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Laura DeGroot
First
27.February.2015
Individual Student Tutoring
Questioning
-To understand the importance of questioning
-To practice coming up with his/her own questions
-To identify how/when questions are answered
Goodbye House by Frank Asch

Literacy Interview for Young Children (k-2)

Verbally saying questions and answer they come up with
Brief Outline:
1. Tell the title of the book
2. Have learner look at the cover and make a prediction
on what they book might be about
3. As the learner to come up with questions that he or
she has about the book.
4. If learner cant think of any, prompt with questions
such as Where do you think he is moving? Why do
you think he is moving? Is he sad about moving or
happy?
5. Begin reading the book
6. After the first page stop and ask the learner what
he/she thinks may have been forgotten
7. After a few pages, stop and ask if the learner has any
new questions or if any of the previous questions
have been answered
8. After the book is finished ask the student if any of his
or her questions were answered. Ask if he/she has
any new questions that were thought of because of
reading the book.
9. Talk with the learner about how questions are
important in reading because they help us to
understand what we are reading.
10.
Give some examples of questions that I, as the
teacher, had. Explain that even teachers have
questions about what they read.
*Use this area **Questioning helps us to read more carefully because we
to jot down
are looking for the answers to our questions.
any notes
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Reflection
Today was my first day at Buchanan Elementary School. I really enjoyed my
experience! I met my student, Naveah, and got to know her a little bit. At
first she was really quiet and didnt want to open up to me that much. But by
the end of our time together she was talking more than I was! The lesson I
taught today was on questioning. I used some of the pedagogical strategies
that we talked about in class such as asking questions before reading the
book and figuring out which questions were answered after reading the book.
We read a book about a little bear that was moving. This ended up being a
book she could relate to because she had just recently moved as well! After
she told me that she recently moved, I asked questions like, Did you feel
sad when you moved like the bear in the story did? Overall, my lesson went
really well and I enjoyed my time at Buchanan. Im excited to go next week
and find ways to improve my teaching!