KIM Chart Journal Club

Name: Ashley Heimbach

Reading: Promoting Self-Questioning Through Picture Book Illustrations

Author: Gayla Lohfink
Assignment Due Date: 4/10/15
Complete the following chart, based upon the five most salient Key Concepts in the reading for you.

Key Concept

Information

Memory clue

List the key concepts discussed in the article,

one concept per for.

What information will help you remember this concept?

Draw a visual that will

help you remember this key
concept. (NOT
REQUIRED)

Introduce self-questioning in read-alouds.

Teachers should present title and cover and ask students to predict the plot.

What do you notice?

What questions do you
have?

Promote self-questioning using selected

perplexing illustrations

A perplexing illustration will spur questions and good readers figure out the
answers to the questions. Ask questions as they read and connects the students
inquiries with perplexing materials elicit questions.

Plan for self-questioning via picture book

investigations and partner-reading

Provide opportunities with picture books that may or may not have perplexing
images to practice self-questioning.

Applying self-questioning techniques to

independent reading

Implement self-questioning techniques into self-selected texts to read. The search

for meaning becomes more relevant and purposeful.

Children are naturally inquisitive.

Self-questioning should be the main part of their reading and thinking.

Model think alouds.

Partner for think alouds.