What can we do once students correctly identify a story’s genre?
As a teacher, I didn't know how to ask questions well! I had basically no training. But I asked hundreds each day. Now, I'm renovating my embarrassingly bad old questions!
Updating Old Questions: Identify Figurative Language
What do we do after a student can identify the type of figurative language?
Updating Old Questions: The Planets’ Order
Oops! I just asked my students to put the planets in order! Here’s what I could do differently…
Updating Old Questions: Volcano from Two Perspectives
Just because we have two perspectives doesn’t mean we have a great question!
Making Categories of Famous Structures
A task about famous structures that stops at the bottom of Bloom’s.
Practice Context Clues with Classics
Most context clue worksheets have incredibly low expectations.
Updating Old Questions: A Congress At School?
Let’s go beyond listing Congress’ powers and consider fairness if a school had a legislative branch.
A Playlist That Shows A Character’s Change
Here’s how I’d take one task from my choice board and focus on making it great!
Healthy Donuts!? Framing a Math Project with a Big Idea
Instead of jumping straight to calculations, what if we framed this math concept with a big idea?
Upgrading A Research Report
So many “research reports” are really just “regurgitation re-writes.” Here’s one way to take a research report to a much more interesting level.