Quality Questioningin the Common Core
Classroom
By Molly CoreyCandidate for the position of
Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Common Core Standards: Where are we on our journey?Self-rating: Where am I with questioning? Implications for planning
Video: Open-Ended vs. Close-Ended Questions Break Instructional Strategies to support quality questioning
Adding thoughtful questions to your lesson planQuestion Strategies to Engage All Learners
Cold Call Video No Opt Out Video
Lunch Jigsaw/Planning – adding strategies to your daily
lessons to improve questioning Sharing and ticket out the door
Today’s Agenda
Session 1: Common Core Standards: Where are we on our journey?
Self-rating: Where am I with questioning? Implications for planning A Quality Question Classroom
Session 2: Instructional Strategies to support quality questioning
Adding thoughtful questions to your lesson plan Video Open-Ended vs. Closed-Ended Questions
Session 3:Question Strategies to Engage All Learners
Video: Cold Call Video: No Opt Out
Session 4:Jigsaw/Planning – adding strategies to your daily lessons to improve questioning in ELA or Math
Multiple Session Series
Quality Questioning
Today’s Focus
Self-Evaluation Where do you think you fall?
Privately rate yourself and make a few notes regarding what evidence supports your rating and what questions you may have.
Guiding Questions
What are the implications for teacher planning and for teacher planning time in schools?
Record your thoughts and ideas by clicking here.
The How To of Questioning
What a Quality Questioning Classroom looks like
Read the descriptors: Put a * by something you already do Put a ! By things that surprise you Put ? By things you have a question about
Pairs Read Strategy
Asking Better Questions in the Classroom
What is the difference
between an open-ended question and close-ended question?
Questioning Strategies To Engage All Learners
Guiding Questions
What are the implications for teacher planning and for teacher planning time in schools?
Record your thoughts and ideas by clicking here.
Guiding Questions
What are the implications for teacher planning and for teacher planning time in schools?
Record your thoughts and ideas by clicking here.
Join a group:◦ Humanities/ELA Focus- text dependent questions◦ Math- Questions to develop mathematical
thinking
Guiding Question: How might you use the information in your planning?
Jigsaw Activity
Providing an exceptional, high quality educational environment where all
learners are empowered to succeed
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