1. Reader’s Workshop Questioning
Lessons 1-15
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2. Questioning
Big Understanding:
Students will use questioning as a tool to create meaning while reading.
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3. KBAD use questions as active readers
Day 1
KBAD use questions as active readers
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4. This year we are learning about strategies that good readers use.
Today you will use questions as active readers.
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5. Day 1 What is going on in my story? Who is the main character?
What is the problem in the story?
Where is this story taking place?
How is my character feeling?
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6. Where is the story in my independent reading book taking place?
Turn and Talk
Where is the story in my independent reading book taking place?
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7. KBAD use post-it notes to record questions.
Day 2
KBAD use post-it notes to record questions.
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8. Today you will formulate questions and record them on post-it notes.
This week we will start talking about how readers ask themselves questions.
Today you will formulate questions and record them on post-it notes.
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9. Day 2
When I have a questions about what is going on in my story I can record it on a post-it note and stick it in my books.
As I keep reading the book, I can flip back to my question to see if I found the answer yet.
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10. How can post-it notes be used when I have a question about my story?
Turn and Talk
How can post-it notes be used when I have a question about my story?
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11. KBAD ask questions about new words.
Day 3
KBAD ask questions about new words.
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12. This week will we start talking about how good readers ask themselves questions.
Today you will ask questions about new words you come across while reading.
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13. Day 3
Questioning
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14. Why is it important to ask questions about new words?
Turn and Talk
Why is it important to ask questions about new words?
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15. KBAD ask questions about the structure of a text.
Day 4
KBAD ask questions about the structure of a text.
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16. This week will we continue talking about how good readers ask themselves questions.
Today you will ask questions about the structure of the text you are reading.
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17. Day 4 Persuasive Writing Informational Text Question and Answer
Sequecing Events
How To (with steps)
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18. Why is it important to think about what type of text we are reading?
Turn and Talk
Why is it important to think about what type of text we are reading?
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19. KBAD ask questions before reading.
Day 5
KBAD ask questions before reading.
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20. Today you will ask questions about your before you start reading.
There are lots of times to stop and ask ourselves questions when reading.
Today you will ask questions about your before you start reading.
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21. What do I already know about this author/series?
Day 5
What do I already know about this author/series?
What clues to the story does the cover/blurb give me?
What genre is this book?
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22. What kind of questions can you ask before starting a new book?
Turn and Talk
What kind of questions can you ask before starting a new book?
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23. KBAD ask questions during reading.
Day 6
KBAD ask questions during reading.
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24. Today you will ask questions while reading a book.
This week will we continue talking about how good readers ask themselves questions.
Today you will ask questions while reading a book.
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25. Day 6 ? - A question that remains unanswered
BK - Questions that rely on background knowledge
I - Inferred from the text
A - Answered directly in the text
Questioning
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26. Where can you find the answers to background knowledge questions?
Turn and Talk
Where can you find the answers to background knowledge questions?
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27. KBAD ask questions after reading.
Day 7
KBAD ask questions after reading.
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28. Today you will ask questions after we finish reading a book.
This week will we continue talking about how good readers ask themselves questions.
Today you will ask questions after we finish reading a book.
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29. How was the problem solved? What was the message of the story?
Day 7
How was the problem solved?
What was the message of the story?
What questions did the author leave unanswered?
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30. What questions can you ask after finisheing a story?
Turn and Talk
What questions can you ask after finisheing a story?
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31. KBAD sort questions into categories.
Day 8
KBAD sort questions into categories.
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32. Today you will put your questions into different categories.
This week will we continue talking about how good readers ask themselves questions.
Today you will put your questions into different categories.
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33. Day 8 Factual Rhetorical Inferential
I can go back and prove the answer
Rhetorical
I wonder but I’ll never really know
Inferential
I can use clues to find my answer
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34. Turn and Talk
What is a rhetorical question you have about your independent reading book?
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35. KBAD ask helpful questions.
Day 9
KBAD ask helpful questions.
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36. This week we have been asking different types of questions.
Today you will think about which questions are the most helpful.
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37. Day 9 Helpful questions make it easier for me to understand a story.
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
How?
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38. What is a helpful question you could ask about your story?
Turn and Talk
What is a helpful question you could ask about your story?
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39. KBAD ask big and little questions.
Day 10
KBAD ask big and little questions.
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40. This week we have been asking different types of questions.
Today you will think about which questions are big and which ones are little.
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41. Day 10
Big questions are very general and can have many answers or long answers.
Little questions are very specific and have only one answer or short answers.
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42. What is a big question you have about your book?
Turn and Talk
What is a big question you have about your book?
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43. KBAD ask questions about nonfiction texts.
Day 11
KBAD ask questions about nonfiction texts.
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44. Today you will ask questions about a nonfiction reading passage.
The past few weeks we have been asking questions about our independent reading book.
Today you will ask questions about a nonfiction reading passage.
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46. Why would someone write an article about sneezing?
Day 11
When might you sneeze?
Why would someone write an article about sneezing?
How does the author start their article?
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47. What is a questions you have about an article you read?
Turn and Talk
What is a questions you have about an article you read?
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48. KBAD ask opinion questions.
Day 12
KBAD ask opinion questions.
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49. This week we have been asking different types of questions.
Today you will think about questions that are answered with opinions.
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50. Day 12 Some questions are answered by giving your opinion.
What did you think of the story?
Would you recommend this book to a friend?
Did you like the author’s ending?
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51. What is an opinion question you have about your book?
Turn and Talk
What is an opinion question you have about your book?
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52. KBAD ask questions about all different types of texts.
Day 13
KBAD ask questions about all different types of texts.
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53. The past few weeks we have been asking questions about what we have read.
Today you will think about questions that you can answer about different types of texts.
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54. Day 13 Articles Poems Short stories How-to Ms. Burns
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55. What is a question that you might be asked about a poem?
Turn and Talk
What is a question that you might be asked about a poem?
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56. KBAD read questions first before looking at a passage.
Day 14
KBAD read questions first before looking at a passage.
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57. This week we have been answering questions about what we have read.
Today you will read a question first before looking at the passage.
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58. Day 14
When I read the question first I know what information to look for while I’m reading a passage.
Space Passage
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59. How can reading a question first help you?
Turn and Talk
How can reading a question first help you?
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60. KBAD prove the answers to questions by looking at a passage.
Day 15
KBAD prove the answers to questions by looking at a passage.
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61. This week we have been answering questions about what we have read.
Today you will go to a passage to find the answer to questions about a text. You should be able to prove your answer.
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62. Day 15
When I answer a question I want to go back to the passage to make sure that I can prove my answer.
Space Passage
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63. How can a student prove their answer?
Turn and Talk
How can a student prove their answer?
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