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Perfect for back to school - These intriguing questions will help you get to know your students and help them get to know each other. Kids love them and as you can see below, they make terrific writing prompts and are great for facilitating higher level thinking.
These questions are great for practicing critical thinking because they require your students to evaluate two different, but seemingly equally appealing (or unappealing) options and choose one. One way to use Would you rather... questions is to ask them whenever you have an extra few minutes. You may also want to use the cards at a center, in pairs, or as writing prompts. You will soon find that they become a favorite activity with you students.
When using the questions with the whole class, it can be valuable to have kids first choose by a show of hands and then discuss the question. Ask students to share why they chose one option or another. Then pose the question a second time to allow students the opportunity to choose a different option. This exercise is not only fun, but it also helps kids become more flexible on their thought patterns. Rather than holding onto an idea no matter what, they learn to consider other's opinions. Add a little action to the game by having students move to one part of the room or another depending on their answer.
You can also use the questions for classroom polls. Simply post a question on the white board and have students indicate their answers with their names (magnets work great for this). You can extend the activity with a discussion or by graphing the results.
You could extend the activity by having students create their own Would you rather... questions. Writing Would you rather... questions requires kids to not only create two options, but to also evaluate whether or not those options are roughly equal in appeal. Part of the process is answering the questions, so be sure and give students an opportunity to share their questions with each other.
Thanks for looking and happy teaching!
Rachel Lynette
These questions are great for practicing critical thinking because they require your students to evaluate two different, but seemingly equally appealing (or unappealing) options and choose one. One way to use Would you rather... questions is to ask them whenever you have an extra few minutes. You may also want to use the cards at a center, in pairs, or as writing prompts. You will soon find that they become a favorite activity with you students.
When using the questions with the whole class, it can be valuable to have kids first choose by a show of hands and then discuss the question. Ask students to share why they chose one option or another. Then pose the question a second time to allow students the opportunity to choose a different option. This exercise is not only fun, but it also helps kids become more flexible on their thought patterns. Rather than holding onto an idea no matter what, they learn to consider other's opinions. Add a little action to the game by having students move to one part of the room or another depending on their answer.
You can also use the questions for classroom polls. Simply post a question on the white board and have students indicate their answers with their names (magnets work great for this). You can extend the activity with a discussion or by graphing the results.
You could extend the activity by having students create their own Would you rather... questions. Writing Would you rather... questions requires kids to not only create two options, but to also evaluate whether or not those options are roughly equal in appeal. Part of the process is answering the questions, so be sure and give students an opportunity to share their questions with each other.
Thanks for looking and happy teaching!
Rachel Lynette
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Debbie Schell (TpT Seller)
I had my substitute use these. She really like the discussions she had with my students.
May 24, 2013 
kyark
This is a great activity to do with the whole class or as a partner activity. The kids LOVE it and it leads to some really interesting discussions. A good activity for filling time before going home, or to lunch, etc.
May 23, 2013
susiemcc
My students love these. Thanks
May 16, 2013
denediane
These cards making learning so much fun!
May 10, 2013
mally93
Very useful. Thanks.
May 10, 2013
laurabray515
This is great!
May 8, 2013
kourtneyw
Great!
May 8, 2013
BigBearCountry
My kiddos love "Would You Rather" activities so I know they will really enjoy this set. Thanks so much!
May 8, 2013
sharilosh
My students absolutely love these, thank you.
May 6, 2013
Charlotte Adams
Really cute!
May 5, 2013
dfleischer
Thanks again for doing my work.
April 30, 2013
ngalex
An excellent resource to really generate some heated discussions in class. Even my shy kids were beginning to get involved because of the great questions from this resource.
April 27, 2013
tegangraham
Great resource!
April 23, 2013
jodyreneemagee
Love this and so will my kiddos!
April 15, 2013
azcross
Great resource, thank you!
April 14, 2013
jessicaisla
Love it!!!
April 14, 2013
AideenMaher
These are so creative - thanks. So good for oral language development via group / pair discussion
April 13, 2013
clkh
Thank you
April 11, 2013
KellySoltis
awesome
April 9, 2013
sherrikay
use these every day
April 7, 2013
kcopus
Thanks so much!
April 6, 2013
stepcara
Thank you! Great discussion starters!
April 5, 2013
Julie Marion (TpT Seller)
This is a wonderful end-of-day activity to keep the students engaged during dismissal!
April 4, 2013
davissta
I know my kids will enjoy the discussions that will go with these cards.
March 31, 2013
chris taylor
great
March 31, 2013
karmenkingswater
I love this unit and my students do to ! You are amazing! Thanks for the hard work!
March 31, 2013
hdraehn
My kids love these! Thanks!!!
March 22, 2013
diefendorfas
March 22, 2013
dutchgal
Had this printed out on cardstock, use it all the time as a quick conversation starter. I LOVE the questions, I even have to think about what I would rather do. Really fun!! Thanks Rachel!!
March 9, 2013
ruthie954
Kids love them!
March 9, 2013
Carol Connor
Great resource!
March 3, 2013
kdavis40258
Interesting questions.
March 3, 2013
papercanvas
Nice that there is such a variety - I pulled the cards that are appropriate for my grade, and have the rest if I ever switch classrooms.
March 2, 2013
77succeeder
Conversation starters are always needed! Can't wait to use this.
March 1, 2013
abbylynn80
Love these! Thanks for sharing!
March 1, 2013
illtchu2003
MY CLASS LOVES THIS
February 24, 2013
Hannah1406
Great discussion starters!
February 19, 2013
mdcooper40
Keep em coming
February 18, 2013
Naomiannetta
Awesome, very useful.
February 16, 2013
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I have tried several things including putting it on a flash drive but nothing works. I am getting error messages that say it cannot download because there are missing files. Maybe try emailing it? Is it a Word doc or was it done in Smart?
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It is a zip file with both word and pdf versions. I am happy to email it to you, but I need you to email me first since I don't have your address. reallyrachel@gmail.com
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I'm having trouble opening the zip file. I have Smart Notebook 10but have also tried opening it in older versions, an error message comes up that says there may be a problem with the file itself. Any suggestions to open this?
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Hmmm. I just tried downloading it straight from TpT and it opened fine. I have two suggestions: open it on another computer then email it to yourself (or dropbox it or flash drive it) or drop me a note at reallyrachel@gmail.com and I will send you one straight from my email, which may work better. We'll get it figured out one way or another!
August 8, 2011
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