Generating Questions To Aid Reading Comprehension

Resource for Grades 4-12

Generating Questions To Aid Reading Comprehension

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Running Time: 3m 49s
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Teacher guides students in writing questions before they begin reading a text in order to promote active reading. During the reading, students pause to generate and write questions on their graphic organizers. After reading, the students generate questions that may lead to research.

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Teacher Debbie Clark (Wilder Elementary, Louisville, Ky.) guides her students in writing questions before they begin reading a text in order to promote active reading. During the reading, students pause to generate and write questions on their graphic organizers. After reading, the students generate questions that may lead to research.

This video was originally part of a multimedia professional development resource, Literacy Without Limits, produced by KET in 2007 in collaboration with the Kentucky Department of Education.

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  • Kids often keep their thinking to themselves. So, how do you know whether students are using the strategic thinking skills before, during, and after reading? Describe one way you would use to assess students' comprehension and use of reading strategies.
  • What characteristics of highly effective teaching and learning do you observe?

Kentucky Department of Education: Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and Learning


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