{"id":86,"date":"2020-04-15T12:08:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T16:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/?p=86"},"modified":"2020-04-15T12:08:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T16:08:28","slug":"practice-answering-wh-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/2020\/04\/15\/practice-answering-wh-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice answering &#8220;WH&#8221; questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading is one of THE best ways to develop language and even speech skills. You will see \u201creading\u201d for the functional game on this page. Why mess with what works best, right?! The only difference will be HOW you read to your child.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For Children age 2-3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How: <\/strong>Sit down with your child and pick a favorite book (preferably one with pictures and of interest to your child). Read the book with lots of animation and excitement. After reading for a bit&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ask \u201cwhat is this?\u201d and point to an object. See if your child can answer. If he\/she can\u2019t, say the answer and see if he\/she can repeat.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Ask \u201cwhere is&#8230;.?\u201d about a pictured person\/object\/animal (the picture helps tremendously with the learning process). Wait to see if your child can answer. If not, answer your own question while pointing to the pictures.<\/li><li>Ask \u201cwho\u201d and \u201cwhat-doing\u201d questions (for 2-3 years old) as well as the questions listed above. If your child can\u2019t answer a question, answer your own question by pointing to the picture and\/or thinking OUT LOUD. By using these strategies, you teach your child HOW to answer a question and not just simply the answer.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For Children age 3-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How: <\/strong>Sit down with your child and pick a favorite book (preferably one with pictures and of interest to your child). Read the book with lots of animation and excitement. After reading for a bit&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ask \u201cwhat\u201d and \u201cwhere\u201d questions as naturally as possible. These type of questions are easier so start here. If your child doesn\u2019t know the right answer, point to the correct response (if possible) and talk through your reasoning. This \u201ctalking through\u201d is the most important part.<\/li><li>Ask \u201cwhy,\u201d \u201chow,\u201d and \u201cwhen\u201d questions while reading. These type of questions require higher level language reasoning skills. Therefore, they are tougher. To make this easier, relate the story to a real-life experience. For example, if you ask \u201cwhy is George feeling sad?\u201d and your child doesn\u2019t know the answer. You might say, &#8220;George is feeling sad because he lost his toy. Look at the previous page, he lost his toy. Remember when you lost your toy and you cried? How did you feel? (child answers sad). That is how George feels.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Strategies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Point to pictures to help answer questions<\/li><li>Talk through your reasoning<\/li><li>Relate the story to real-life experiences<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For children in Early Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even at this age, reading continues to be one of the best ways to learn how to answer WH questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How: <\/strong>Sit down with your child and pick a favorite book (preferably one with pictures and of interest to your child). Read the book with lots of animation and excitement (you know the drill)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask your child questions, any of the questions listed above in the \u201cexpectations section\u201d as naturally as possible. If your child can\u2019t answer one, try some strategies below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Strategies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Point to pictures to help answer questions: Point to pictures as you answer questions. Any visual is a great thing in the learning process!<\/li><li>Direct Teaching: If your child is having trouble with a question word such as \u201cwhere,\u201d open a book and say \u201cwhere means place. Let\u2019s find all the \u2018places\u2019 in this book.\u201d Then, take turns pointing to different places such as a school, car, park, city, etc&#8230;<\/li><li>Relate Story To Real Life: To teach higher level reasoning skills such as \u201cwhat-if\u201d and \u201cwhy,\u201d it can help to relate the story to a real-life experience.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Talk Through Reasoning: For questions such as \u201cwhat will happen next,\u201d talk through your response. For example, if you say \u201cwhat do you think will happen next?\u201d listen to your child\u2019s response and applaud ANY answer. If your child is way off, that is actually a good thing. You now have the opportunity to talk through how to answer prediction questions. You can say, &#8220;I think the paint will spill. See how the paint is on the edge of the table and the cat jumped on the table (while pointing). I think the cat will make the table shake and the paint will fall. Look it is already tipping! What do you think?&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Reading is one of THE best ways to develop language and even speech skills. You will see \u201creading\u201d for the functional game on this page. Why mess with what works best, right?! 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