Which approach uses teacher pauses during reading to ask questions?

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Which approach uses teacher pauses during reading to ask questions?

Guided reading centers on teacher-supported practice in small groups where students read leveled texts and the teacher intentionally pauses at strategic points to pose questions, prompt strategies, and check understanding. Those pauses are meant to surface students’ thinking and help them use evidence from the text. By asking questions that require predicting, inferring, clarifying, and summarizing, the teacher models how to monitor comprehension and apply reading strategies. The prompts are scaffolded and gradually fade as students grow more independent, guiding them toward independent, strategic reading. Choral reading focuses on reading aloud together to build fluency and expression, not on stopping to question during the reading. Repeated reading emphasizes practicing a passage to improve fluency and accuracy, rather than using ongoing questioning to guide comprehension. Morphemes deals with word parts and meaning at the word level, not with guiding comprehension through pauses and discussion during actual reading.

Guided reading centers on teacher-supported practice in small groups where students read leveled texts and the teacher intentionally pauses at strategic points to pose questions, prompt strategies, and check understanding. Those pauses are meant to surface students’ thinking and help them use evidence from the text. By asking questions that require predicting, inferring, clarifying, and summarizing, the teacher models how to monitor comprehension and apply reading strategies. The prompts are scaffolded and gradually fade as students grow more independent, guiding them toward independent, strategic reading.

Choral reading focuses on reading aloud together to build fluency and expression, not on stopping to question during the reading. Repeated reading emphasizes practicing a passage to improve fluency and accuracy, rather than using ongoing questioning to guide comprehension. Morphemes deals with word parts and meaning at the word level, not with guiding comprehension through pauses and discussion during actual reading.

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