Good Readers Ask Questions While Reading

Today I introduced a new reading comprehension strategy.  Students should begin to mark the questions they ask, while reading, with sticky notes in their books.  They should also start writing about the questions they ask, while reading, in their reading responses.

Questions

• Thin questions are little questions that do not require a lot of thought and they get answered right away.
• Thick questions are bigger/deeper questions, that require a lot of thought, and they don’t get answered right away.