Once a month I meet with a group of Reading Teachers and Specialists at the Regional Office. Our group is called the Reading Collaborative. At our last meeting, we learned a new (new to me) comprehension strategy that would be great for wrap up after reading a story or for review before taking an assessment on the story. The strategy was called "I've Got Your Answer".
Once a month I meet with a group of Reading Teachers and Specialists at the Regional Office. Our group is called the Reading Collaborative. At our last meeting, we learned a new (new to me) comprehension strategy that would be great for wrap up after reading a story or for review before taking an assessment on the story. The strategy was called "I've Got Your Answer".
My second graders have been reading Magic Tree House Chapter Books, so I have created a few examples using this strategy for you to download. So far, we have read Book 1, 6 & 7, so those are the books I have chosen.
First, you have your students write 3 questions about the book and the 3 answers that go with them. Then you take those student questions, edit them so they are clear and easy to read and put them on strips of paper. You then make sure that the answers are worded similar to the question so the students will easily know if they've got the answer to the question that is asked.
You can also use questions from BookAdventure.org to create your question and answer strips. If you are not familiar with this site, its a great place for FREE online comprehension tests. You look up the book that you want to create a test for and copy and paste the questions and answers into Word for a written assessment or a resource for you to make "I've Got Your Answer" strips! If you reload the page more than once, you will get different questions.
An example from Dinosaurs Before Dark:
What did Annie give the duck-billed dinosaur?
Annie gave the duck-billed dinosaur a magnolia flower.
Each pdf contains 13 questions and answers for a total of 26 strips. There should be enough for everyone to have a strip except for classes of more than 26 students. You may have to add a few questions so everyone can participate. The first strip names the book and the activity, so you can keep the books straight.
Look in the Downloads section on Page 2 under Comprehension files for examples. They are listed by book title.
I hope you enjoy this strategy. If I get time, maybe I'll make a Jeopardy game to go with it!
Shana Whitlock, HelpMeRead.com
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