SOO...now is a great time to review questioning and see how far we have come as smart readers! The kids LOVE to use stickies and I have found yet another way to use those small, colorful squares. Since we spend the month of April talking about Earth awareness I chose to read Wump World by Rickard Pack aloud to the kids. I began the reading time by reviewing:
The reasons we ask questions:
~If you are curious about something
~If you want to predict what will happen
~If you want to make something clear.
I gave each student a small sticky note and told them that whenever they had a question about the story to write it down on the sticky note and I would stick it to the page in the book. As I read the book, they were full of questions! By the end, the book was filled with sticky notes. It was great~ We then discussed whether those questions were ever answered and if the questions even mattered. It was fun to watch the look on their faces when they discovered that some questions never get answered and some don't even matter at all! What kinds of questioning strategies do you use in your classroom to get the kids thinking? I would love to hear the ideas!
Happy Teaching,
Emily
Happy Teaching,
Emily
