Teacher guide

During the facilitation phase of the activity, use this

teacher guide to help students move their way through the
question trail. If their sequence does not reflect this guide
then they have made a mistake. This can be used to
quickly identify student mistakes and allow for
conferencing during the ‘backtracking’ phase.
Correct Sequence
1 3 5 6 10 2 4 9 8 7 1

Answer Key
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A C D B B C B D C A
 Question trail student response sheet
Task: Record your answers to the multiple choice (A-D) as you
travel around the question trail. Be careful as your trail circuit
may not be in numerical order.
QUESTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

ANSWER

1. What is something
1. Whatyou’re confused
are TWO about?
things you learned during
this activity?

2. 2.How
Whatconfident
is ONE question youabout
do you feel still have?
my expectations for the
year? Circle one.
3. Confidence Scale (circle
to indicate)

Question trail student response sheet

Task: Record your answers to the multiple choice (A-D) as you
travel around the question trail. Be careful as your trail circuit
may not be in numerical order.
QUESTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

ANSWER

1. Whatyou’re
1. What is something are TWO things
confused you learned during
about?
this activity?

2. What is ONE question you still have?

2. How confident do you feel about my expectations for the
year? Circle one.
3. Confidence Scale (circle
to indicate)
Question 1

What should
you be doing
by the time
the bell
rings?
a. Reading your choice book quietly (go
to Q3)
b. Talking to your neighbor (go to Q6)
c. Getting out supplies (go to Q7)
d. Finishing work you forgot about (go to
Question 2

Where can you

find work that
you missed
while you were
absent?
a. Ask Mrs. Cox (go to Q3)
b. Ask a friend (go to Q10)
c. The “while you were out” board (go to
Q4)
d. Google Classroom (go to Q8)
Question 3

Where does
your
classroom
notebook go
every day?
a. Backpack (go to Q9)
b. Locker (go to Q4)
c. Leave it at your desk (go to Q2)
d. In your hours notebook bin in the room
(go to Q5)
Question 4

What three
things do you
need every
single day?
a. Pencil, notebook, cell phone (go to
Q10)
b. Pencil, choice book, Surface Go (go to
Q9)
c. Pencil, choice book, notebook (go to
Question 5

When can
you pack
up at the
end of
a. When I stop talking (go to Q10)
b. When I say, “it’s time to pack up” (go

class?
to Q6)
c. When the person next to you does (go
to Q3)
Question 6

What do you
NOT need to
do when you
did not finish
an assignment
a. Fill out a missing work form at the beginning

on time?
of class (go to Q8)
b. Turn in the assignment within a week (go to
Q3)
c. Pretend it didn’t happen (go to Q10)
d. Understand it is a zero in the gradebook until
Question 7

What is one of
the ONLY
reasons you
will have
homework in
a. Mrs. Cox believes homework makes

my class?
you stronger (go to Q8)
b. You did not use class time well (go to
Q1)
c. Mrs. Cox is mean (go to Q9)
Question 8

What can you

do if you’re
not satisfied
with your
grade on an
a. Tell a parent to email me (go to Q2)

assignment?
b. Ask for extra credit (go to Q1)
c. Tell the principal I’m mean (go to
Q10)
d. Ask me how you can revise the work
Question 9

If you turn in a
late
assignment
online, what
do you need to
a. Tell a parent to email me (go to Q7)

do to get it
b. Tell Mr. Libal (go to Q5)
c. Email Mrs. Cox and let her know it’s
graded?
done (go to Q8)
d. Write a comment on Google
Question 10

Which of the
following is not
a reason I use
standards-based
grading?
a. It’s easier to grade (go to Q2)
b. It’s objective (go to Q6)
c. It’s meaningful (go to Q3)
d. It emphasizes learning as a process (go
to Q1)