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When questioning students at the beginning of the lesson I typically use a KWL chart. I have them complete this by themselves and then share with their group. Sometimes doing this activates their knowledge because they are reminded by something that they did in the previous grade. I also use questioning to check-in with students and also to make sure that they understand what is happening in the lesson.
-Valerio

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I second what Schumacher said.  I also use a lot of picture clues! Questions are a great way to assess their vocabulary, prior knowledge, and comprehension.

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I second what Schumacher said.  I also use a lot of picture clues! Questions are a great way to assess their vocabulary, prior knowledge, and comprehension.

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Bott

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When possible, I plan out my questions before a lesson in order to focus on higher level thinking questions.  I agree with the book's emphasis on the fact that "a lack of language ability is not equivalent to a lack of academic ability."  My students were totally engaged in our small group discussions of an article on Malala and how she fought for girls' education.  I questioned my students on what they already knew about her and was impressed with the knowledge some of my students had.  Many of them had never heard of her and were quite impressed with her story.  I then organized my questioning around making connections to other memorable people from our unit.
Nelson

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Questioning allows me to assess students before, during, and after a lesson. I feel that it is important to plan out questions ahead of the lesson in order to ask questions that range from basic recall to the higher level thinking questions. With knowledge of student language acquisition, I am able to plan out questions that will be accessible for all students. I like to write down some of the bigger questions within a lesson, so that I make sure to ask those questions during that lesson. Visual cues, kinesthetic (acting out vocabulary and/or different parts of a story in ELA), sentence starters, word banks that have corresponding pictures are all strategies that I have used within my classroom. These cues give students a reference point to consider when answering questions during a lesson.

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I use visual cues to elicit responses from students.By providing cues students have a reference to help be successful when answering questions. Questions are a way for me to assess student vocabulary, prior knowledge, depth of comprehension, and language acquisition.

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I use questioning and cuing all the time in my classroom to gauge understanding and allow students the opportunity to engage in dialogue and show understanding. Often questioning and cuing are tied to cooperative learning opportunities and provide students the chance to practice a multitude of skills.
-Laura S.

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I use cues and questioning during my lessons to see what prior knowledge students have about a particular topic. I like to use KWL charts like the book talks about because it not only allows me to see what the students already know and the direction the lesson needs to go. However, it also allows the students to answer their own questions and see their progress of knowledge.

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I use questioning throughout my lesson to gain an understanding of my students' knowledge and misconceptions.  I also use it to be able know where I need to go with my students and to allow them to explain their thinking to others.  Cues also help guide students thinking and explanations and allow them to share their thinking with others even if they don't quite have the vocabulary or confidence to share. -Tracy

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Within my classroom I try to use questioning on a regular basis to elicit collaboration and participation from all students in the classroom. I try to use a wide range of question from various levels of Bloom's Taxonomy in order to try to meet all students wherever they are. I often use graphic organizers, movement and facial expressions when asking and answering questions to guide the learning of my students. In order to make sure I am asking questions that will truly benefit my students, I like to write down questions I hope to ask ahead of time to ensure I am getting the deep conversation I hope to. ~ Leigh Anne Weaver

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I use questioning for many purposes such as to determine background knowledge, assess learning, determine what students comprehend from stories (in order to plan lessons) to help students make connections. I consistently write questions on post-it notes within a text  to help me ask meaningful questions during a lesson. Questioning is helpful to guide my understanding of student vocabulary acquisition. I use cues such a visual and verbal sentence starters, pictures,  I also vary my questions based on what student I am presenting the question to asking higher level questions to one, while providing cues to another.  I encourage students to ask each other questions as well by provided "question starters."
K. Schmidt

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When I introduce a new topic, I focus primarily on vocabulary since most of my students are still acquiring basic vocabulary words. Usually we discuss each word in a simplistic way, then they have to draw a picture to represent the word, write a sentence using the word in context. Once that is done, we work on activating background knowledge through informal questioning or through "My Schema Folder" which is just a small variation of the KWL. They paste sticky notes into the folder in their scheme folder and time is allotted for sharing and exchanging knowledge.
-Vania dos Passos

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As teachers I feel like we naturally ask questions throughout our lessons to gain understanding of what students already know before a lesson, how they are understanding during lessons, and how much they learned at the conclusion of lessons. I agree with the book that it is a good idea to plan out and write down higher-level questions to ask, especially higher-level questions that coordinate with students' language level. I like to jot down more thoughtful questions I want to ask on post-its, in my plan book, or on my Unit at a glance planner. Students' answers to certain questions can tell you a lot about what they know/don't know and where to take them from there.
- Brittney Douglass

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I use questioning for a variety of purposes, a few being to access prior knowledge, assess new learning, and to identify levels of comprehension. An ELA standard that we touch on a lot is asking and answering questions about a text. Not only are the children asked to answer questions, but they are to ask them as well. One way we practice this is by discussing question words, and which question word you use depending on the information you want to know. I created a question chart, and when we read a story, we record what kinds of questions we asked using stick-notes. Then, we go back and reflect on the kinds of questions we asked and which question word we used most/least
-Schumacher

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I use questioning to assess student understanding of the new learning. How do you know... and can you show me in another way.... are open ended questions that allow for students to reason through their understanding. Cues are often pointing to a particular visual, acting out vocabulary words, or talking about prior learning that connects to the new learning.

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Comment briefly on how you use cues and questioning in your instruction and how it activates background knowledge, helps you pre-assess what student's don’t know. Feel free to add links to resources and upload files! 

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Comment briefly on how you use cues and questioning in your instruction and how it activates background knowledge, helps you pre-assess what student's don’t know. Feel free to add links to resources and upload files! 