Lesson Objective Students will learn to ask themselves questions during the reading of a text in order to clarify meaning, clarify confusion and interact with the text to construct meaning. Lesson Overview Introduce the strategy of questioning by discussing the kinds of questions a reader might ask in order to better understand the text. Students should have copies of the article to read along as the teacher models. Guide students in asking questions of the text, author and themselves as they read the rest of the article. Have students use the T Chart or sticky notes to record their questions and answers.
Students then share their questions and answers in a small group.
As a final activity, students write a paragraph based on a prompt. Time for Kids, pp. Emphasize that not all questions will be answered in the text. Sample Modeling Model questioning by pausing to ask questions as the text is read. Read the title first.