Question of the Day

Every day when my students walk through the door, they have a specific routine they follow. First, they hang up their backpack/jackets and then they answer the "Question of the Day".
Each day I post a yes or no question that the students answer. They find their clothespin and then place it on the side of the poster to indicate their response to the question.

I have done this activity for the past 6 years that I have taught First Grade. I struggled how to have the clothespins ready to grab for the students. I had them in a bin and that took too long for students to find their clothespin . . . I tried several others ways as well, but then I came across this awesome tower from Really Good Stuff . It has worked wonderfully ever since! It's easy for the students to find their name, so they can answer the question quickly and get on to their next task of their morning routine.

Today was our first day back after a much needed, week long spring break. Our "Question of the Day" today was, "Did you have a fun Spring Break?"

"Question of the Day" is a great way to collect data, reinforce a concept from a previous lesson and practice reading. For example, "Is today your birthday?", "Do you know how much a quarter is worth?", "Do you think the groundhog will see its shadow?", "Did you do your homework last night?"

Every day I ask the class questions about the data we collect as well. Such as: "Did more people say yes or no?", "How many more chose yes?", "What is the difference between yes and no?" - some days we even write the equation to find the difference.

Today, we had an overwhelming response to "YES!" I am glad that the entire class had a fun spring break! I sure did!