Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Invitation to Investigate


I recently received an invitation to study writing and to develop a teacher research project with the South Mississippi Writing Project that is part of the National Writing Project.  One of the expectations of this fantastic study group was to create a blog that highlights teacher research projects completed in our classrooms.  This summer I had planned to do some independent studying to investigate questions, questioning techniques, and questioning words to improve student achievement.   I wanted to be better equipped to use questions with my students and to share with the colleagues in my collaborative team.  This year I plan to start doing some classroom research that explores this question first:  What happens when questioning becomes part of the writing process for young writers?


Starting the Research

The first few hours of researching this topic lead me to discover that there are many different types of questions, different purposes of questioning, and different ways to use questions in the teaching and learning process.  The troublesome problem I am attempting to solve is to help my first grade students to produce quality writing!

5 comments:

  1. I have used the strategy "Questioning for Detail" in my classroom with older students and look forward to seeing how you implement questioning with your younger group. This is a fabulous focus to research!

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  2. I have always been fascinated by the writing first grades writers are able to produce. Can't wait to see what "questioning words" you discover and how they help your students. AND, I plan on using some of those in my classroom!

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  3. Since I use questioning techniques throughout the writing process with my high school students, I can't wait to see how questioning works with your young writers!

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  4. Your research question is one I think all teachers of writing have pondered at one time or another. I've never been an early childhood teacher, but my experiences with middle school children were always a method of trial and error when it came to asking good questions to trigger revision in their writing. I'm excited to see what you learn this year.

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  5. I am really interested in seeing your process of questioning with your 1st graders. I am going to be working hand in hand with the primary teachers at my school on improving writing in the lower grades and need this blog as a resource to pull from. I can't wait to get a peek into the world of Ann Nelson's magical classroom. :)

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