Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Learning How to Listen and Take Effective Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn how to listen effectively, take good notes, and ask critical questions.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ask a Commodity Analyst: How to Analyze the Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of commodities market analysts present their "tricks of the trade" highlighting the data reports they rely on to effectively analyze the markets. A video, essays about the market, commodities, cash marketing, etc. and a...
Article
Harvard University

Harvard College Writing Center: How to Do a Close Reading

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief explanation of the tasks involved in doing a close reading in preparation for writing. This writer breaks the process into three steps which involve annotating the text, looking for patterns, and asking questions of the text.
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Idaho State University

Idaho State University: Radiation Related Frequently Asked Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of frequently asked questions about radiation, with answers. About half of the questions are health-related and pertain to how radiation affects the body.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Rephrasing the Question

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how to rephrase reading questions into statements to improve understanding of what is being asked and provides examples. This information is offered in text and audio formats.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Approaches to Knowledge

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article addressing how knowledge is acquired from different media formats. The article also discusses how scholars from the past asked questions about knowledge and launched their own investigations.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Rl.1.1 Ask and Answer Questions About Key Details in a Text.

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This landing page offers different lessons related to the standard RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Teacher2 Teacher Ask a Question

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If you are a math teacher and have a concern about how to teach something to your student(s), would like some suggestions on what resources are available, or any other concern related to teaching mathematics come to this site to find an...
Unit Plan
Other

Into the Book: Questioning

For Students K - 1st Standards
Learn the significance of questioning in the classroom to teach students how to question the text in order to better understand what they are reading.
Activity
BusinessSpanish.com

Asking Questions: Haciendo Preguntas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site will help you prepare for lodging accommodations. Learn the pertinent questions to ask when checking into a hotel. Click on the underlined Spanish words to hear how they're pronounced.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Faq About Proofs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides links to questions sent in to Dr. Math about proofs. Topics covered include what proofs are, how to understand them, and how to build them, and much more. Be sure to click on the links which you believe may be helpful.
Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Practices and Perspectives From Five Schools

For Teachers K - 1st
This document, released by the Center on Instruction (COI) in 2009, provides a response to the common question "What are states, districts, and schools doing about RTI?" Through site visits and phone calls to five U.S. public schools...
Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Current Practice in Statewide Implementation

For Teachers K - 1st
This handbook, released in 2009 by the Center on Instruction, draws on the experiences of eight states engaged in large-scale Response to Intervention (RTI) implementation to identify key considerations for state-level RTI policy and...
Article
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: A Family Guide to Response to Intervention

For Teachers K - 1st
This family guide provides an overview of the basic components of RTI and includes questions parents may want to ask their child's school regarding how they can get involved in the RTI process. The guide also addresses the relation of...
Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention:rti in Elementary School:a Guide for Families

For Teachers K - 1st
This document was developed to help parents and other family members understand the essential components of RTI (screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision making), ask questions about RTI, and...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Applying the Definition of a Parabola

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Math responds to a student question about parabolas. The student asks a series of questions about a parabola, including how to derive the formula of a parabola from the definition, a parabola is the set of all point equal distance...
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Live Wire Media

Good Character: Asking for Help

For Students Pre-K - 1st
If you need help, don't be afraid to ask! This website, in addition to providing tips to help you ask peers and adults for help, include discussion questions and activities through which students discuss what it means to need and get...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Building Two Column Proofs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this site to find details of how to construct a two column proof. Dr. Math responds to a question posed by a student and details the reasons for the order of steps and shows two different ways to do the same proof.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Top Questions Kids Ask About Money & Answers Better Money Habits

For Students Pre-K - 1st
How to turn uncomfortable questions into an opportunity to teach kids about money. Content brought to you by our partner, Better Money Habits.
Activity
University of Texas at Austin

Spanish Proficiency Exercises: Intermediate Task 18

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will learn how to ask and answer questions about someone else's family with this learning module. Video clips of native Spanish speakers provide context for each question and statement about each of their families.
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BBC

Bbc: Languages Spanish: Talk Spanish Your Age Worksheet

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will learn how to ask and answer questions about someone else's family with this learning module. Video clips of native Spanish speakers provide context for each question and statement about each of their families.
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Other

Questioning.org: The Question Mark

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Jamie McKenzie's book, Beyond Technology: Questioning, Research and the Information Literate School, emphasizes the need to teach children to ask important questions, then research the answers, instead of just learning information...
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California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is a star? How many stars can you see at night? How far away are the stars? Find the answer to these questions and more as Cool Cosmos and NASA astronomers answer the most frequently asked questions about stars!
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Polynomial Inequality Problem

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Drexel University answers student question about solving polynomial inequalities, "Dr. Math" provides a fairly thorough explanation in how to solve such problems.