Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts

Friday, March 30, 2012

Questions..and answers!


This week in reading we've been practising the comprehension skill of asking questions. We read this text together on our IWB and wondered the following question - after we'd read.
"Why did so many people die of the regular flu back then but not today?" We thought we'd ask an 'expert' for the answer so Ben W and Jaidene typed up an email to send to a doctor. I happened to have one as a friend so we sent it to Dr Stout on Facebook! Here was his reply - that night!



We put his reply - thanks Dr Stout! - on the IWB and worked out what some of the words meant. His reply gave us three reasons and this led to a great discussion about life expectancy and what your immune system is.

Then we wondered the following question - at the top of our 'prior knowledge' graph. What do you think about our wondering?