1. Questioning
By: Natalie & Izabella

2. Metacognitive Reading Strategies
Readers ask questions before, during, and after reading
Readers ask questions for many reasons, both in school and in their personal lives
To clarify meaning
Make predictions about the text
Help you interact with the author
Help you figure out what you want to learn
Focus attention on specific parts of the text
Locate a specific answer in the text
To keep your mind alert as you interact with the text, keep you turning the pages to find out what happens next as you search for answers
How do readers figure out answers to their questions?
Right There
Think and Search
On Your Own

3. Reading Strategy: Questioning
Good readers think of questions while they are reading. These questions help keep the reader engaged.
Good readers ask questions to:
Construct meaning
Enhance understanding
Find answers
Solve problems
Find specific information
Acquire a body of information
Discover new information
Propel research efforts
Clarify confusion

4. Questioning: Text Codes
? - To show questions that have come to mind while reading
A - To show questions that have been answered
BK - To show questions answered from someone’s background knowledge
I – To show questions whose answers can be inferred from the text
D – To show questions that can be answered by further discussions
RS – To show questions that require further research to be answered
C or Huh? – To show questions that signal confusion

5. Questioning to understand
Asking questions and looking for answers –
Before I read
As I read
After I read
I wonder… I was confused when… How could that be? Why do you think? Who… What… Where… When…

6. Resources