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Questioning is a comprehension strategy that allows readers to engage actively with the text. Good readers ask themselves questions. Asking questions sets a purpose for reading. When young readers read more deeply, they are driven to find answers. The technique, itself, is when the teacher asks the students several questions about the text to help the student get to engage and find deep meanings that are found in the text. After a few practices, the student should be able to come up with questions themselves and answer them. Once the student has developed the technique asking themselves questions about the text, they should be able to find the deeper meanings within the text. 

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Read With Me ABC. (n.d.). Retrieved June 26, 2016, from                                                                                                      http://readwithmeabc.blogspot.com

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Elementary Shenanigans. (n.d.). Retrieved June 26, 2016, from                                                                                              http://www.elementaryshenanigans.com/2013/08/friday-freebies-unit-updates.html

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Learn With Them. (n.d.). Retrieved June 26, 2016, from http://learnwiththem.blogspot.com/​

Common Core Reading Standard involving the application of comprehension strategy "Questioning."

 

 

RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. 

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RI.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers

Active Readers Ask Questions

I wonder...?

What if...?

What might...?

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This anchor chart shows students the times when asking questions are appropriate in reading. Students should be aware that they can ask questions at any point in reading: before, during, and after.

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