Some books to consider are : ASKING BETTER QUESTIONS and STRATEGIC READING by Jeffrey Wilhelm. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 05:28 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Some help with questioning please > >Jan, > > One of the most important, if not the most important, way to teach children > how to ask meaningful questions is to modeling the types of questions that > you would like them to ask. This can be done by using a think aloud > mini-lesson in which you show the children the types of questions they should > be asking themselves as they read. After the mini-lesson you can have the > children read independently and ask their own questions about their books. > You can conclude by having children share their questions with the class. > Having children share their questions is important because it inspires other > questions. The process of modeling how to ask good questions should be done > continuously throughout the year to reinforce the concept. > It is important for children to understand the importance of asking questions > before, during, and after their reading and how asking questions helps them > become better readers. Students need to understand that asking questions is > important for their comprehension of a text. Also, when asking children > questions, it is vital for teachers to provide time to think before expecting > an answer. > The best types of questions are those that allow for more than one right > answer. The unique answers that children provide have a lot to do with their > personal interpretation/schema. The best questions are those that are > open-ended and get the children's minds flowing. They are the questions that > allow children to make text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world > connections. When asking and answering questions, it is important for > children to be able to support their thinking with a "why." Students should > understand that the "why" is just as important as the "who", "what", "where", > "when" and "how". If children spend too much time answering irrelevant > questions they lose the meaning of the text. > A couple of books with some great ideas about questioning are On Solid Ground > by Sharon Taberski and Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller. Reading with > Meaning has a whole chapter on how to effectively ask questions. I am > currently reading both books for a Graduate course that I am taking and I > have learned many useful things that I intend to incorporate when I have my > own classroom. One thing that I intend to incorporate are Questioning Webs. > You should look into these books, they are very useful! I hope this helps. > Good luck! > > Jessica > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 5:46 PM >Subject: [MOSAIC] Some help with questioning please > > >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 questioning >is asking questions to gain understanding; therefore you would only be asking >a >question when you don't get it. They ask myriads of questions but they are >questions for questions sake if you know what I mean. Have read all the books >and refer to them constantly. > >Can some one give us some tips? > >Jan >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >________________________________________________________________________ >AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from >AOL at AOL.com. >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > >
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