questions. what is a question? something that is asked a statement that needs a reply to ask for...
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Questions
What is a question?
What is a question?• Something that is asked
• A statement that needs a reply
• To ask for information
• Something you wonder about
Questioning• Who• When• Why• Would• What if• Do• Does• Is• Did• Could• Can• Are• Should
• What• Where• How• Wouldn’t• What about• Don’t• Doesn’t• Isn’t• Didn’t• Couldn’t• Can’t• Aren’t• Shouldn’t
We can ask…
• I wonder
Examples of questions
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Do?
Questioning
quick to ask quick to answer answer is easy to
find (literal thinking)
We can ask…
Quick Questions
What questions do you have about this dog?
Quick Questions
Questioning
quick to ask quick to answer answer is easily
found (literal thinking)
answers comes from you (“I think…, “Maybe”)
inference often there is no one
right answer usually lead to more
questions help us think need to matter
We can ask…
Quick Questions Deep Thinking Questions
Would he askme to feed
him?
Would he askme to feed
him?
What If this dog could talk...
What problems
might there be?
What problems
might there be?
Would he want
to learn to read?
Would he want
to learn to read?
What changes would he ask
for?
What changes would he ask
for? Could he help me with my homework?
Could he help me with my homework?
Would it be good or bad?
Why?
Would it be good or bad?
Why?
Deep Thinking Questions
We ask questions because we want to get information.
Asking questions helps us to understand.
Creating questions makes us think.
We ask questions because we are curious.
George is curious. He wants to learn about the world around him. He cannot ask questions but we can. Look at these pictures of George. Think about the questions George might ask if he were able to talk.http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/parentsteachers/program/slideshow.html
Questioning helps us to understand text helps us to wonder why helps to satisfy curiosity makes us want to know more
Good readers ask questions…
Before you read
While you read
After you read
Good readers ask questions before, during and after
reading.
before reading
These are my questions…
during reading
after reading
Quick Questions:
The words used to create the question and the answer are in the same sentence.
What did …Who did …
How many …What was …Who are …
What does … meanWhat kind …
Think and search questions
The answer is found in the story.
How do you …What happened to …
What happened before / after …How many times …What examples …
Where did …
Deep Thinking Questions
The answer is not in the story.
Tell what you think.Have you ever …
If you could …If you were going to …
Do you agree with _______ Why?Do you know anyone who …
How do you feel about …
Asking questions about the text makes you want to learn
more.
KWL
What do you Know What do you Want to What did you Learn? know?
Choose one of the questions that was not answered in the text but that matters to the story and write what you think.
Question_____________________________________
Answer: I think________________________________
____________________________________________
Asking questions can lead to deeper understanding.