I do surface level and deep level questions. Surface level questions are where the "small fish" are. They are knowledge based. Then I do deep questions. They are where the "big fish swim". We talk about and list the different types of thinking that are involved and then work at identifying our types of questions within our discussions. We talk about how the "big fish" help our thinking to expand beyond the text, which leads right into inferences- which begin when this discussion happens. It is a great way to connect the two. Julie:O)
On Oct 13, 2007, at 4:54 PM, Michelle TeGrootenhuis wrote: > Happy Saturday, everyone! > > I'm planning for next week's lessons on questioning and I have a > question > for the list. I DON'T want to get too involved in labeling > questions (just > like many of you said about labeling text-to-self/text/world > connections), > but I think that in order to get my kids past surface level > questions, I > need to come up with some kind of "tier of questions" and I want to > go past > "Thick and Thin" question labeling for my 5th graders. I REALLY > would like > some input and then I'll come up with a visual that I'll post on my > web > page. AGAIN, don't panic, I'm not going to go overboard with this, but > simply want to point out the difference in one or two lessons so I > can label > an irrelevant question as such when one of my kiddoes fails to dig > into the > text. > > Here's what I'm thinking: > Tier 1: Irrelevant questions (Questions that have no relevance to the > comprehension of the story) > Tier 2: Clarifying questions (Questions that stem from monitoring your > comprehension as you seek to clear up confusion--these DO affect > comprehension and show active reading) > Tier 3: Predicting questions (Questions that lead to inferences > about what > will happen in the story--obviously affecting comprehension) > Tier 4: LIFE questions (Questions that lead to a synthesis of the > story. > These may or may not be answerable.) > > Are there other tiers that I'm not including in this so far? Are > there any > other terms for "Predicting" or "Life" questions? Any > clarifications on > what each type involves? > > Thanks in advance. > > Michelle TG/IA > > This message sent from the home of > Scott and Michelle TG > www.mrstg.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
