Thursday, January 12, 2017

Reading Workshop

In reading workshop this month, our class is learning about the questioning strategy in their reading. 
More specifically, we are learning about the Question Answer Relationship strategy. This visual helps students understand the different types of questions and how we might answer them. 

I read the book, The Stranger, by Chris Van Allsburg. NONE of the students had ever read this book before! It was a very strange tale that left the students with many questions. We would often stop reading for a moment to stop, think, talk and jot something down on a post-it note. After we finished the book, the students thought about their question and whether it had been answered right there in the book, or if it was something they would have to go deeper with their thinking in their head.

Ask your child what they thought of the book!