Snowmen at Work is a fun winter mentor text. This resource requires students to analyze question complexity and determine whether the questions provided are “Thick” or “Thin” questions (in the head or in the book) about the book, Snowmen at Work. Questions are printed on post it notes for sorting. The teacher can project the questioning t-chart included or create a sorting mat on posterboard or on chart paper for small group work.
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Snowmen at Work is a fun winter mentor text. This resource requires students to analyze question complexity and determine whether the questions provided are “Thick” or “Thin” questions (in the head or in the book) about the book, Snowmen at Work. Questions are printed on post it notes for sorting. The teacher can project the questioning t-chart included or create a sorting mat on posterboard or on chart paper for small group work.
This resource is described in more detail on this blog post. The post describes a lesson on questioning using the book, Snowmen at Work, for modeling as well as how we use questions for reading comprehension, reading skills, and to drive research and exploration.
This was a great resource to introduce thick and thin questions to my students! We read the book, then color coded the questions and sorted them. They loved it!
Great to help introduce asking and answering questions to my students. Thanks for creating.
Perfect introductory activity for questioning!
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