Home Reading Questions

 

Hand this out at the beignning of the year, after benchmarking students and sending home their first home reading pack.

It says:

Dear Parents,

This year, as well as improving students’ reading fluency, we would like to strengthen their comprehension skills. Here are some suggestions for questions you could ask when reading with your child to help accomplish this:

Before you read the story:

·    Look at the front cover. What do you think the story will be about? Why do you think this?
·    What type of writing do you think it is?
·    Who wrote this story?
·    Who illustrated this story?

Whilst reading the story:
·    Who are the main characters?
·    Where is the story set?
·    When do you think the story might be set? How do you know?
·    What do you like about (character’s name)?
·    Can you find me a verb/noun/adjective on this page?
·    Why do you think (character’s name) did what he/she did?
·    What would you have done if you had been in their situation?
·    What do you think might happen next?
·    How do you think (character’s name) felt when (event in the story) happened? Why do you think that?
·    What is the complication in this story?
·    How was the complication resolved in this story?
·    If you had to be friends with one of the character, which one would it be? Why?

After you have read the story:
·    What did you like about the story?
·    If you could rewrite the ending. What would you change?
·    Do you think the title of the book is appropriate? What would you change it to?

Regards,
__________________
Classroom Teacher