>> Talking to your children about what they read
is a great way to support their literacy development.
When you engage your child
in conversation about their reading,
they build on comprehension skills,
like summarizing, inferencing and comparing and contrasting.
But what questions do you ask to spark and sustain
a successful discussion? Use these question sets
during your next at-home reading session
to help your child strengthen their skills
and gain a better understanding of what they are reading.
Before your child starts reading,
ask, looking at the title, cover, and illustrations,
what do you think the story is going to be about?
What makes you think that?
What characters do you think might be in the story?
When your child is reading, stop and ask,
what can you tell me about the story so far?
What do you think will happen next?
Which words do you think best describe the character?
What would you have done if you were the character?
How do you think the story will end?
After your child has read, ask, can you retell the story
in sequential order using words like first, then, next, last?
Who were the main characters of the story?
If there was a problem in this story, did it get solved?
How did the character try to solve the problem?
What was your favorite part of the story?
Why? Why do you think the author wrote this story?
What was the point the author was trying to make?
If you had to give the different title,
what would be another good title for the story?