questioning

QuestioningDay 1

Right There

Today’s Goal• Good readers use certain techniques

to help them read and understand better.

• Today: Right There Questions

Focus Question• What do you think Right There

Questions are?• How do you think knowing how to

identify and answer these questions will help you when you are reading?

The Technique• The answer is in 1 place in the text.• It is a “Green Light Question”– Go directly to the text and find the answer.

• Questions typically begin with:Who is…

What are…Where is…

When was…How did…

QuestioningDay 2

Think and Search

Today’s Goal• Good readers use certain techniques

to help them read and understand better.

• Today: Think and Search Questions

Focus Question• What do you think Think and Search

Questions are? How do you think it is different than the right there questions we’ve been answering?

• How do you think knowing how to identify and answer these questions will help you when you are reading?

The Technique• Find the answer by searching several

places in the text.• It is a “Yellow Light Question”– You must slow down and look in a few places to

find the answer.• Questions might begin with:

What caused…What were the differences between…

What was similar about…Compare…

QuestioningDay 3

Author and You

Today’s Goal• Good readers use certain techniques

to help them read and understand better.

• Today: Author and You Questions

Focus Question• What do you think Author and You

Questions are? How do you think it is different than the right there questions and the think and search we’ve been answering?

• How do you think knowing how to identify and answer these questions will help you when you are reading?

The Technique• The answer is a combination of what the

author tells you and what you already know.

• It is a “Red Light Question”– You must stop and think about how to connect

yourself with the text/author.• Questions might begin with:

What does the author mean by…What does the author probably think about…

What is the author’s main point about…What is probably the author’s purpose…

QuestioningDay 4

On Your Own

Today’s Goal• Good readers use certain techniques

to help them read and understand better.

• Today: On Your Own Questions

Focus Question• What do you think On Your Own

Questions are? How do you think it is different than the other types of questions we’ve been answering?

• How do you think knowing how to identify and answer these questions will help you when you are reading?

The Technique• To find the answer to this question you

must think about what you already know.• It is a “Red Light Question”– You must stop and think about what you know

to answer the question.• Questions might begin with:

I wonder why…What do you think…

Why would…How could…

Why do you think…What if…

Now You Try• Read the passage and write 1 on your own

question.• When you are finished you will trade with

a friend and answer each other’s questions.

• REMEMBER the question starters:I wonder why…

What do you think…Why would…How could…

Why do you think…What if…