Jan,
I just finished my very first book, Comprehension Connections. The chapter
about Questioning is available ONLINE at NO CHARGE. Just go to
www.heinemann.com and click on "new titles". You'll see my book, the one with
the "questioning rock" on the cover. Maybe some of the lesson ideas, songs
Jan
I have a little different take on questioning...I like to categorize
questions by "thick" or "thin". Thick questions are those that require
inferential
thinking, that have more than one right answer. Thin questions have answers
that are 'right there' in the book.
I think it is possi
I am a Literacy Coordinator from Melbourne Australia. I don't have my own class
any longer but model and mentor for other teachers. Our Grades 3 & 4 are
introducing the strategies for comprehension. We are struggling a bit with
questioning from the point of view of getting them to realise that
I have just added the following to our TEACHING TOOLS page at:
www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm
At the very bottom under the Other category:
1. "What kind of a reader are you?" Chart from Michelle
This is from the email Michelle sent me:
"After reading the Strategies that Work book, I
