There are lots of books about teaching questioning. Questioning is great for reading comprehension and young children LOVE to ask questions. Preschoolers and Kindergarteners are so curious and asking questions come so naturally. But somewhere between Kindergarten and 3rd grade, a child's penchant for questioning, at least out loud starts to disappear. So lessons on asking questions are critical to getting kids curious and thinking. Whenever I am learning about a new strategy, I always want to see what the experts have to say. There are so many books to help you teach reading comprehension. Here are some of my favorite books and what they offer on questioning.
Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading
This wonderful book, by Tanny McGregor, will help you teach the questioning strategy in concrete ways. The book starts with a launching sequence and is full of suggestions to help kids be more curious and inquisitive. The students practice questioning with concrete objects, songs, art, and wordless picture books. I really like how this book teaches questioning before the students begin to use questioning while they are reading. This book is a great introduction to questioning, but it stops short of helping kids learn to use the strategy in different ways while reading. Take a look at Comprehension Connections here.
Strategies That Work
In comparison to the last book, Strategies That Work by Stephanie Harvey and Ann Goudvis has twelve questioning lesson plans that are taught with specific books. The great part of each lesson plan is that there are real examples that are explained as well as pictures of actual student work. The lesson plans have a simple progression and are easy to implement in your classroom. There are lessons that use think alouds that help you model your questioning and also lessons that go deeper like asking thick and thin questions.
The Reading Strategies Book
Another book that has great lesson plans is Jennifer Serravallo's The Reading Strategies Book. This book is not just solely focused on reading strategies like the last two books, but several questioning lessons are included in the book. The great part of this resource is that the lessons can be used with any book. Another great feature of this book is that you can search for a lesson in several different ways. You can search by level, genre, or skill which makes it very easy to use.
The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading
Jan Richardson's book on teaching guided reading is a great resource. At the end of the book are the Comprehension Modules. There are two modules that are specifically about teaching students to ask questions. The module has lessons for teaching the entire class. But the most powerful part is where she gives you progressive steps to teach students in small groups. This makes these lessons very powerful. Click here to check out this book.
Questioning is just one of the reading comprehension strategies that your students should use to comprehend texts at high levels. If you want to read more about why you should teach these strategies, click here. I also have a handy Reading Strategies Poster to help remind your students to use their strategies as they read independently.
There are lots of books about teaching questioning to help you teach this important skill. Ideas from reading experts are always helpful!
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