Thinking Higher! Did you ask any good questions today?

Growing up, my family ate dinner every night around the table together. My mom is an elementary teacher and my dad is a principal so we grew up in an educational home where everything was a learning opportunity. I was very fortunate. At dinner each night my dad would always as my sister and I if we asked any good questions that day at school. At the time I hated this part of dinner. Now, as an adult and an educator I realize just how important it is to ask kids if they asked any good questions! But for them to ask good questions, we have to model what good questions are! 

So, new to the Kingdom, a higher level questions wall! We are very excited about this. Using Bloom's Taxonomy, I've divided questions into 3 levels. Lowest level is blue, middle is green, and highest is pink. I'm excited to use these with the kids. My thought is to ask questions from blue on Monday and Tuesday, green questions on Wednesday and Thursday, and pink questions on Thursday and Friday- this way they are taking our week's learning and pushing it further each day. I encourage you to try it in your classroom or even at home! Why shouldn't we ask some challenging questions. So, did you ask any good questions today?