Stay Standing If…..
You asked an compare/contrast question in your lesson
Stay Standing If…..
You asked an analyze/evaluate question in your lesson
Stay Standing If…..
You asked an create/synthesize question in your lesson
Planning Questions• Search question stems
• Team Planning for questions
– Adds validity to instruction
• Question Cubes
Question Cubes• Red
– 6 WH?
• Blue
– Linking Verbs
• Green
– Open ended actions
Creating Questions• Practice creating questions using only the Red and
Blue cubes
• Are they open ended? Or close ended?
Creating Questions• Practice using Red + Blue + Green
– Either use the green cube word in the question; OR
– Design your question to be that type of green action
With a partner…
1. Roll the 3 dice
2. Take turns creating open ended questions about any topic you choose
3. Tally how many you and your partner create before the timer goes off.
How many?
Give your partner “High 5” if you have more than…..
What kinds of questions do the kids ask?• Why is the sky blue?
– Open ended or complicated closed?
• Why do turtles have flippers and tortoises have toes?
– Open ended or closed?
• What would happen if I pulled the fire alarm?
– Open ended or found in the student code of conduct?
Teaching the kids to ask good ?s• Teach the icons on the cubes.
– Over time
– Practice, model, recognize, and reinforce
Teaching the kids to ask good ?s• Use question cubes with the kids
– Allow them to play with the cubes first
– Put them in centers or stations
– Only assess when you have observed 50% or more of the class being successful
• Teach them how to answer each other’s questions
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– Resources
– PK-2 Rigor
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