Questions for a Joyful, Kind, and Reflective Classroom

This week's article summary comes from a teacher blog entitled Questions for a Joyful, Kind, and Reflective Classroom

The article's title caught my attention as the three adjectives "joyful, kind, and reflective" capture three important goals we look for in our students--engagement and excitement in school and learning, collaboration and inclusivity, and metacognition (through My Learning and learning progressions).

The questions are simple but potentially powerful!

Joe

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Here are ten questions that connect learning across content with reflective questions that set the stage for joyful learning as well as reflection.

I posted these 10 questions in my classroom.

Before I even mentioned the questions, kids were talking around them. They had noticed the questions and started thinking about them.

It has been easy to use these questions for general conversations, and the kids have been amazing in the ways they are thinking about themselves and their learning.

I have the questions posted and I plan to give them a copy of the questions on a single sheet for their notebooks.

These questions were a great way to kick off our school year and to help kids begin to think about what our year will be like.

What are you most looking forward to today as a learner?

What do you have to celebrate today?

What did you learn about yourself as a learner today?

How were you kind today?

How did you get through something challenging today?

What do you understand today that you didn’t understand before today?

What are you excited to share with someone today?

What did someone do to help you today?

How were you brave as a learner today?

How did your thinking change today?