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Guided Questions assist the students in understanding the story by asking questions which
will enable them to grasp the meaning, using good comprehension strategies.
Predicting what is going to happen next?
Drawing inferences Without the author telling us, infer or figure out what you think the
characters will do, think or feel.
Visualizing Use the authors words to make a picture in your head of what is happening.
Making connections Remembering something they did or said that relates to what is
happening in the story.
Asking questions Wondering and asking what you think about the story.
Summarizing Connecting events in a story.
Think aloud- I wonder what other animals we are going to see next? Good readers think
about the pictures. Children predict using illustrations.
Ask the children What do you think all of the animals are getting ready to do at the end
of the day? Children will predict using the illustrations and previous text.
Vocabulary: Ask the children, Did you hear any of the words we talked about in the
story? Children will recognize vocabulary words- barn, squeal, scarecrow
Ask the children, What were the animals doing in the barn? Children will recognize
barn and summarize what the animals were doing in it.
Ask the children, All of the animals were playing all day and making lots of noises on the
farm. How do you think they felt by the end of the day? Children will infer how the
animals are feeling.
Ask the children, When it was time to go to sleep, there were no animals in sight. What
do you think that looked like? Children will visualize an empty place with no one around.
Ask the children, When it was time to go to sleep, what happened to the sky? Does the
sky get like this when it is time for you to go to sleep? Children will connect what the
setting was like with the setting the experience in their own lives.
Think aloud- Look at this picture of the rooster. What do we see the rooster doing? Good
readers look at the pictures to help them understand the story. Children will ask
questions to describe illustrations showing action.
AFTER READING
Guided Questions and Think Alouds
Ask the children, How do you think the animals felt when they were done with their day
and in the barn sleeping? Children will infer what they think the animals felt.
Ask the children, Think about what you thought might happen in this story. Is that what
happened? Were your predictions correct? Children will confirm predictions.
Closure: Turn to your neighbor and tell them what you think happened first in the story.
Does your neighbor agree? The neighbor now tells what they think happened last in the
story. Do you agree? Children will identify beginning and end of the story.