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, …

Prime Plan The DoK Levels added to questions will be reflected in reports. Teachers can easily track and show growth of students...

DOK Question Stems

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

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 teach

Do you know all the question stems for each level of Bloom's Taxonomy? If you're teaching in the class or online, this is your resource!

Here are over 225 Bloom's question stems in this set. That's a lot of questioning! Students and teachers can both use these question stems to create higher level questions. These are great for whole class, small groups, partner work, station activities, and individual work.

This close reading question stem reference tool will help you ask a wide variety and complexity of questions with your 4th grade and 5th grade students. Use as a whole class comprehension tool during read aloud or reading lessons or in small group lessons and activities. Includes questions for literature and informational texts. Perfect for the upper elementary era classroom. Click to read more about how to use this helpful question stems tool in your classroom!

These Bloom's Question Stems are the perfect way to bring critical thinking and higher level thinking to your classroom! Use these question stems to have your students come up with their own higher level questions and watch their critical thinking soar to new heights! You can use them with ANY SUBJECT.

Looking for a way to maximize reading time to allow you to target standards more easily and efficiently? When I started using question stems, it changed the way I was able to precisely target reading skills and strategies. It helped by providing a variety of focused and higher-level thinking questions that could be used for reading conferences. literacy centers, reading response activities, and exit tickets. Click the link to find out more!

QAR Question stems

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 teach

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

Teaching #reading Comprehension Strategies: Asking Questions QAR Strategy - Raise the Bar Reading

Everybody is talking about RIGOR or asking, "What is rigor?" If you do any research on rigor, you will find that rigor does not mean difficulty. Instead rigor means the level of mental processing that must occur to answer a question, perform a task or generate a product. Two widely used measures of rigor are Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels. Both measures of rigor go from the simple to the complex. Karen Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix integrates these models as a strategy…

Within, Beyond, and About Text Question Examples Chart based on The Continuum by Fountas & Pinnell.

Quick, casual ways to make sure everybody's on board.

This question word poster has been a tremendous resource for my kiddos. It helps them remember the difference between a question and statement and helps them spell words they want to write in their stories and journal entries.

Question stems can be used as thinking prompts for class discussions, prompting, and various forms of assessment.