New York State Education Department
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 13
The six instructional shifts in this workshop definitely move math and science teachers' understanding of instruction. The workshop, 13th out of a series of 15, asks participants to examine sample tests and to look at how the six...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Question: Do You Know Your Question Words?
Once students realize they are able to gain more information and expand their learning by asking questions, they love to use their question words. In the end, the more students ask, the more they will have to answer; therefore, the more...
Other
Faq's on Curriculum Based Measurement in Reading
This site contains answers to Frequently Asked Questions on using Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) to assess reading in students with special needs. CBM is an effective way to assess and monitor progress of students with special needs....
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Questioning a Comprehension Strategy for Small Group Reading
Contains plans for three lessons about asking the right questions while reading. After the teacher explains the difference between factual and inferential questions, students practice using them in small-group guided reading. In addition...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Applying Question?answer Relationships to Pictures
Contains plans for two lessons that develop students' ability to ask questions about the pictures in a text. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Workshops: Teaching Reading 3 5
This instructional workshop provides eight sessions on teaching reading in intermediate classrooms: "Creating Contexts for Learning," "Fluency and Word Study," "Building Comprehension," "Writing," "New Literacies of the Internet,"...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Interventions for Reading: Reconciled Reading
This intervention, which is based on Schema Theory, engages learners in enrichment activities prior to reading the passage. In this way, students have the opportunity to activate and enhance existing knowledge before reading....
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Strategic
A lesson plan in which students complete a graphic organizer to record prior knowledge before reading, ask questions while reading, and summarize a text after reading. Materials are included. [PDF]
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Grade 4 Reading 2008 Vdoe Released Items
This 35 question reading skills test asks student to read the supplied text and answer the comprehension questions about them.
Other
Faq's on Curriculum Based Measurement in Reading
This site contains answers to Frequently Asked Questions on using Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) to assess reading in students with special needs. CBM is an effective way to assess and monitor progress of students with special needs....
Read Works
Read Works: Explicit Information 3rd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit in which students learn how to identify explicit information in non-fiction text by creating questions and then reading the text to find answers. Students also use explicit information...
Other
Into the Book: Questioning
Learn the significance of questioning in the classroom to teach students how to question the text in order to better understand what they are reading.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Batty Questions
In this lesson, students will be able to recognize and ask questions using standard question words while learning about bats. Included in this lesson are samples of student work, and pictures of the lesson in action.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Asking and Answering Questions Professional Development
Asking and Answering Questions Professional Development provides strategies to teach students how to ask and answer questions more effectively to improve comprehension in the classroom and on standardized assessments. It containing 9...
Harvard University
Harvard College Writing Center: How to Do a Close Reading
A brief explanation of the tasks involved in doing a close reading in preparation for writing. This writer breaks the process into three steps which involve annotating the text, looking for patterns, and asking questions of the text.
Read Works
Read Works: Place in Space
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text that asks the reader to make predictions about a girl named Eva who is lifting off on a space ship. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Rephrasing the Question
This lesson explains how to rephrase reading questions into statements to improve understanding of what is being asked and provides examples. This information is offered in text and audio formats.
Other
La Rue Literacy Exercises: Reading a Map: Quiz 12
In this quiz, students are given sections of a map with locations like the school, post office, back, etc. They are asked questions about directions from one place to the other.
Other
Harrington Park: Asking Questions
This is a teacher handout of questions students should ask themselves before, during, and after reading.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Seuss and Silverstein: Posing Questions, Presenting Points
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to formulate critical thinking questions and lead class discussions about the issues raised in the books of Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Food Fight Erupted in Prison
A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Food Fight Erupted in Prison" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Cameras in Police Cars
A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Cameras in Police Cars" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Woman Dies in House Fire
A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Woman Dies in House Fire" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Boy Drowns in Neighbor's Pool
A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Boy Drowns in Neighbor's Pool" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....