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Question-Answer-Evidence Game

Asking and Answering Questions

Day 49of 180
Week 10of 36
30Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Generate thoughtful questions about a text

2

Locate specific text evidence to support answers

3

Practice collaborative learning skills

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 2:3-4

“Yes, if you cry out for understanding, and lift up your voice for insight, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;”

— Proverbs 2:3-4 (WEB)

Encourages curiosity and seeking deeper understanding through questioning

📦 Materials Needed

  • Question dice or spinner
  • Shared text (age-appropriate story)
  • Sticky notes
  • Pencils
  • Question stems chart
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students in a circle and explain today's game about asking good questions. Review the difference between 'thin' and 'thick' questions.

💭 Review Question: Who can tell me what makes a 'thick' question different from a 'thin' question?
2Teaching (10 min)

Demonstrate how to use the question dice/spinner to generate interesting questions about a text. Model finding evidence to support answers.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Questions help us understand what we read
  • Good questions make us think deeper
  • Evidence from the text supports our answers
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes a good question?
  • Why is it important to find evidence in the text?
  • How can asking questions help us learn?
3Activity: Question-Answer-Evidence Challenge (10 min)
game

Students work in small groups to play a collaborative questioning game using a shared text.

📝 Instructions:
  1. Roll the question dice to get a question stem
  2. Read the text together
  3. Create a question about the text
  4. Find evidence to support the answer
  5. Share questions and answers with the group
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher provides the question stems

Challenge: Students create their own question dice with advanced stems

4Closing (5 min)

Reflect on the questions generated and what was learned

📝 Review Questions:
  • What was the most interesting question you heard today?
  • How did finding evidence help you understand the text better?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for giving us curious minds that can ask questions and seek understanding. Help us to always be eager to learn.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore how asking questions can help us grow closer to God

💎 Memory Verse

Proverbs 2:3

“Yes, if you cry out for understanding, and lift up your voice for insight”

— Proverbs 2:3 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Create hand motions to represent crying out and lifting voice

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson focuses on developing critical thinking skills through questioning

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage questions at home
  • Model asking thoughtful questions during reading
  • Praise attempts to find evidence in texts
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it challenging to move beyond surface-level questions

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Ability to generate questions beyond simple recall

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a question journal
  • Practice questioning with family reading time
  • Make a personal question dice at home

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