1	Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques Domain 3 Component 3b Jamie Paluska
2	Questioning Is a critical strategy that helps readers make meaning of literature by promoting critical thinking. Occurs as a natural part of the classroom routine. With different purposes can be asked and answered before, during, and after reading. Can have different qualities.
3	Essential Questions Are questions which touch our hearts and souls, they are central to our lives. Are at the center of all other types of questions. Probe the deepest issues confronting us. Offer the organizing focus for a unit.
4	Examples of Essential Questions Why is it important to keep our bodies healthy? What does it mean to be a good friend? Why are farms important to our community? Why does our earth need plants?
5	Subsidiary Questions Help us become successful when constructing new knowledge. Combine to help us build answers to our Essential Questions. Are smaller questions that lead to insight.
6	Examples of Subsidiary Questions How does our heart work? What qualities do you look for in a friend? What do you find on a farm? What are some things that plants provide for us?
7	Questioning Strategies The next two slides tell us what to do and what not to do when using questioning strategies.
8	What not to do! Ask all the questions Ask questions with “yes/no” answers State the name of a student before asking a question Answer the questions ourselves Appear to know all the answers ourselves Assume that the solutions are understood by everyone Expect the best questions from the “smartest” students Fear the questions of the “troublemakers” Consider that each question has only one answer Assume that students know how to ask questions Put words into students’ mouths Leave a sequence of questions too soon. Plan to answer all questions.
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10	In Conclusion… Charlotte Danielson tells us that a teacher’s skill in questioning and in leading discussion is valuable for many instructional purposes, eliciting student reflection and challenging depper student engagement. As teachers, we need to become proficient in questioning techniques to be most affective with our students.