Library Instruction Lesson

Question-Answer Relationship, A Fine, Fine School

Resource Title / Question-Answer Relationship, Library Lion
File Name / Question-Answer Relationship, Library Lion.doc
Resource Description
(This is information about the resource.) / Question-Answer Relationships (QARs) are a useful way for students to enhance their comprehension of a story. Students will listen to the story A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech and decide what category, questions should be sorted into: right there; think and search; author and you; and on your own.
Standard / AASL / FCPS
Strand / AASL / FCPS
Indicator / AASL / FCPS
Benchmark / AASL / FCPS
SOL / Eng 2.1, 2.8
POS
Materials
(Books, files, links, graphic organizers, databases, etc.) / A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech
QAR, A Fine, Fine School, SMART Notebook file
Lesson Length / 25-30 Minutes
Keywords or key phrases / A Fine, Fine School
Sharon Creech
QAR
Question-Answer Relationship
SMART Board
SMARTBoard
Year Created? / 2008
Teacher Editable? / X Yes
No
Audience
(Resources may have more than 1 audience.) / X Librarian
Purpose
(Resources may have more than 1 purpose.) / X Lesson Plan
Created By
(written by or adapted from) / Created by Jill Woodall
Grade Level / Pre-K
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LEARN Lesson Plan

Question-Answer Relationship: A Fine, Fine School

Link / Question-Answer Relationships (QARs) are a useful way for students to enhance their comprehension of a story. Students will listen to the story A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech and decide what category, questions should be sorted into: right there; think and search; author and you; and, on your own.
Assessment: Student responses
Engage
and Educate / Tell students that answering questions are an important way to help us understand stories that we listen to or read. Thinking about whether the answer to a question is easily found in the story or requires the reader to infer what the author meant helps us in our understanding of what is happening.
Assessment: Class discussion
Active Learning / 1.  Read the book A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech.
2.  Explain the format of a QAR and the four types of questions included on it: right there; think and search; author and you; and, on your own.
3.  Using the QAR in the SMART Notebook file format that was created for this activity, model examples of each type of question.
4.  Have students sort the questions. For some questions there may be some disagreement as to which category it belongs in.
5.  At the completion of this activity, print two copies of the sorted screen. Give one to the teacher and keep one for your records.
Assessment: Sorting of questions into four categories
Reflect / Have students identify additional questions that can be added to the QAR activity.
Now and Then / Students are reviewing ways to enhance their comprehension of a story. QARs are one way to improve their understanding. QARs will be revisited throughout the school year as well as other comprehension strategies.

Smart Board: http://fcpslibrary.wikispaces.com/Question-Answer+Relationship%2C+A+Fine%2C+Fine+School