Children will be able to VERB that you use to create measurable objectives. The Useful Open-Ended Questions to Include are used in Procedures (scaffolding; guided practice) or Assessments sections of your activity plans. Bloom’s taxonomy is a powerful tool to help develop learning objectives because it explains the process of learning:
- Before you can understand a concept, you must remember it.
- To apply a concept you must first understand it.
- In order to evaluate a process, you must have analyzed it.
- To create an accurate conclusion, you must have completed a thorough evaluation.
| Remembering
BLOOM: Knowledge level |
Understanding
BLOOM: Comprehension level |
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| Action Verbs | Questions | Action Verbs | Questions |
| Choose
Find Identify Show me Hand me Name Imitate Indicate List Locate Match Point to Recall Recognize Repeat Reproduce Retrieve Select State |
How much is…?
Can you name the…? What is a…? What is that called? Which one is the…? Point to the…? Show me the… What did I call that? In read-aloud: What happened next? Who was it that…? Describe what happened…? What just happened? Who spoke to…? |
Arrange
Collect Demonstrate Describe Categorize Classify Sort Arrange Select Separate Define Determine Explain Illustrate Paraphrase Represent Summarize Give an example of |
Can you tell me in your own words…?
What is the difference between … and …? What would be an example of…? What would be an example of something that is not a…? What does that mean? Explain to me what … means. Can you give me an example of…? Which belong together? Which are the same thing? Can you tell me that in a different way? Can you tell us what you’re thinking? What problem are you trying to solve? How would you explain it to someone who doesn’t know how to do it? In read-aloud: What was the main idea…? Who was the key character…? What is happening on this page? |
| Applying
BLOOM: Application level |
Interpreting
BLOOM: Analysis level |
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| ShowTell
Write Use Make Solve Demonstrate Organize Plan Perform Apply Outline Give example |
What would be another example of…?
Could this have happened in…? What would you change if you wanted it to…? Can you give me an example of when you would use this? Can you group them by…? What’s the first thing you have to do? What comes next? What are you planning to do next? Is there another way you could have solved this problem? How could you check and see if you’re right? Where could you find out more about…? Did you have a strategy? What was it? What else have you tried? What didn’t work? In read-aloud: What questions would you ask of…? What happens in our classroom that’s like what happened in this story? Can you tell me a story like this one? |
CompareContrast with
Explain Relate to Predict Discover Generalize Distinguish from Hypothesize Compare to Summarize
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Can you tell me why…?
I wonder why…? Why do you think it does that? What do you think caused it to do that? What would happen if…? How does this compare to…? How is this different than…? What is the difference between … and …? Is this the same or different than…? What else works this way? What didn’t work? What helped you solve the problem? Do you see a pattern? In read-aloud: What do you think will happen next…? What makes you think that? Who do you think will…? Why will they do that? Why do you think they did that? |
| Creating
BLOOM: Synthesis level |
Evaluating
BLOOM: Evaluation level |
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| Construct
Create Develop Design Produce Change Combine Compose Plan Rearrange Reconstruct Reorganize Revise |
Can you design a … that will…?
Why not compose a song about…? Can you tell a story (or ‘draw me a picture’) of this? Can you figure out a solution to…? Why don’t you come up with your own way to handle…? How many other ways could you…? What else could you use this for? Did anyone solve it a different way? What would happen if you…? Can you create a new way to…? Would this be useful if you had to…? Can you make it do…? How would you solve the problem if…? How would you change this to make it…? What would you need if you wanted to…? What would help you solve this? How would you have handled…? In a Read-aloud: What other stories have you read that are like this? Has anything like that ever happened to you? Can you give me a different example of …? How would you rewrite the story to make it better? |
Assess
Critique Decide Judge Justify Recommend Modify Conclude Generalize Question
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Is there a better solution to…?
How useful is…? Is this useful? Are you convinced that…? Can you convince me that…? Do you think … is a good thing or a bad thing? What changes to … would you recommend? If you had access to unlimited resources how would you deal with…? Do you believe…? Are you (or ‘Are they…’) a … person? How would you feel if…? How effective are…? What do you think about…? Can you change something to make it work a different way? Does your answer make sense? Which answer do you think makes more sense? Is it possible that you are wrong? How do you know which is the best solution? Could they both be right? What’s the most important thing for me to remember about this?” How do you feel about your answer? Why did you change your answer? What would I be doing wrong if I…? In a read-aloud: Was this a good story? What lessons can we learn from this story? Were these characters good people? What lessons should we learn from this story? Did any parts of the story upset you? Would you recommend this story to a friend? |
