Comprehension Questions
These are some questions you can ask your child after reading a book to aid their comprehension of the text. You don’t have to ask all questions each time they read a particular book, perhaps ask 3 or 4 different ones each time. Encourage your child to look through the pages to help them answer your questions.
Questions to ask following a ‘Fiction’ book:
- Can you retell the story?
- What is the problem in the story? What is the solution?
- Can you make any connections with this story? Can you make a connection to any other stories you have read?
- How do you think the character feels? How do you know they felt that? Can you show me where?
- Why did the character feel that way?
- Why did the character do what he/she did in this story?
- How has the character changed throughout the story?
- What was the message or lesson the character learnt?
- What lesson can you learn from the story?
- What genre is this text? How do you know?
- Could this story be true? Why/why not?
- Do you think this book was interesting, humourous or exciting? If so, show me the parts that made you feel that way.
- Do you think the title is a good title for this book?
- Did you find the pictures helpful? Why/why not? Show me a picture that really helped you to understand the story better.
- How did the Author make the book funny or surprising?
- Is there anything interesting you noticed in this book or in the pictures?
