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Instructional Materials & How-Tos

See below for:

• ideas on how to implement your own Quality Question Club
• ideas on tracking/tallying student questions
• example Google Forms that can be used to get student input on the incentives
• a sample permission slip, if needed, for an incentive that was a bit different
• a sample request for donations

LESSONS

ASSESSMENT

REFERENCES

Guidelines for How to Make a Quality Question Club Happen for You

To create a Quality Question Club in your classroom, you need to be or become competent with a survey application (Google Forms works well) to learn the needs of your students with regard to free or inexpensive rewards that may effect a change in student questioning behaviors.

You will also need a system of tracking student questioners and their numbers of questions that meets your classroom environment without adding a large management role. This may be as simple as a small classroom poster or an electronic management tool such as a padlet or spreadsheet.

Expertise, or at least rudimentary skill may be needed depending on the anticipated reward. Are you an expert in warming up water? Then you can make tea! Another example that has impacted my classroom: many of my students are intrigued by a reward of hammering nails into a large piece of wood. This, in our litigious society, may need training before allowing the hammer and nails to be used.

Tracking and Tallying Student Questions

To track student responses, I recommend a public method. I have used large posters, one per class period. This makes easy management.

​I have also, as seen at left, set aside a portion of my whiteboard to track student names and checks.

Another possible tracking method is to set up a daily Padlet focused on the Questions of the Day. This allows you to keep track of the questions and assess their quality later in the day. Although the feedback is not instant, it allows for better tracking.

​Click on the link below to see an example:

Example Google Forms Used to Get Student Input on the Incentives

These two questionnaires help in creating incentives for students. More details given on the Assessment page.

Permission Slip for Nail Art Incentive

Requests for Donations

Below is a press release that can be, with adjustments, part of your requests for donations:

Examples of simple requests used within your community or your Parent Council.