How do you teach students
to ask questions?
Usually my students struggle to differentiate between statements and
questions. So when I saw Melonheadz's cutesy mustache clip art pack I knew I had
to use it for this question pack. I LOVE the latest mustache craze and so do my
students. I enjoyed creating these question writing & sorting
activities. 
At the beginning of the week I started off by identifying the
reasons we ask questions. Then, as a class we generated question words. I was
pleasantly surprised that many of my students were able to share some question
words. We then used these questions words to write questions as a class.
Once students understood how they might phrase a question, they wrote questions
they might like to ask a classmate. Some of their questions included: What’s
your favorite video game? How old are you? They were thrilled that they would
get to ask their questions AND get a mustache. I think this was my
definitely their favorite activity of the week. My kiddos walked around the
room with their questions and mustaches. They approached one another and said
“I mustache you a question” and proceeded to ask a question from their papers. 
At the end of the week we practiced
asking questions about Henry and Mudge
and the Starry Night. I chose two pages for students to review. We looked
them over, then wrote something they we were wondering about. It didn’t have to
be a question that could be answered by reading the text. 
This was a super fun way for my second graders to review
and practice asking questions. If you’d like to check out the pack it’s in my
TpT store. Click {HERE} to see it.
That's it for me today friends. Have a fantastic week!
Usually my students struggle to differentiate between statements and
questions. So when I saw Melonheadz's cutesy mustache clip art pack I knew I had
to use it for this question pack. I LOVE the latest mustache craze and so do my
students. I enjoyed creating these question writing & sorting
activities.
At the beginning of the week I started off by identifying the
reasons we ask questions. Then, as a class we generated question words. I was
pleasantly surprised that many of my students were able to share some question
words. We then used these questions words to write questions as a class.
Once students understood how they might phrase a question, they wrote questions
they might like to ask a classmate. Some of their questions included: What’s
your favorite video game? How old are you? They were thrilled that they would
get to ask their questions AND get a mustache. I think this was my
definitely their favorite activity of the week. My kiddos walked around the
room with their questions and mustaches. They approached one another and said
“I mustache you a question” and proceeded to ask a question from their papers.
At the end of the week we practiced
asking questions about Henry and Mudge
and the Starry Night. I chose two pages for students to review. We looked
them over, then wrote something they we were wondering about. It didn’t have to
be a question that could be answered by reading the text.
This was a super fun way for my second graders to review
and practice asking questions. If you’d like to check out the pack it’s in my
TpT store. Click {HERE} to see it.
That's it for me today friends. Have a fantastic week!
That's it for me today friends. Have a fantastic week!
