• Practice for every day of the school year • Help students prepare for standardized testing

DAY
3
Remind students of the strategy. Say: Asking questions after we read helps us check that we 
understood what we read. We ask ourselves or each other the kinds of questions that our 
textbooks would ask. Read the instructions at the top of the page aloud, and have students read the 
passage. When students have finished, model asking a question based on information from the 
passage: Where does the spider get silk to make a web? Allow time for students to complete the 
strategy practice activity. Invite partners to share their questions and answers. Then direct students 
to complete the skill practice activity. Review the answers together.
DAY
4
Remind students of the strategy. Say: Asking ourselves questions after we read helps us check 
that we understood what we read. Read the instructions at the top of the page aloud. Then read 
the title and first paragraph of the passage with students. Say: I have two questions about what I 
have read. Which place is farthest north? (the Arctic) Which place is like a desert? (both) Direct 
students to finish reading the passage and to complete the strategy practice activity. Invite 
volunteers to share their responses. Then direct students to complete the skill practice activity. 
Review the answers together.
DAY
5
Remind students of the strategy. Tell students they will be reading a passage about a boy who gets 
unexpected help finding his way home. Read the instructions at the top of the page aloud. Say: 
Sometimes we can ask questions to get more involved in a story and enjoy it more. Have students 
read the passage. When students have finished, model using the strategy. Say: When I read about 
the fireflies talking to Zack, I wondered what their voices sounded like. It brought me deeper 
into the story. Direct students to complete the strategy practice activity. Invite volunteers to share 
their responses and explain their thinking behind the questions they wrote. Then direct students to 
complete the skill practice activity. Review the answers together.
Ask Questions
This strategy aids comprehension by focusing the purpose of reading or clarifying 
issues of confusion. When students ask questions before they read, they set a 
purpose for reading that includes finding the answers to their questions. When 
students ask questions during or after reading, they are indicating where they 
may be confused or would like more information.
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