1.6.B
The Standard
generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students ask questions before, during, and after reading. With adult help, they use those questions to clear up confusion, find information, and understand the text better.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students ask relevant questions before, during, and after reading. Their questions help them predict, clarify confusing parts, learn facts, or think more deeply about the text.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may make comments instead of asking questions, or ask questions unrelated to the text. They may also stop questioning once reading begins or expect every question to have one clear answer.
How to Assess It
- Read a short picture book aloud. Ask students to draw or write one question they had before reading, one during reading, and one after reading.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a picture book and three sticky notes labeled before, during, and after, then record one question on each note.
Pause during a read-aloud and ask, “What are you wondering now, and which detail made you ask that?”
Play Question Sort by placing student questions under before, during, or after reading headings and explaining each choice.
Read a classroom sign or lunch menu, then have students ask questions that help them find needed information.
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Related Standards
- K.5.B
The Kindergarten version of this standard.
- 2.6.B
generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
- 6.5.B
generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
- 3.6.B
generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
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