How well do you plan your questions? Part I

When you work in education a key strategy in teaching is questioning. So how well are you planning the questions you ask your students?

The idea....

The idea is simple.  Create 3 different cubes for different aspects of the question you wish to ask with visual icons. (I used Boardmaker® symbols by Mayer-Johnson© but you can use any icons that you choose.)

• One cube is the 6 WH questions.  {Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How} 

• One cube is the linking verbs. {might, can, would, is, will, did}

• One cube is the type of question or purpose of the question.  {analyze, verify or prove, list, predict, compare, contrast}

The teaching....

Begin asking the questions you want the kids to ask. Now, let's get real.... do you PLAN your questions?  I mean really sit down during your planning time and write out the questions you are going to ask during a lesson OR do you do my favorite- Ask as you go and "off the cuff?"  

How do we plan instruction for the unknown?  Are we as educators asking questions that haven't been asked yet? Hmmmm... Check out Part II for more information on how to get started asking better questions with and without cubes.

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