Questions+to+Promote+Comprehension

some of these questions while you read together.

 * 1) What do you think is going to happen in this story? What makes you think that?
 * 2) How do you think this character feels right now? What makes you think so?
 * 3) Do you know what that word means? Let’s try and figure it out.
 * 4) Does this book remind you of anything?
 * 5) What does this story make you think about?
 * 6) Has anything like this ever happened to you?
 * 7) Does this book remind you of any other book you’ve read?
 * 8) What do you know about ___?
 * 9) What’s the problem in this story?
 * 10) How did the characters solve their problem?
 * 11) What would you do if you were this charater?
 * 12) Tell me about what you read.
 * 13) What happened in this story?
 * 14) What was your favorite part of the story? Least favorite part? Why?
 * 15) Why do you think the author wrote this story?
 * 16) Did you learn anything that you didn't know before from this book?

If your child comes to a word he/she doesn’t know, try helping with some of these questions.

 * 1) What word would make sense there?
 * 2) What’s happening in the picture?
 * 3) What sound does that word start with?
 * 4) What sound does that word end with?
 * 5) Can you put the sounds in that word together?
 * 6) Do you see any small words that you know in that word?
 * 7) Does that word look right?
 * 8) Does that word sound right?
 * 9) Does that word make sense?