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Reading Questioning Strategies

What are Reading Questioning Strategies?

Reading Questioning Strategies are activities to use as you are reading a story.

How will Reading Questioning Strategies help me read better?

They will help you remember and understand what you are reading.

What does a Reading Questioning Strategy look like?

• Here’s a game for you to play while you are reading a story. It’s called Let Me Ask You a Question because that is exactly what you get to do!
• The fun part about this game is that both parent and child get to play!
• Follow the steps below to learn how to play the game.

Step 1

• The student chooses a book that he or she is interested in reading.
• The parent and child sit down together and read the book through, from the beginning to the end.

Step 2

• The parent and child read the story again.
• This time, they stop along the way and ask each other questions.
• They take turns making up a question and asking it.
• The questions need to be different, so they try to ask questions from the different categories listed below.

How would I use Let Me Ask You a Question in my classes?

Working with your parent or by yourself, ask these kinds of questions while you are reading:

1. Right There Questions
   • These questions have the answer Right There in what you are reading.
   • They are usually easy to find.
   • The words used to make up the question and words used to answer the question are Right There in the same sentence.
     
     Here is a sentence from a book: Jack rode a horse to school today.
     Here is a question you might ask:What did Jack ride to school today? The answer is Right There: a horse.
     
2. Think and Search (Putting It Together) Questions
   • The answer for this kind of question is in the story.
   • You need to put together different story parts to find it.
   • Words for the question and words for the answer are not found in the same sentence. They come from different parts of the story.
     
     Here is some information from a book:First, you get some bread… Second you get a knife… Third, you get the peanut butter.
     
     Here is a question you might ask: How do you make a peanut butter sandwich?
     
3. Author and You Questions
   • The answer is not in the story.
   • You need to think about what you already know.
   • You need to think about what the author tells you.
   • You need to fit together what you know and what the author tells you.
     
     Here is some information from a book The story was about bike racing.
     
     Here is a question you might ask: What do I know about or think about bike racing?
     
4. On My Own Questions
   • This kind of question is one you make up based on your own personal experience.
   • The answer is not in the story and can be answered without even reading the story.
     
     Here is a question you might ask: Why is bike racing so much fun?