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QAR Question-Answer Relationships Grades 1-5

QAR Question-Answer Relationships Grades 1-5. Burlington County Academy September 28, 2007. What is QAR?. It is a framework developed by Taffy Rafael that helps students figure out how to go about answering questions based on a given text. It is a way to improve literacy instruction.

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QAR Question-Answer Relationships Grades 1-5

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  1. QARQuestion-Answer RelationshipsGrades 1-5 Burlington County Academy September 28, 2007

  2. What is QAR? • It is a framework developed by Taffy Rafael that helps students figure out how to go about answering questions based on a given text. • It is a way to improve literacy instruction.

  3. Why use QAR? • It provides a language for all to use • Organizes instruction • Encourages students to think about what they are reading • Valuable approach for test preparation

  4. 4 Types of Comprehension Questions

  5. “Right There” • Explicit meaning • The answer is in one place • Often the words from the question and the answer are in the same sentence • “Reading the lines”

  6. “Think and Search” • Answers are found in the text but not in one place • Students must read entire text to find answer • Information must be connected

  7. “Author and Me” • The answer is not in the text • Students must use text clues and what they know to generate an answer • “Reading between the lines”

  8. “On My Own” • The answer comes from prior knowledge • Can be answered without the text • Answers are opinions, evaluations, or judgments • “reading beyond the lines”

  9. Samples for Each Type of QAR forThe Tale of Peter Rabbit (Potter 1955)taken from Guided Reading A How-To For All Grades by Bonnie Burns

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