Boost Reading Comprehension: A Simple Approach to Teaching Students to Ask Questions While Reading

All teachers would agree that asking questions is (usually) a good thing. Yes, we have the those students who seem to ask endless questions, or questions that seem off topic or irrelevant, but — overall, we know that students use questioning and wondering as strategy for learning about the world. AND - when it comes to reading, asking questions is a reading comprehension strategy that needs to be explicitly taught to students to help them learn and engage with the text. It helps ...