Asking and Answering Questions About a Story: Reading Literature
2 min1st2ndReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
A reading comprehension mini-lesson on asking and answering who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about a story.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Good readers ask and answer questions to understand a story.
- What question words help you understand a story?
- Why is it useful to ask questions while reading?
- How can you find the answer in the text?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: question, who, what, where, when, why, how
- Write one who and one why question about a story you read.
- Answer each question using the story.