Reading Resources: Day 2

Reading Strategy: Questioning

One of the best things you can do with your child as you read together is to ask questions about the story. It will be extremely hard, but it is very important that you give your child wait time after you ask a question. We may feel awkward, but giving 30 seconds to 2 minutes of wait time is recommended. This gives your child time to figure out the answer. Give it a try and see what your child is capable of!

Another questioning strategy is asking a variety of questions. Here are some example questions for, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. We want kids to be able to answer more than just the remembering questions!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Remembering:

1. What did the caterpillar eat?
2. What does a caterpillar turn into?
3. What happened to the caterpillar at the end of the story?

Understand:

1. Identify the steps that take place between the egg of a caterpillar hatching and the end result of a butterfly.
2. What was the problem in the book?
3. Tell in your own words the beginning of the book.
4. What did the title have to do with the book?

Apply:

1. Why did the caterpillar have a stomachache?
2. Name something else the caterpillar could have eaten?
3. Which does not belong caterpillar, butterfly, monkey?

Analyze:

1. Contrast a caterpillar with a butterfly.
2. Why do you think the caterpillar ate so much?
3. Do you think the caterpillar was beautiful at the end?

Evaluation:

1. What if the caterpillar did not wrap himself in a cocoon for protection while he transformed into a butterfly, what is a different way the caterpillar could be protected?
2. Which would you prefer to be a caterpillar or a butterfly?
3. Do you like to eat the foods the caterpillar ate?

Create:

1. Do you agree with the caterpillar eating so much food?

2. Is the title a good one or a poor one and why?

3. Did you like the way the story ended? Why or why not?

4. Tell about the most exciting part of the book.