"You try to fake it, but it limps right out of your mouth, barely alive. “What’d you learn in school today?”
In a single sentence, all that is wrong with “school.” First, the detachment–you literally have no idea what they’re learning or why. (You leave that up to school, because that’s what school’s for, right?)..."
Although these questions may be geared to parents they would be great students to have students answer at the end of a day, or the end of a lesson.
Below are five of the questions provided. When you click through to the post you will find 19 questions proposed by readers of Te@chThought. You might also share this list with parents.
* Tell me one chance you took today, and how it ended up.
* Tell me three facts, two opinions, and one idea you heard today.
* Tell me one fun thing you learned, one useful thing you learned, and one extraordinary thing you learned.
* When were you most creative today?
* What great question did you ask today?