Understanding Informational Passages

Understanding Informational Passages

Answering questions about a passage

Objective: I can refer to specific details when explaining a text.

Look familiar?

Why is it important to answer questions about a passage after reading it?

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to answer questions about a passage after reading it?

• It's not important

• to prove we understand what we read

• to show we can memorize what we read

What is the difference between memorizing and understanding?

Multiple Choice

Which should you focus on as you learn?

• Memorizing

• Understanding

Does it help you understand what you read to answer questions about the passage?

Multiple Choice

What do you do if you don't know the answer to a question about a reading passage?

• Guess

• Skip

• Look in the passage

Helpful hint!

Read the question first, THEN read the passage!

Read:

The Nobel Peace Prize is given to people who work to make the world a better place. Winners are picked once a year. They get a medal and some prize money.

The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner was Malala Yousafzai. She won the prize because she spoke up for young women in her home country of Pakistan. A lot of girls there don't get to go to school, and she worked hard to change this.

Who was Malala Yousafzai?

Multiple Choice

Who is Malala Yousafzai?

• The youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

• A Native American Warrior

• The first female vice president

Why did Malala win the Nobel peace prize?

Open Ended

Why is it important to read the question before reading the passage?

The understanding of informational text takes time and effort.

I know I understand the passage if I can correctly answer questions about the passage.

Now we are going to look at some IXL questions together, but do not log in to IXL until I tell you.

We need to practice this skill together before you do it on your own.

IXL V.1 2nd grade