Question Stems to Ask Readers

 Question Stems to Ask Readers:

Use the link below to find question stems to ask readers during and after reading.  

Verbs to use in questioning: Describe, Explain.

Example: Explain how the character feels in the story. What text evidence supports your thinking?

Question Stems.

*(Question Stems credit: Scholastic.com)

9 Week Student Standards

2nd 9 Weeks Student Standards

October 12 - December (2020)

At the end of the first 9 weeks, students are expected to do the following with texts: 

-Know the Plot Elements of a story (exposition, rising actions, climax, falling actions, resolution)

-Write the Plot of a story in a written response

-Poetry Devices

-Nonfiction Text Features / Text Structures 

1st 9 Weeks Student Standards

August 14 - October 9 (2020)

At the end of the first 9 weeks, students are expected to do the following with texts: 

- Understand the Reading Workshop 

- Discuss and Write an Author's Purpose ( the true message the author was trying to convey) with text evidence.

- Make Connections between texts, to themselves, and the world with text evidence.

- Book Talk: Speak about a book through a Book Talk

Paired Texts to Compare / Contrast

Paired Texts: Squirrels Using Snakeskin / A Clever Use of Coconuts

Questions over Paired Texts

Additional Questioning for individual passages above

Answer Key

Revising / Editing Practice

Click on Link for Practice Pages: Revising and Editing Practice
Click on Link for Answer Key: Answer Key