FQR+(Fact,+Question,+Response)


 * FQR – Facts, Questions, Response ** (NFMT p.19, 29-30)

//Students will ask questions, determine important facts through reading, and integrate their own thoughts and opinions. This is a good tool for students to discover a focus on research projects. //

Materials: //Seeing Stars // by James Muirden Reading textbooks Library books on their topics of interest


 * Model the technique by reading the book and writing down questions on a chart (students will use paper folded into thirds). (See example p. 30)
 * Use a short selection from the reading text (after the story part). Have students try this technique in partners.
 * Share some of the questions partners came up with.
 * Ask the following questions after their charts are completed:
 * How did the FQR chart help you narrow your focus for research?
 * What did you discover about your topic that you might not have known before?
 * What are you still wondering about?
 * When could you use this strategy again? Could this strategy be useful during our reading lessons?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Can you take one of your responses and change it into an essential question for further research?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Students brainstorm a list of possible topics to research and choose one they’re interested in.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I gather resources and they make a FQR for their new topic, creating an essential question. (See **Animal Acrostics** lesson.)