Bloom’s Taxonomy Questions

Bloom’s Taxonomy Questions Background information: The name of the book is The Tiny Seed. It is written by Eric Carle. There is no specific illustrator’s name given. I did find, though, credits for the Picture Book Studio Ltd. The book was published by Scholastic, Inc in 1987. The grade level would be most appropriate for first to third graders. The book is about following a tiny seed on its journey as it travels to many different places, after a wind blows a flower’s seeds into the air. The seed continues flying, with the other big seeds, until they eventually settle into the ground. Each one of the seeds grows but then accidently gets killed. The tiny seed never dies and grows into a beautiful flower. In the end, when autumn comes, the flower loses its petals, and the wind carries its seeds once again into the air. Bloom’s Questions: 1. KNOWLEDGE: What blows the flower seeds into the air? ­ One of the key words of knowledge is “what”. The question I chose is straight forward and asks what object caused the seeds to get into the air. This question helps for a student to recall what happened in the beginning. 2.COMPREHENSION: As the seeds are traveling, explain why not all of them make it. Make sure to include an example of a place that the seeds traveled to. ­Explanation helps to show that a student understands the material by demonstrating their knowledge through their own writing. The question I chose asks for a student to explain what happened to some of the seeds and also include one of the many places the seeds traveled to on their journey. Through their explanation, I can see if they are understanding the material of the story. 3. APPLICATION: What approach would you use to help the tiny seed grow? ­ The end of the book describes the process of the tiny seed sprouting and growing. The question I chose asks for a student to use the knowledge from the story and connect it with their own understanding of how a seed grows to come up with their own way to help the seed grow. 4. ANALYSIS: What is the purpose of a flower losing its seeds? ­ The main idea behind the story describes both the process and the purpose of a flower losing its seeds. I chose this question because it is one where a student may need to re­read a specific part of the story in order to discover the purpose of why exactly a flower loses its seeds. 5. SYNTHESIS: Develop another pathway in which the seeds could travel through. ­The book explains and shows through illustrations how the seeds are carried from one place to another, and where they eventually land. Based on this, the question I chose asks for a student to be creative and think of a new way. 6. EVALUATION: Based on what you know, explain why the tiny seed lives and others do not. ­The question I chose is most appropriate here in that a student is explaining their reasoning, or justification, as to why the tiny seed lives and the others do not. They could backup up their explanation with one to two reasons of what made the tiny seed able to survive, compared to the other seeds.