Restating the Question

Restating the Question

Today I had the opportunity to visit Mrs. Castetter's 4th grade classroom and do a lesson on restating the question when writing your answer. We began the lesson by connecting to the the YES! MAAM! Our focus was on just the first M--Me--Repeat key words from the question and provide a general answer. 

We started with reviewing the anchor chart and using turn and talks as we came up with the answer and practiced putting it in a sentence. 

Students then went back to their seats and we practiced getting our thoughts on paper. Students were asked to write two answers to questions and then we flipped the task and students were asked to write the question when given the answer! 

Below are student examples--We did questions 1 and 3 together as a class. Questions 2 and 4 were done independently and then students shared their answers.