Imagine a new building is being constructed across the street from your young toddler class.  Children stare at the trucks and bulldozers and other construction vehicles and workers who are busy across the street.  List at least three open-ended questions you might use to engage children in an active language experience about the construction site.  What follow up activities might you provide in the class to further support language development?

   ** A word about Open-ended questions:  A Closed ended question is one that is used in testing or Q and A. A closed ended question has a right or wrong answer. It would most likely begin with, “How many…?’ “What is the…?”, or “What time…?”.  :Who has the…?”  There is the question and then the one word answer, that is closed ended.

         ** But an Open-ended question is one which is phrased to get the responder/ child to think and consider his/ her response. These are not questions to be answered in one or even two words. There is no right or wrong answer.  Open-ended questions most likely begin with, “What do you think…?”; or “Why do you think…?”; or “How might we…?”; or even, “If ___ was you, what would you do?”.  See, each takes a minute to consider and to think about. These are Open-ended questions.

Please post your response to the questions by noon on Saturday, 11/06; Respond to the reflection of two classmates by Tuesday 11/09 by 6:00pm