Grade 3 students’ oral reading is progressing well, but many students still need help to answer questions about what they’ve read and especially to give “details from the text to support their answer”.
At home you can help by listening to your child reading out loud and then asking questions about the story. Kids don’t need to write their answers down. If they can express their ideas out loud, they’ll be able to write them at school.
It’s hard to provide you with many specific questions because each story is different, but here are a few questions that will apply to most stories.
Students need to answer the question, and then add specific details (not general details) from the text to support their answer.
An example of an effective answer with specific details would be:
An answer with general details (not what we want) would be:
had lots of fun all the time.
At home you can help by listening to your child reading out loud and then asking questions about the story. Kids don’t need to write their answers down. If they can express their ideas out loud, they’ll be able to write them at school.
It’s hard to provide you with many specific questions because each story is different, but here are a few questions that will apply to most stories.
- What word would you use to describe (character’s name)?
- Do you think (name) made the right decision when he __________?
- How do you think (character’s name) was feeling when______________?
Students need to answer the question, and then add specific details (not general details) from the text to support their answer.
An example of an effective answer with specific details would be:
- I would use the word loyal to describe (Name) because he never forgot his friend Sarah even when they went to different schools. He always invited her to his birthday party and they even went to public skating together on Fridays.
An answer with general details (not what we want) would be:
- I would use the word loyal to describe (Name) because he always got
had lots of fun all the time.