Model your questions
Before a group reads, think aloud as you preview the cover: "I wonder why the mouse looks so worried." Have each child write one question they hope the book answers. Afterward, they check if it was answered. It turns reading into a hunt.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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