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Questioning in Room 5

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In the beginning

• Only 2 students could say whata skinny and fat question was

• Very few children were askingquestions in class – there was alot of reluctance

• Very few questions started withwho, where, when, what, why or how

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Room 5’s questions

about quails….• Do they come out of an egg?

• Can they fly?

• Do they eat insects?

• Do they have twins?

• Can they walk up hills?

• Can they climb the cage?

• Is that the only pattern their feathers come in?

•  Would they eat grass?• Do they like to be in water?

• How old are they?

• Where did you get them from?

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Our Questions about

Electricity…• Do we use electricity?

• Is electricity real?

• Do our light bulbs have electricity?

• Does it help people?

• Is it good for people?•  Will electricity go out one day?

•  What is electricity made of?

• How many houses don’t have lights?

• Does electricity go away when there is a thunder storm?

• Can power cuts last over 10 minutes?

• Is electricity thunder?• Can it kill you?

• Can it come out of the power lines?

• Is electricity made in a factory?

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And then the work

began….• Y chart – what a good question looks like, sounds like, feels

like

• T chart – a question friendly room

• The 5 whys

• Question dice

• Fat and skinny questions

• 20 questions

•  Who/what am I?

• Stop, think and question

• Thinking hats

• Question matrix

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Some photos…• Talk and question tokens – a great activity for the

reluctant question asker 

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 Working with Kim on fat and skinny

questions

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Using the question dice at

reading time…

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Questioning t chart…

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Y chart…

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Our questions after all our 

work about budgies…• How many budgies do you have?

• How hard do they peck?

• How bright can their colours be?

•  Why is there newspaper in the cage?

• How long have you had them for?

•  What do they eat?

•  Where did you get them?

• How old are they?

•  Which is the oldest one?

• How many kinds of budgies can there be?

• How many fit in one cage?

• How much does a budgie cost?

• How big can they grow to?

• How much do they weigh?

• How far can their wings spread

•  What colours can female budgies be?

• How can you tell a female/male apart?

• How big are baby budgies?

• How many females/males do you have?

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Our second attempt at

electricity questions….•  Where does lightning come from?

•  What causes lightning?

•  Why do we need electricity?

•  What is electricity?

•  Where does electricity come from?• How is electricity made?

• Electricity can be dangerous. How?

•  Why do things need electricity?

• How can you make electricity from your hair? What is this called?

• How does a torch work?

• How do power poles get electricity in them?

•  Where can electricity go?

•  What is inside the electricity that kills people?

• How does lightning work?

•  Who invented electricity and why?

• How long/far does electricity travel for?

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And now….

• Everybody is much moreconfident in question asking

• We all ask questions – all thetime

• We know what a good question

starts with• We know all about fat andskinny questions

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