How to ask strong questions while reading for Grade 3

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔍 What is a strong question? It's a question that helps you understand the story better.
• 🤔 Why ask questions? To find out more, think deeper, and enjoy the book even more!
• 📖 When to ask? Before, during, and after reading!
• 💡 How to ask? Use words like *Who*, *What*, *Where*, *When*, *Why*, and *How*.
• 📝 Types of Questions:
  • Right There Questions: Answers are in the text.
  • Think and Search Questions: Answers are in the text but you have to put different parts together.
  • Author and You Questions: Answers are based on what you already know and what the author tells you.
  • On Your Own Questions: Answers are all about what you think.
• 🌟 Example: If a book says, "The dog wagged its tail," a strong question is, "*Why* did the dog wag its tail?"

Practice Quiz

1. What is a strong question MOSTLY used for?
   1. To confuse your friends.
   2. To understand the story better.
   3. To trick your teacher.
   4. To make the book longer.
2. Which question word helps you find out *where* something happened?
   1. Who
   2. What
   3. Where
   4. Why
3. If you ask, "What color was the cat's fur?" and the answer is right there in the book, what kind of question is that?
   1. Author and You
   2. On Your Own
   3. Think and Search
   4. Right There
4. Why is it a good idea to ask questions *before* you read?
   1. To make the book seem shorter.
   2. To guess what the book is about.
   3. To annoy the author.
   4. To skip to the end.
5. The book says, "The girl felt sad." Which is the strongest question to ask?
   1. What did the girl eat?
   2. Where did the girl go?
   3. Why did the girl feel sad?
   4. Who is the girl?
6. Which type of question needs you to use your own ideas and the book?
   1. Think and Search
   2. Right There
   3. Author and You
   4. On Your Own
7. If a book only says, "The bird flew away," and you ask, "Where do you think it flew?" what type of question is it?
   1. Right There
   2. Think and Search
   3. On Your Own
   4. Author and You