Pre-reading Strategy: Asking Questions

Before you begin a new story, look at the title. Explore any pictures or illustrations. Check and see if there is a summary on the back of the book. Begin to set your purpose by asking questions. Use the questions words:

Who?

What?

Where?

When?

Why?

How?

As you ask yourself a variety of questions, your brain will begin to activate its ability to continue asking and answering questions as you read. This process is called “metacognition”.