Questioning the TextQuestioning the Text????????????????

Reading StrategyReading Strategy

When Do You Ask When Do You Ask Questions?Questions?

To get helpTo get help When you don’t understandWhen you don’t understand When you need something repeatedWhen you need something repeated To clarify somethingTo clarify something

Good ReadersGood Readers

Ask questions about how they read Ask questions about how they read to check on how they are doingto check on how they are doing

Ask questions about what they read Ask questions about what they read to make sure they understandto make sure they understand

Remember some questions remain Remember some questions remain unanswered. What can you do?unanswered. What can you do?

Kinds of QuestionsKinds of Questions

Ask questions about how you readAsk questions about how you read Ask questions about what you readAsk questions about what you read Ask questions to learn moreAsk questions to learn more Ask questions to find answers, reread, Ask questions to find answers, reread,

read on and look for informationread on and look for information Some questions may not be answeredSome questions may not be answered

Good ReadersGood Readers

Question the text as they readQuestion the text as they read They question before they begin, as They question before they begin, as

they read and after they readthey read and after they read Questioning is just your inner Questioning is just your inner

conversations or thoughts as you conversations or thoughts as you read and thinkread and think

Good ReadersGood Readers

Ask questions when they read Ask questions when they read because it helps them understand because it helps them understand what they're reading what they're reading

How many of you have questions How many of you have questions when they read?when they read?

When you ask questions as you read, it When you ask questions as you read, it keeps you thinking about the words and keeps you thinking about the words and ideas in the book ideas in the book

It makes you want to read on. It makes you want to read on. Who, after all, would continue reading Who, after all, would continue reading

something if they had no questions about something if they had no questions about it?it?

Asking questions helps you when you’re Asking questions helps you when you’re confused, too. confused, too.

Asking QuestionsAsking Questions

You may wonder about…….You may wonder about…….

What will happen or outcomesWhat will happen or outcomes CharactersCharacters New information and/or conceptsNew information and/or concepts Questioning is the strategy that Questioning is the strategy that

encourages readers to read on. encourages readers to read on.

When you interact with the text by When you interact with the text by thinking about your questions, thinking about your questions, writing them down, and pondering writing them down, and pondering answers, you comprehend what you answers, you comprehend what you read at a much deeper levelread at a much deeper level

Sticky notes are a good way to Sticky notes are a good way to question as you readquestion as you read

This is especially worthwhile if you This is especially worthwhile if you want to find out the answer either at want to find out the answer either at school or on the internetschool or on the internet

I am going to use sticky notes to I am going to use sticky notes to show you how I do itshow you how I do it

Questioning ReviewQuestioning Review

Good readers pose questions as they Good readers pose questions as they read read

This helps them try to make sense of This helps them try to make sense of new information and ideasnew information and ideas

Asking the Right Kind of Asking the Right Kind of QuestionsQuestions

Good questions are called THICK Good questions are called THICK questionsquestions

Not so good questions are called Not so good questions are called THIN questionsTHIN questions

Thick or Thin QuestionsThick or Thin Questions

Thin questions are fact-level Thin questions are fact-level questions where the answer can be questions where the answer can be copied from the book copied from the book

Thick Questions are higher level Thick Questions are higher level thinking questions which allow you to thinking questions which allow you to dig deeper into your new learningdig deeper into your new learning

Thin QuestionsThin Questions

We ask ourselves “thin” questions to We ask ourselves “thin” questions to clarify information and ideas. clarify information and ideas.

A thin question has a one or two word A thin question has a one or two word answer, usually a yes/no question or a answer, usually a yes/no question or a recall of informationrecall of information

Sometimes thin questions are just Sometimes thin questions are just vocabulary questions (what exactly is a vocabulary questions (what exactly is a “pandemic”?) “pandemic”?)

They also may be clarification of an They also may be clarification of an important fact (what was the Spanish flu important fact (what was the Spanish flu outbreak in 1918?). outbreak in 1918?).

Thick QuestionsThick Questions

We ask ourselves “thick” questions to think about We ask ourselves “thick” questions to think about larger ideas, often which take us far beyond the larger ideas, often which take us far beyond the text which started our thinking about a topic. text which started our thinking about a topic.

A thick question is a question that requires more A thick question is a question that requires more than a one or two word response than a one or two word response

It causes a person to think and there usually isn't It causes a person to think and there usually isn't a right or wrong answera right or wrong answer

Thick questions may include “what if . . . ,” “what Thick questions may include “what if . . . ,” “what does this mean . . . ,” “why might this . . .” “what does this mean . . . ,” “why might this . . .” “what might be other . . .,” or “how should we might be other . . .,” or “how should we regard . . .,” “I wonder…”regard . . .,” “I wonder…”

Thin QuestionsThin QuestionsGoldilocks and the Three BearsGoldilocks and the Three Bears

Read the story of Read the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Develop and write down 3 thin Develop and write down 3 thin questions and 3 thick questionsquestions and 3 thick questions

Thick Questions Thick Questions Goldilocks and the 3 BearsGoldilocks and the 3 Bears

Why do you think Goldilocks went into the house in Why do you think Goldilocks went into the house in the first place? the first place?

How would you feel if someone broke into your How would you feel if someone broke into your house? house?

What do you think would have happened if Goldilocks What do you think would have happened if Goldilocks didn't run away at the end of the story? didn't run away at the end of the story?

How long do you think the Bears were gone? How long do you think the Bears were gone? What do you think the Bears did on their walk? What do you think the Bears did on their walk? Why do you think Goldilocks was never seen again? Why do you think Goldilocks was never seen again?

What happened after the story? What happened after the story? Why do you think Goldilocks was in the woods? Why do you think Goldilocks was in the woods? Why do you think Papa Bear's bowl was the hottest Why do you think Papa Bear's bowl was the hottest

when it was also the biggest? when it was also the biggest?

More Thick QuestionsMore Thick Questions

What do you think the Bears did after their house was What do you think the Bears did after their house was broken into? broken into?

Why do you think the Bears did not lock their door? Why do you think the Bears did not lock their door? Do you think Goldilocks would try this again? Do you think Goldilocks would try this again? If you were a lawyer, how would you prove Goldilocks' If you were a lawyer, how would you prove Goldilocks'

innocence? innocence? What do you think Goldilocks would do if the bears didn't What do you think Goldilocks would do if the bears didn't

come home? come home? Why do you think Goldilocks ran from the house? Why do you think Goldilocks ran from the house? If she was hungry, why do you think she didn't go home to If she was hungry, why do you think she didn't go home to

eat? eat? How do you think Goldilocks felt when she saw the Bears? How do you think Goldilocks felt when she saw the Bears?

Home Novel ReadingHome Novel Reading

Over the next few days, read some of Over the next few days, read some of your novel at homeyour novel at home

Using the ThinkMark for Questioning, Using the ThinkMark for Questioning, record 3 thick questionsrecord 3 thick questions

Upon completion hand the ThinkMark Upon completion hand the ThinkMark in to the teacherin to the teacher