I often see this question on language arts and social studies worksheets: “Put these events in order.” Yes, it’s low-level, but the real problem is that it’s a one-off. Let’s make a sequence of questions about the order of events.
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Updating Old Questions: Addition With Missing Pieces
How can I go beyond asking 20 variations of 622 + 77 = ___?
I asked about Caesar vs Alexander, but somehow skipped Analyze.
A big ol’ table that looks like comparing, but it’s really more about remembering.
Going Beyond “Name That Genre!”
What can we do once students correctly identify a story’s genre?
Improving Identify the 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.
Details Should Lead To A Big Idea
Here are two questions I’d ask students about a story What are three important 🌼 details about the main character? What is the story’s 🏛️ moral? Now, details naturally lead to big ideas. But in this case, I switched topics from “main character” to “big idea, ” which broke the natural movement. If I ask […]