PEAK: "Questioning Strategies"

Magic 3: Magic 3 is choral repetition of complete sentence answers that not everyone knows and needs more practice. Have the kids repeat the sentence after you. Then two more times in different voices (whisper, monster, opera, high, low, quiet, loud, British, Australian, Mexican, French, Spanish, etc). I'm proud to say that I have already been doing this! Hooray!!

Mirror Questioning: Mirror questioning is perfect for your unfocused children to keep them engaged and "tuned in" to the lesson. So the teacher asks a question, and the students answer with a complete sentence. Then you repeat the question, and the students respond with the answer again. For example, "The black cat is the main character." "Who is the main character?" "The black cat is the main character." Pretty simple to incorporate! And once again, I have been doing this without even knowing it! Woohoo!

Total Response Questioning: Every student finds, records, learns, and says the complete, correct answer! So while answering questions, make sure every student has a writing utensil, paper or white board. Make sure every student has some kind of support that they can use in the classroom to help them come to the correct solution. "If a question is worth asking, then it is important for all learners to know their answers."

4 Critical Components of TRQ: (1) Students have writing utensils. (2) Teacher asks questions frequently, after each point made, or step completed. (3) Teacher deliberately provides correct answers in places students can go and learn them or uses students that can spread correct answer. (4) Every student records or chorally responds the CORRECT answers to important questions.

Prompts:
"How might knowing _________ be important to people?"
"How can knowing this be helpful or beneficial to you?"
"Say what I just said in a different way."
"How might ______ be best used?"

Most of the information I write is paraphrased or taken directly from Teaching for Excellence  by Spence Rogers.

Today my goal was to share with a neighbor before calling on a student. Went pretty well, however, I think I need to model/practice how to properly respond and listen.  My goal for tomorrow is to work on Complete Sentence Answer choices.