Strategies for Questions

3rd grade, Language Arts

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• There are essentially 4 types of questions used on tests. They are---

–1. Right there questions

–2. Think and search questions

–3. Author and me questions

–4. On my own questions. continue

There are many kinds of questions.

What is your name?

How many days until your birthday?

Which character was the friendliest?

What is your favorite color?

One kind of question is called--

Right There

The answer to the question can be found “right there.”

Right There

Example---

Mary had a little lamb.

What kind of animal did Maryhave?

Another kind of question is called--Think and Search

The answers to Think and Search questions come from more than

one place in the reading.

Think and SearchExample--

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.Jack be nimble, Jack be

quick, Jack jump over the candlestick.

Compare and contrast the boys in the Nursery Rhymes.

Another question type is called--Author

and Me

To answer these questions you

combine what you know with what is

in the text.

Author and Me

Example--

Baa, baa, black sheep,Have you any wool?

What will they do with the wool?

A final question type is called--On My Own

To answer On My Own questions you use your own experiences and

opinions.

On My Own

Example--

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?What would you plant in your

garden?

On a test, read a question carefully.

Ask yourself, how many parts is this

question?Be sure that you answer all the parts to the question.

Practice writing questions for something you are

studying.

Question types are:

1. Right there.

2. Think and search.

3. Author and me.4. On my own. The end