Reading Comprehension Guided Questions

Pre-Reading

• What would you like to find out in the story?
• What do the pictures in the book tell you about the story?
• What do the pictures on the cover tell you about the story?
• What questions do you have about the story?
• Identify any unfamiliar words in the title.
• How might the story relate to your life?
• Is this story fiction or nonfiction?
• Who is the illustrator?
• Who is the author?
• What does the title tell you about the story?
• Predict what will happen in the story.
• What background do you bring to the story?

During-Reading Questions

• Predict how the story will end.
• Choose a problem in the story. How could this problem have been avoided?
• How does the story relate to your life?
• Which character can you relate to so far? Why?
• What questions do you have about the story?
• Did the solution to one problem cause another to occur?
• Indentify one problem or conflict in the story.
• Where does the story take place?
• Who are the main characters?
• Identify and predict how a problem may be solved.
• Find and define an unfamiliar word.
• How would you attempt to solve a problem in the story?

After-Reading Questions

• How does the story end?
• Identify a paragraph that used descriptive writing.
• How was the problem solved?
• Summarize the story.
• How can you relate to the story?
• What is the main idea of the story?
• How are you and the main character different?
• How are you and the main character alike?
• Retell a main event within the story.
• How might you end the story differently?
• How might you retitle the story? Why?
• What lessons can you learn from the story?

Adapted from “Reading Comprehension Cubes” from Learning Resources, Inc.