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Blog Post 30

April 24 - 28

Learning Outcomes

Literacy

Search for further ideas and information from others, and from oral, print, and other media texts to extend understanding

 What Did Students Do?

Students were introduced to a new novel, Song For A Whale by Lynne Kelly.  We discussed puddle questions which are easily answered and don't require much thinking and ocean questions which require a deeper level of thought.  Students were then introduced to three different types of questions.  Quiz questions are questions which can be answered from the text.  These are often puddle questions and do not require a great deal of thought.  The answers are either right in the text or easily inferred from the text.  Wonder/thinking questions are questions which come after "I wonder...," or ask "Why do you think...? or How do you...?"  These questions require you to think beyond the text and make inferences based on information and events in the book and from personal experiences.  They are most often ocean questions and are not answered in the text itself.  The last category of questions is author questions.  These are questions we have about the author or for the author.  Students have worked on these questions this week as we have been reading, Song For A Whale.  We have gone through their questions as a class (anonymously) and have determined which questions fit well in each category and which questions needed to be changed to fit or moved to another category.  Next week students will be given a rubric for their questions and will come up with questions each day.  They will receive feedback on their questions each day and will then be able to tweak their questioning technique.  On Thursday, they will complete their summative assessment for questioning.  




Ask Your Child:

-What is a quiz question?

-What is a wonder/thinking question?

-What is Song For A Whale About?  

-Are you enjoying this book?  Why or why not?


Coming Up 

Monday, May 1st - Math Quiz on 2D & 3D Shapes

Friday, May 5th - PD Day

Monday, May 8-12  - Trickster Begins

Thursday, May 11th - Trickster Performances for parents 

                                   5:30 - 6:30 Sampson

                                    7:00 - 8:00 Seppala




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