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Page 1: Asking Questions Reading Strategy. Four Kinds of Questions #1. Clarifying #2. Predicting #3. Inferring #4. Pondering

Asking QuestionsReading Strategy

Page 3: Asking Questions Reading Strategy. Four Kinds of Questions #1. Clarifying #2. Predicting #3. Inferring #4. Pondering

Clarifying

Clarifying means to understand better. *What does this word or sentence

mean?

Example: The butterfly emerged from its

chrysalis.

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Inferring

Inferring means that the answer will not be written in the book, but you will be able to figure the answer out

in your head.*Did the author mean___?

Page 6: Asking Questions Reading Strategy. Four Kinds of Questions #1. Clarifying #2. Predicting #3. Inferring #4. Pondering

Pondering

Pondering means to think carefully.*I wonder if butterflies are insects?

Yes! Butterflies are insects because I know that butterflies have three body parts and two pairs of wings.

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Thick and Thin Questions

• Thick questions make you think, and do not have quick answers. They are complex and open ended.

• Why?• What if?

• Thin questions make you think as much, and have quick answers. Those answers are short and closed ended.

• How far?• When?

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Questions and AnswersWhere can I find the answers to my

questions?#1. In the book: right there The answer can be found in the book (characters names, setting, etc.)

#2. In my head: the author and me The answer can be found using your own thoughts and knowledge as well as information in the text.

#3. In my head: on my own The answer can be found using your own thoughts.

#4. In the book: think and search The answer is in the book, but you must think carefully

about the whole story.

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Get Started With These:

Which What

How

Where Why

Who

will?

would?

was?

are?

might?

were?

could?

is?

may?am?

did?

do?