Questioning--the Key to Understanding

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The activities in this website relate to the following TEKS:

110.7 Grade 5 LA
(1) Listening/speaking/purposes. The student listens actively and purposefully in a variety of settings.
(2) Listening/speaking/critical listening. The student listens critically to analyze and evaluate a speaker's message(s).

These are addressed as the students are trained to listen to questions from the teacher and fellow students.

(5) Listening/speaking/audiences. The student speaks clearly and appropriately to different audiences for different purposes and occasions.

This will be demonstrated as the students learn to ask effective questions.

(7) Reading/fluency. The student reads with fluency and understanding in texts at appropriate difficulty levels.

As the students read to find answers to interpretive questions and to ask interpretive questions, they will increase their comprehension and fluency.

(11) Reading/literary response. The student expresses and supports responses to various types of texts.

This is shown in the use of shared inquiry as the students respond to the text.


(13) Reading/inquiry/research. The student inquires and conducts research using a variety of sources.

The students will learn to ask questions about topics to enhance their research.



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