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Question While You Read

Asking and Answering Questions

Day 47of 180
Week 10of 36
30Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Generate questions before, during, and after reading

2

Practice using sticky notes to mark questions

3

Develop active reading skills

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 2:3-4

“Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;”

— Proverbs 2:3-4 (WEB)

Demonstrates the importance of asking questions to gain wisdom

📦 Materials Needed

  • Sticky notes
  • Pencils
  • Reading text (recommended: age-appropriate storybook)
  • Question stems chart
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and explain that good readers ask questions while they read. Show the question stems chart with question starters like 'I wonder...', 'What if...', 'Why did...'

💭 Review Question: What makes a good question about a story?
2Teaching (10 min)

Demonstrate how to stop during reading and write questions on sticky notes. Model thinking out loud about questions that come to mind.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Questions help us understand the story better
  • Good questions come before, during, and after reading
  • Not all questions have immediate answers
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes you curious when you're reading?
  • How do questions help us learn?
  • What do you do when you have a question while reading?
3Activity: Sticky Note Question Hunt (10 min)
guided practice

Students will read a selected text and place sticky notes with questions at points that spark their curiosity.

📝 Instructions:
  1. Choose a reading text
  2. Read carefully
  3. Place sticky notes where questions arise
  4. Write questions using question stems
  5. Share questions with a partner
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher helps write questions for students

Challenge: Students create thick questions that require deeper thinking

4Closing (5 min)

Discuss the questions students generated and how asking questions helps us understand stories better

📝 Review Questions:
  • What was your most interesting question?
  • How did asking questions help you understand the story?
  • What did you learn today about reading?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for giving us curious minds that want to learn and understand. Help us to ask good questions and seek wisdom. Amen.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how to find answers to our questions in the text!

💎 Memory Verse

Proverbs 2:3

“Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;”

— Proverbs 2:3 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Question Charades - act out asking a question without speaking

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Questioning is a critical reading comprehension skill that helps children become active, engaged readers

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage questions during family reading time
  • Model asking questions about books you read together
  • Validate all questions as important
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might feel shy about asking questions or think questions are 'wrong'

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child generating thoughtful questions and showing curiosity about text

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a personal question journal
  • Make a class question wall
  • Practice asking questions about Bible stories

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