Questioning

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Or get started with these sample lessons.




Some questioning examples include: -Ask questions ‘for the author.’ (ex. “Why did the author choose that name for the little girl?”) -Play the “I Wonder” game. (ex. “I wonder why they traveled by train and not by airplane.”) Show your students how to notice when questions are answered throughout the text but also to be comfortable with questions that don’t have easy answers. Ask students at the end of the story/text, “What’s the //burning// question you have?” This will help focus your students and possibly lead to another great discussion, book, or project!
 * __ The Wolf __**** by Margaret Barbalet- //Questioning 1st book// **
 * Questioning- Who, What, Why and How**
 * Questions** help a reader clarify ideas and deepen understanding. As a teacher, you want to encourage children to ask //real// questions, those that puzzle them, even if you can’t answer them. This develops an environment of learning and inquiry. It is also important that children hear you ask questions. This ‘modeling of curiosity’ will allow students freedom to ask his/her own questions. Ask questions about the cover of a book before reading. Let students know that some of the questions will be answered when you read the book, but some might not be. Remind students to ask questions before, during, and after reading.

** Before Reading **
The children seem as if they are waiting, trying to distract themselves with the cards. What are the children waiting for?
 * Book Cover: **
 * __ Questions During Reading: __**

What does the wolf have to do with them? Where is the wolf? What is suggested by the image of the playing cards? (Pause and ask at several spots and ask what questions do you have?) How is this story making you feel? How is the wolf changing this family’s life?

Ask the students follow up questions to solidify understanding. What do you think will happen with the wolf? Why do we ask questions to ourselves when we read? What is the burning question that you would like to ask the author?
 * __ After reading __**
 * Conclusion: ** Good readers ask questions when they read. Sometimes you find out the answer and sometimes you don’t. Questioning gets you thinking about what you read. When you read today ask yourself questions- it will get you thinking about what you read.