By Molly Corey Candidate 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 plan  Question 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

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

Today’s Focus

 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.

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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

What is the difference between an open-ended question and close-ended question?

What are the implications for teacher planning and for teacher planning time in schools? Record your thoughts and ideas by clicking here.clicking here

What are the implications for teacher planning and for teacher planning time in schools? Record your thoughts and ideas by clicking here.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?

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