Question-Answer Relationships (QAR)

 Important Dates

Apr 29 - Teacher Workday
May 3- mClass testing begins

May 5 - Progress Reports
May 6- Enrollment packets are due

May 20 - Science EOG

May 23 - Reading EOG

May 24 - Math EOG

May 30 - Memorial Day - No School

I hope you are all having a FANTASTIC week! Please remember that we have no school on Friday.
I sent home an EOG packet in every Monday folder this week. This is yours to keep. I told the students to go through the questions that they missed and answer them again. If they bring back their EOG reading practice test with the correct answers and an explanation of why it was wrong and why the new answer is correct, then they will get to pick out of my prize box! I have some very eager students ready to turn them back in to me.

This week, we are learning a new reading strategy that will be very helpful during their EOG's.
 Our focus this week is Right There and Think and Search. Please take a moment to read what your child is learning about this week. They may turn this in anytime before the actual EOG.

 Teaching students question-answer relationships improves comprehension by forcing them to think about how they construct knowledge while reading. There are four types of question-answer relationships:

• Right There: The answer is located in one location in the text.
• Think and Search: The answer is located in two or more locations in the text. I also call this the Here-and-There Question because you have to look in more than one place for the answer.
• Author and Me: In this case, the answer cannot be found in the text. However, you will use knowledge from the text and from your head to come up with the answer. 
• On My Own: The answer cannot be found in the text. It is in your head. It is possible that you can answer this type of question without even reading the passage. 

We teach our students to read the questions before reading the passages. If they identify the different types of multiple-choice questions, it helps them to know how to find the answer while they read. It is a time saver, and it increases accuracy. When students utilize this strategy, they are monitoring their own comprehension.

Have a wonderful rest of the week!
Mrs. Atkisson