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