#6thchat is used to chat, collaborate, and grow with other sixth grade educators from around the globe. Each session we discuss a topic voted on by #6thchat participants. It's a great way to help grow your PLN and share ideas with others.
Welcome to #6thchat! I am Kristin and will moderate tonight's chat.I teach ELA and SS in Lansing, MI. Please introduce yourself, what you teach and where.
Hello #CultureEd and #6thchat! Kristen here from PA and I think it’s going to snow.... I’m super wiggly and that always happens when there’s snow coming!!!
A1) I actually question my questions a lot! I am always wondering if I am framing a question in a way that connects with students, is easily understood, and will helps students think more deeply. #6thchat
Hello all! This is my first time in a chat. I am working on my teaching degree. What do you all wish you knew before your first year as a teacher? #edchat#6thchat
A1: It is important to question our own questioning to ensure we are providing Ss the opportunity to be deep thinkers, instead of surface scratchers. We also need to ensure our questions are aimed at the targets we setup for our Ss. #6thchat
A1 It seems like we should question our questions so they pull as much out of our students as possible. We want our questions to be challenging but not overwhelming. #6thchat
Definitely! The key is to balance your work and maintain a healthy focus on yourself, too. A tired teacher is not good to anyone. Keep eating well, working out, and having a personal life is important. #6thchat
A2) I think about what I want students to consider & what kind of responses I am seeking. If it is an exit ticket question, then I am framing my questions to determine if re-teaching is necessary. If it is a discussion question, is it open enough & easy to understand. #6thchat
A1: Being intentional with all teacher talk is important and espcially true with questions. Questions are the scaffolds to higher level thinking for all students. Differentiation and complexity in one! #6thchat
A2 The most important thing I consider is whether or not the question will lead us in the right direction. The path may take many turns but we need to arrive at our destination. #6thchat
A2: whether it is “googleable” or not. We are 1:1 and love giving questions that they cannot google. Last week during a @PearDeck, I gave them a few ones they could look up. And I paid for it. One ss googled and purposely copied and pasted just to be silly. 😂 #6thchat
A2: I think it is important to create questions that allow Ss to build their own questions as follow up. They cannot simply be answered with one short/quick response. #6thchat
A3) I always find Ss questions more important as they guide me in my journey of coaching and teaching students. Students' questions often reveal what they still don't know or what they are interested in. #6thchat
A3 It can depend, but it seems most often it should be the student questions, especially if we have asked the right questions to start us off. #6thchat
A3: I think both have equal merit. Ts questions guide the lesson down the path toward the learning target, but Ss questions can help drive the content deeper and create more Ss investment into the lesson. #6thchat
A3) #6thchat I agree that both are important- T and S questions. I think Ss questions really help us to understand where they are in their thinking. Sometimes I think they are one place & their questions reveal they are still someplace else.
A4) I steal from Disrupting Thinking and @KyleneBeers for my favorite questions to ask: 1) What challenged, confirmed or changed my thinking? 2) What surprised me? 3) How will this help me to become better? #6thchat
I like to have them read some of them out loud...especially if the language is academic. I always note how great their spelling is on challenging words. 🤣#6thchat
A4: well why not?? 😂 and not really a question, but I always tell them that why it’s the right answer is more important than the answer itself. #6thchat
A3: Getting students to ask their own meaningful questions is where you want to arrive for motivated students using their own curiosity to push learning higher! This, however, starts with modeling both question creation and thinking! #6thchat
A5) A More Beautiful Question is an excellent book that probes the need to improve our questions #6thchathttps://t.co/fAgoLw1ebH is a great resource; #6thchat
A3: The ones the ss ask, as long as they are not forced or contrived. Working on that part! Also working on the part where I stop giving them the stinkin answer! I want them to walk out of my room thinking, “Am I right or am I wrong?”And then work to figure it out! #6thchat
A5 I like to use PHAT questions from Learn like a Pirate. @PaulSolarz The students can get their heads wrapped around what a PHAT questions are and can relate it to inquiry. #6thchat
A4: Favorite questions while discussing any reading are: What did the author write to make you think that? What does reading this text make you want to research or do? And I agree....the big 3 Notice & Note nonfiction questions are great too! #6thchat
A6) Ask students to develop questions for units at different points in a unit. Choose different student developed questions for the class to ponder and respond to. I also find @PearDeck helps me quickly see value in the questions I pose as I can see responses quickly #6thchat
A6 It is difficult for students to understand how to ask a question that is deep enough to support inquiry. We try to avoid 2 minute "google" questions. If they don't believe me I challenge them to test it out. #6thchat
A4: What don't you know? What do you wonder? If you had a team of experts & unlimited funds what problems would they need to solve to get ____ done. #6thchat
A6) #6thchat To improve, I think some Ss benefit from question stems. This can steer them away from the recall questions and take them to a higher level.
A6 For me peer coaching and PLC work has improved my questioning. It's always interesting to find out what questions were posed by others who use the same pieces of text. #6thchat
