In
chapter 8 of, Strategies That Work,
the authors devote time to discuss “questioning” as a strategy that propels
readers forward. In the chapter, we learn how questioning helps students
comprehend what they read, answer their wonders and questions, expand their
thinking, and make meaning. I completely agree that questioning is a wonderful
reading strategy. However, teaching this strategy to struggling readers and
writers, along with English Language Learners, concerns me. The authors suggest
having these students draw pictures of their questions. This seems like a good
idea for lower elementary, but not so much upper. It seems embarrassing to have
an older student drawing pictures while the rest of the students are writing.
Can anyone elaborate on the author’s differentiation idea? Does anyone have
other ideas for supporting struggling students in using the strategy of
questioning?
