2.6.B

ELA2nd GradeThe student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

The Standard

generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use the title, pictures, and text details to form useful questions as they read. They seek answers in the text and identify questions that remain unanswered.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students ask relevant questions at each point in reading. They use details from the text to answer questions, revise them, or identify what they still need to learn.
Common Misconceptions: Students may retell facts instead of asking questions. They may ask broad yes-or-no questions that do not help them understand. They may also think every question has one answer stated directly in the text.
How to Assess It: Give students a short passage and ask them to write one useful question before reading, one while reading, and one after reading. Have them answer one question with text evidence.

Lesson moves

Give students three sticky notes labeled before, during, and after; they add one question to each while reading a picture book.
Ask pairs, “Which question changed your understanding of the story, and what detail helped answer it?”
Play Question Sort: students place question cards under before, during, or after, then rewrite one weak question to make it useful.
Have students read a school event flyer and ask questions to find the date, place, time, and needed supplies.

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