During the ILASCD PreK/K Conference, we discussed the use of open-ended questions in our early learning classrooms. Read the Open-Ended Questions: WHY post for the first part of our discussion. The first type of questioning we examined is analytical questioning- see the post on March 16th. The second type of questioning we dug into was reflective- see post on March 23rd and on the blog post from March 29th, we looked at hypothetical questioning.
The last type of questioning that we explored during the conference is that of affective questions.
Examples from a unit of study on animals in the winter…
Reminder: We want to ask students a variety of different types of questions to expand their thinking and vocabulary.
Here is a slide that shows how we can tie together the different types of questions…
Journey into Early Childhood 