Open-Ended Questions to Help Children Think - SIEOC
Georgia's Pre-K Program Open-Ended Questions to Help Children Think
Can you describe what happened? Can you think of a new way to do it? Can you help me think this through? Do you have any other ideas? How are they alike, different? How could we make it work? How could we work together to solve this? How did that happen? How did you feel when you finished it? How did you get that to work? How did you know that? How did you work it out? How do you explain it? How might you do it differently? Tell me about how you worked together. Tell me about it. Tell me about the character (books). Tell me about what you built, made, created. Tell me about what you saw. What can we do to get it to work? What do you think will happen next? (books) What did you see happening? What do you like best about it? What do you notice about ____? What do you think caused it to change? What do you think would happen if you ______? What do you think will happen next? What happened at the beginning, middle or end of the story (books)? What did you learn?
8/2008
What makes it work? What did you notice happening? What problems did you have? What was easy? What was hard for you to do? What would you do different next time?
Extend children's thinking by:
.Ask questions that encourage language development (verbal, written, and receptive). Paraphrase--repeat what the child said. Then add extra information to keep the child thinking. Add new vocabulary. Use new words like "observe", texture words (sticky, rough, silky), measurement words (gigantic, tiny, humongous, miniscule), etc.
Remember:
If you can answer "yes" or "no" the question is not open-ended. Children are thinking so it takes time for them to respond. Be sure to allow them this time.
Excerpt from Georgia's Pre-K Content Standards
LD 4 Children will develop and expand expressive language (speaking) skills
Performance Indicators LD 4 a Uses language for a variety of purposes
LD 4 b Engages in conversations with adults and children
LD 4 c LD 4 d
Uses complete sentences of increasing length in conversation Uses language to pretend or create
Examples
Uses language to express needs, feelings or preferences Uses different voices for characters in a story Asks and answers questions for information and to solve problems Tells personal narrative Engages in turn-taking conversations Uses descriptive words Expands on ideas Pretends with words or actions Tells real or make-believe stories
LD 1 Children will develop skills in listening for a purpose. LD 1 b Responds to questions
Answers questions from familiar adults and peers Responds to questions during causal conversation
8/2008
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