Our reading strategy is Questioning

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Our reading strategy is Questioning

Questioning Stems •Who •What •When •Where •I wonder •Why •How •What if

•Why do you think •How do you think •How do we know

What is questioning?

Why do we ask questions?

What makes good questions?

•Asking more open ended questions which encourage thinking about the

text.

•The questions in bold are more likely to be open questions but can also be

closed e.g. Why was she feeling sad? Closed

•Why do you think Harry acted in that way? Open

Asking questions is seeking information.

When we ask questions, we think more deeply about the whole text and we

check our understanding as we read.

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The Lion and the Unicorn

By Shirley Hughes

An English author and illustrator. She has written more than fifty books, which have sold more than 11.5 million copies, and has illustrated more than two hundred. As of 2007 she lives in London.

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Vocabulary

A low continuous low humming sound.

Crying with pain

Past tense. To hold on to tightly.

Picture wailed

Droning clung

Synonyms: funny / amusing Homonyms: felt / felt Homophones: Hear / here Antonyms: worried / carefree

Huddled

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‘”London’s burning, London’s burning! Fetch the engines, Fetch the engines! Fire, fire! Fire, fire! Pour on water, pour on water!” TM Questioning Stems •Who •What •When •Where •I wonder •Why •How •What if

Every evening, soon after dark, the warning sirens wailed. Then came the awful droning of enemy aircraft

overhead, and firebombs and

explosives whined and whistled out of the sky. TP

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Questioning Stems •Who •What •When •Where •I wonder •Why •How •What if •Why do you think •How do you think •How do we know

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Making links plenary task: Questioning Stems •Who •What •When •Where •I wonder •Why •How •What if

LO: To answer and write questions.

1. Write two questions you have about Lenny’s dad. 2. Lenny and his mum were scared. Find and copy a

group of words which demonstrate this.

3. In the first paragraph it says ‘Lenny kept it in his pocket always where he could feel it’. What is it referring to?

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Our reading strategy is Questioning

What is questioning?

Why do we ask questions?

What makes good questions?

•Asking more open ended questions which encourage thinking about the

text.

•The questions in bold are more likely to be open questions but can also be

closed e.g. Why was she feeling sad? Closed

•Why do you think Harry acted in that way? Open

Asking questions is seeking information.

When we ask questions, we think more deeply about the whole text and we

check our understanding as we read.

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Vocabulary

A low continuous low humming sound.

Crying with pain

Past tense. To hold on to tightly.

Picture Anderson shelter

Carriage rest centre

Synonyms: Homonyms: felt / felt Homophones: Hear / here

Antonyms:

Amongst

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Questioning Stems •Who •What •When •Where •I wonder •Why •How •What if •Why do you think •How do you think •How do we know

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1. Why has the author described Lenny’s mother as having a white face?

2. What questions do you think Lenny was asking himself as he was stood in the carriage?

3. ‘Lenny felt the shape of the lion with his fingertips,’ how do you think this made Lenny feel? Explain why.

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Our reading strategy is Questioning

Let’s come up with some good

questions for this photo:

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Vocabulary

A strong piece length of wood used to support a building.

To cover a window with a material which prevents light from being seen from outside.

An evening meal. Also known as dinner or tea.

Blacked out

Bustling supper

Antonyms:

Beams

Somewhere which is very busy with people going about their errands.

Amongst

Anderson Shelter Carriage

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Lenny was staying with his grandmother.

The other children were more scared than Lenny.

Lenny’s room was in the loft.

The house Lenny was staying in was very big.

2. Look at the page above.

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Bats – A non-chronological

report

This is a non-fiction text about bats. The text covers information about their food, living environment and protection.

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Vocabulary

not known or recognized.

To get rid of or banish.

maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

Picture

Dispel Unfamiliar Efficient

Synonyms: funny / amusing Homonyms: felt / felt Homophones: Hear / here Antonyms: worried / carefree

Roosts _{A place where birds regularly}

settle or congregate to rest at night, or where bats

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Wherever you go in the world, apart from the polar regions and a few lonely islands, you will find bats. TM

Yet, considering how widespread they are, these fascinating creatures are remarkably unfamiliar to many people. TP

Maybe it’s their association with spooky stories, or maybe it’s simply the fact that most of them only appear at night that gives them their mysterious reputation. Whatever the reason, it’s time to dispel

some of the myths. TP

Flying mammals

‘Bat’ is the umbrella term for a whole set or ‘order’ of flying mammals. TP

Key Questions: Have you read another book with bats in?

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Big Picture lesson

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Big picture questions:

1. Bats reside in a range of different places. Use the text to identify three:

2. In the text it says that ‘bats are highly valued in the UK’.

Find and copy a group of words which demonstrate

why.

3. Look at the section headed: Living

Bats use different homes depending on their needs.

Bats aren’t suited to colder weather.

4. What are the largest bats commonly referred to as?

5.

There are only 18 different species of bat. Bats usually eat their prey in their roosts.

Bats never hunt in the rain.

Some bats can hear the movement of prey.

6. Write a set of true or false questions for your partner like the example given above.

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Asking Questions – Initial introduction

Where?

Why?

What?

How do

you think?

What if?

Who?

Why do

_{you think?}

When?

First lesson: Ask children to sort these questions into which are more likely to be open and which

closed? Relate this to a text you have studied recently by adding an image of the story. Add your findings to the reading wall.

Closed:

Open:

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Our reading strategy is Questioning

What is questioning?

Why do we ask questions?

What makes good questions?

•Asking more open ended questions which encourage thinking about the

text.

•The questions in bold are more likely to be open questions but can also be

closed e.g. Why was she feeling sad? Closed

•Why do you think Harry acted in that way? Open

Asking questions is seeking information.

When we ask questions, we think more deeply about the whole text and we

check our understanding as we read.

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Vocabulary

A strong piece length of wood used to support a building.

To cover a window with a material which prevents light from being seen from outside.

An evening meal. Also known as dinner or tea.

Blacked out

Bustling supper

Antonyms:

Beams

Somewhere which is very busy with people going about their errands.

Amongst

Anderson Shelter Carriage

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His mouth feel open.

He looked out over a jumble of roofs and chimneys. Not the squat, blackened kind like they had in London but a fairground of barley-sugar shapes with grinning

gargoyle waterspouts winking in the sun. Lenny woke very early while the girls were still asleep. He could hear the faraway sitting noises in the house and faint echoing footsteps, but no one came. He got out of bed, pattered over to the window and pulled the blackout curtain aside.

Beyond that, still wrapped in haze, were gardens, outhouses, meadows with great spreading trees and a humped-up hill rising behind like a cut-out paper shape. So this was the country! He had never seen anything like it.

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Questioning plenary questions: Questioning Stems •Who •What •When •Where •I wonder •Why •How •What if

1. Find evidence to show that Lady De Vas used to have more staff working in the house.

2. Why did Lenny’s ears turn pink?

3. How do you know Mrs B was fed up of the children being in the kitchen?

4. What is the best question you and your partner made about this piece of text?

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Our reading strategy is Questioning

What is questioning?

Why do we ask questions?

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Vocabulary

pedestal

trailers moss

Antonyms: Summerhouse Amongst Anderson Shelter Carriage Rest centre

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It was not the door to somebody’s house, Lenny knew that. It was a garden door. He remembered hearing somewhere about a secret garden that was locked up for years and years and nobody ever went it. TP

Cautiously he pushed the door. It creaked open. TP Inside was a little garden, like a room without a roof. It had criss-cross mossy paths lined with knee-high hedges and stone seats. In the centre was a great rose bush with trailers which swept the ground. TP It was very quiet in there. Then a bird flew up with a great clatter of wings and Lenny saw something on the far side of the garden, high up on a pedestal by the wall. At first he thought it was something alive and watching him. But it was too still to be alive. He went over to it. TP

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The garden was overgrown.

There were many animals in the garden.

The door was old and not used often. The hedges were as tall as Lenny.

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Our reading strategy is Questioning

What is questioning?

Why do we ask questions?

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Vocabulary

Prancing

blankly inspected

Antonyms: Sharp-tongued moss trailers summerhouse Treacherous

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Iceland

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Vocabulary

Monday Rugged Eerie folk marvel Gulf Stream relied

A warm, swift current which brings warmth to the UK.

A broken, rocky, uneven surface. Strange and sometimes

frightening – makes one feel uneasy.

A group of people.

To be filled with astonishment and wonder.

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Monday

Iceland is full of surprises. A land of experiences. A land of adventures. Located in the

North Atlantic Ocean, just outside the Arctic Circle, it boasts a dramatic landscape capped by active volcanos and fringed with rugged coastlines.

For those who love the outdoors, it’s got everything from spectacular views to specialist sports. Best of all, with the day light in the summer lasting nearly all the way around the clock you can really pack your days with thrills!

How to get there:

Getting to Iceland could not be easier. There are frequent flights to and from major UK airports. You can even take a cruise ship, if you like to travel in style. To find out more about holidays in Iceland, visit your local travel agent or search for Icelandic tourist information online.

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How can you travel to Iceland? (1 mark)

What are two features of Iceland’s landscape you

might see when there? (1 mark)

What heats the Blue Lagoon? (1 mark)

Where is a bird watchers paradise? (1 mark)

Questioning plenary task

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Big Picture

lesson:

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An Explanation text

What is an explanation text?

How do we know?

What features does it have?

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Vocabulary

Other vocabulary: Wednesday Absorbed Transparent Translucent Opaque Surface Blurred Scattered Sundial

To soak up or take in.

Allows light to pass through or to be able to see through.

Allows light but not detailed shape.

Not able to see through. An antonym for transparent.

The outside of something.

Unable to see or be seen clearly. Found in a range of unordered positions.

An instrument which tells the time

based on the position of the sun casting a shadow.

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Shadows

We see shadows around us every day, whether they’re caused by the sun on a bright day, or by man-made light during the night time. The question is: what are they? What sorts of objects cast shadows? Also, what affects how big or how clear they are?

Interestingly, shadows aren’t really a thing: they’re a lack of something – light. It is light that allows us to see. Light bounces off most surfaces in all directions until it is eventually absorbed, with darker objects absorbing more of the light while lighter ones reflect more. Any light that enters our eyes is interpreted by our brains to help us recognise shapes and colours. So, if something appears dark, that is because either it has absorbed any light, or there was none shone on it in the first place.

Teacher to model using skills children have been taught so far to support with understanding of text: vocab, prediction, questioning.

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1. Name two factors which influence a shadow and explain

how.

Influence:

How:

Influence:

How:

2. Different materials let different amounts of light pass

through. Find evidence in the text to support this.

3. Why do shadows caused from the Sun not have blurred

edges?

Plenary task

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1. Write eight 'right their' questions for your partner to

answer.

You must have written:

• A true or false question

• A two-mark question

• A find and copy question

Plenary task

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Our reading strategy is Questioning

What is questioning?

Why do we ask questions?

What makes good questions?

•Asking more open ended questions which encourage thinking about the

text.

•The questions in bold are more likely to be open questions but can also be

closed e.g. Why was she feeling sad? Closed

•Why do you think Harry acted in that way? Open

Asking questions is seeking information.

When we ask questions, we think more deeply about the whole text and we

check our understanding as we read.

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Information Text: Siberian Tiger

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Vocabulary

What makes one / something recognisable.

The variety of types of animals.

How something is different from something else.

subspecies

distinguishable

differ

What does solitary mean?

Siberian tigers are solitary animals, marking their scent on trees to keep other tigers away.

Secluded

Dwindling

Not seen or visited by many people – tucked away or hidden.

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The Siberian tiger, a subspecies of tiger, is the largest cat in the world. It averages about 3.3 m (11 ft.) in length, with a tail measuring 1 m (3 ft.).

Adult male Siberian tigers can weigh up to 320 kg (700 lb.), while females are significantly smaller, weighing up to 180 kg (400 lb.).

Key Questions: Have you read another book with bats in?

Siberian tigers are distinguishable by their striped fur. Similar to people’s unique fingerprints, no two tigers have the same striped pattern.

Siberian tigers differ from other tigers because they have fewer, paler stripes, and they also have manes. The mane, in addition to their thick fur, helps keep them warm.

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