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Behind the Books: Five Ways to Strengthen Student Questioning

Not
long ago, I saw this book announcement in Publishers
Weekly and got VERY excited:

Alyssa Mito Pusey at Charlesbridge has acquired Did
You Burp? How to Ask Questions (Or Not), a picture book about questions
and answers—how to form them and when to ask them—by April Pulley Sayre, for publication in fall 2018. Charlie Eve Ryan
will illustrate, marking her picture-book debut. Emily Mitchell of Wernick
& Pratt represented the author and Kathleen Rushall of Andrea Brown
Literary Agency represented the artist for world rights.


I know this is a book I’ll love because April Pulley Sayre is one of my favorite authors, and, well, anyone who reads this blog knows how passionate I am about the importance of encouraging kids to wonder and be curious and ask questions.


Asking questions is a great way to generate ideas for a report. It can and should guide research on nonfiction projects. It can also help writers find the best way to present the amazing ideas and information they uncover.

So imagine how thrilled I was to read this terrific article “Five Ways to Strengthen Student Questioning” in the January issue of Education Update, which is published by ASCD. I highly recommend that you read it and think about ways to integrate some of the ideas into your own teaching.

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