Questioning Prompt Guide

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

1. How would you describe this problem in your own words?
2. What do you notice about...?
3. Can you describe what you are trying to find?
4. Where could you start?
5. What have you already tried? Why?
6. What steps did you take that you feel most confident about?
7. What might you change if you did the problem again?
8. What are some other strategies you might use?
9. What have you done before that might help you answer this problem?
10. How else might you organize, represent, show...?
11. Is your answer reasonable? Do it make sense? Why or why not?

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

1. What do the numbers you see in the problem actually mean or represent?
2. What does _____________ stand for?
3. Can you write an equation?
4. Have you found any pieces of the problem that fit together? Is there a relationship between quantities/numbers?
5. How did you decide to use _____________ to solve this problem?
6. Could this problem be solved in a different way? Why or why not?
7. Does your solution answer the question?
8. How do you know that?

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

1. Prove to us that your solution is correct.
2. How can we be sure that....?
3. How could you prove that?
4. Will it still work if...?
5. Did you test whether your method worked? How?
6. Can anyone explain it in a different way?
7. Would a different way work? Why or why not? How do you know?
8. Can you explain what ____________ did?
9. Does _______________'s solution make sense to you? Why or why not?
10. Tell us why you think the answer is incorrect.
11. What is the same about....?
12. What is different about...?

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 Model with mathematics.

1. Where is the important information in the problem?
2. Show me what you mean.
3. Would it help to create a diagram/picture, graph, or table?
4. Would it be helpful to use objects to explain what you mean?
5. Can you write an equation to represent this situation?

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.

1. What tools could you use to help you solve this problem?
2. Which tool would be the most helpful to you?
3. What do you know that isn't directly stated in the problem?
4. Why did you decide to use?

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP6 Attend to precision.

1. Can you use mathematical language and definitions in your explanation?
2. What does the equal sign tell you?
3. Did you label your quantities, axes, and diagrams?
4. Relate your problem to the situation discussed in the problem.
5. How can you test your solution?
6. Were you able to follow______________'s solution? Can you explain it now? What wasn't clear?

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP7 Look for and make use of structure.

1. Do you see any patterns? What are they? Can they help you?
2. What ideas have we learned before that might be helpful in solving this problem?
3. Can you think of a rule that might help us?
4. How does this relate to...?

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

1. What pattern do you see?
2. What does the pattern tell you?
3. Can you make a conjecture/prediction about ______________? Will it always be true?
4. How would we prove that...?
5. Why does that always work?
6. What would happen if...?