Question stems

-This issue we focus on our thinking touchstone Having a range of thinking tools available to us is very useful. They help ensure the engagement and stimulation of a wide variety of students. But, …

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The purpose of these critical thinking question stems is to help students practice willingness to sit with an idea and struggle wonderfully.

Higher level thinking questions take planning and preparation - use these questions and question stems to help promote higher level thinking and discussion with your upper elementary students (third, fourth, and fifth grade). There are questions for teaching theme, comparing and contrasting, character traits, text features, point of view, and more. Many of the questions are based off of Bloom's Taxonomy (or revised Bloom's Taxonomy) #higherlevelthinking #teaching #questions

These question stems are a perfect scaffold to support your students as they prepare for a whole-class or small-group discussion. They are organized to help students determine what type of question they can/should write so that they can focus in on what they need to do. A modified/simplifed resource...

Over the past 4 years, I have worked on the creation of many Common Core documents including curriculum guides, pacing guides, standard checklists and so on. When you review the language of the standards and look at nouns and the verbs, you will readily notice the close alignment with Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and Webb’s Depth of Knowledge. In 2001, the new version of Bloom’s Taxonomy was released with Bloom’s six major categories changed from nouns to verbs. The knowledge level was renamed…

Practicing word analysis strategies is easy with any fiction text, nonfiction text, or poem with these free question stems. Use these to review synonyms and antonyms, context clues, homophones, multiple meaning words, roots and affixes, and word reference materials. These question stems are to great to use for word analysis activities to review vocabulary strategies that students should use while reading. Use all year long or save for SOL test review. SOL 4.4

Text-Dependent Question Stems - This 32 page resource is a great way to help your 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classroom or homeschool students find evidence from the text! There are teacher directions, examples, and question stems. You'll also find text-dependent questions tied directly to the Common Core reading anchor standards! Click through to see how this can help with year long test prep for your students! {third, fourth, fifth, sixth grader}

Do your kids give up easily when encountering a problem?We get it. We've been there, both in parenting and as teachers. A kid stops trying when they get stuck on a task. They don’t want to work on it anymore. They just want the answer, or for you to do it for them. It's our job as teachers and parents to help kids move forward when stuck and unlock the power of grit. After all, grit is a teachable skill. We’ve found that a well-timed question can spark new thoughts in kids to develop…