Quality Questioning Resource
I will be hosting a Refresher on Tapping Out With Tiles today for FedEX in Karli and Priscilla's space. If you are unable to make it and are interested, here is a detailed presentation about it. It's wordy, but I didn't want to leave anything out! :) Feel free to book me if you would like to chat about this, or I would love to come in and model what this could look like in your space! Hopefully this resource will continue to be used, so we are growing great spellers!
This week, I revisited this article by George Couros titled "Bloom's Taxonomy and a Pen", and it got me thinking about the questions we are asking our learners every day. Our campus goal is to focus on asking rigorous quality questions during our daily instruction. So, I started digging into a resource that we have in the Broadcast Studio "Good Questions for Math Teaching". There are several copies in there, so feel free to check them out through Melinda!
In this resource, they encourage to plan out your questions before your lesson using a backwards three-step process:
Step 1: Identify a topic or the content.
Step 2: Think of a CLOSED question and write down the answer.
Step 3: Make up a question that includes (or addresses) the answer.
Examples:
Step 1: The topic is determining averages.
Step 2: The close question might be "The children in the Smith family are aged 3, 8, 9, 10, and 15. What is their average age?" The answer is 9.
Step 3: The good question could be "There are five children in a family. Their average is 9. How old might the children be?
Step 1: The topic is measuring length using nonstandard units.
Step 2: A typical question might be "What is the length of your table measured in handspands?"
Step 3: The good question could be "Can you find an object that is three handspance long? "
Reference: (Sullivan, Lilburn, pg. 7-9)
I have linked examples of good questions that goes along with the current math content you all are teaching (and content that you are about to teach). I hope these questions are useful to you, or can be a springboard for planning out your quality questions.
This resources breaks down each math concept you teach and gives great ideas for good questions- so I highly encourage checking out this resource and use it while you lesson design.
I would love to come in your space and script your questions if this is something you are comfortable with. Then, we could sit down and reflect on them! Book me here if you are interested in doing this!
Hope you all have a great rest of the week! Please let me know if you need anything!