SELF QUESTIONING

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SELF QUESTIONING?? ?? ? ? ?
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What is it

• Learning strategy that is used to promote
  inquiry, obtain understanding and mastery of new
  information.

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When to use it

• Use when a student is confronted with new
  information in school settings or in every day
  life.

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Why is it important

• Promotes curiosity and learning.
• To connect prior knowledge with material in the
  text.
• To understand and master new material better.
• To clarify new ideas or concepts.

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• Increases understanding of a text
• Promotes active readers
• Promotes critical thinking
• Increases motivation by making the learner an
  active member of the learning process
• Students become aware of what and how they learn

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How to use it

• Think about questions.
• Students ask themselves questions about the new
  topic before reading.
• Ask questions aloud.
• Write questions.
• During reading they answer questions that might
  be formulated and create additional questions.
• After reading students ask themselves how they
  feel about the text and what else they would like
  to learn about the topic.

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Kangarooby Jill EggletonIllustrations by Nick
Price
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Before the reading

• Look at the title of the book
• Look at the pictures on the cover
• Create questions
• Why is the title of the story Kangaroo?
• What will it talk about?
• What does the picture in the cover tells me about
  the story?
• What do I know about kangaroos?
• Where do kangaroos live?

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Questions during reading

• How did the baby kangaroo travel with his mom?
• The baby kangaroo travel with his mother in her
  pouch
• What happened to the baby kangaroo?
• He fell on his head when his mother jump.
• How did the baby kangaroo feel after falling?
• He was afraid.
• What did the mother kangaroo fell after her baby
  fell the second time?
• She was sad and upset that her baby kept falling

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Questions during reading

• What was the owls advice?
• The owl told the mother kangaroo that she needed
  a seat belt.
• Why the owl recommended a seat belt?
• He said that it will help the baby kangaroo to
  stay in the pouch and not fall.
• Who made the seat belt?
• The mother kangaroo did the sit belt with
  branches and leaves.
• How did the sit belt help the baby kangaroo?
• It did not let the baby fall on the floor
• Why is the baby kangaroo happy?
• Because with the seat bell he feels safe and do
  not fall

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Questions after the reading

• Why did the baby kangaroo was happy to wear a
  seat belt?
• Because he did not fell and hit his head any
  more.
• What is a pouch?
• Something similar to a bag that female kangaroos
  have and in which their young grow after they are
  born. In the pouch the baby has food, shelter and
  warm to help him grow.
• Why do we have to wear sit belts?
• We have to wear sit belts so that we do not hurt
  ourselves and we do not fall.
• What do I feel when I read this story?
• I feel happy for the baby kangaroo because he
  will not fall again.
• What did I learn from the story?
• I learn to ask for help when I need it, and to
  listen to other peoples advice.

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Conclusion

• Self questioning helps students develop critical
  thinking skills, obtain a better understanding of
  the text and makes them active members of the
  learning process.