Asking and Answering Questions
Locate specific text evidence to answer questions
Use page numbers and quotation marks when citing evidence
Understand how to support reading comprehension through careful investigation
“Yes, if you cry for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.”
— Proverbs 2:3-5 (WEB)Just as we seek understanding in God's Word, we seek understanding in reading by asking good questions and finding evidence
Gather students and review question types from previous lessons. Show question stems chart and discuss how different questions require different levels of thinking.
Demonstrate how to find text evidence by reading a short story and modeling question-asking and answer-finding techniques.
Students work in pairs to read a short text and find evidence for specific questions
Simpler: Teacher provides pre-written questions
Challenge: Students create their own complex questions
Share findings as a class and discuss different ways of finding evidence
Dear God, help us to be curious readers who seek understanding, just like we seek to understand Your Word.
Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play a question-and-answer game to practice our new skills!
“Yes, if you cry for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding”
— Proverbs 2:3 (WEB)🎯 Activity: Create hand motions to represent 'cry for discernment' and 'lift up your voice'
Children are learning to be active, investigative readers who look closely at text for understanding
Children might struggle with finding precise evidence or understanding the difference between quoting and paraphrasing
Ability to point to specific text when answering questions