3 Big Questions

The "Three Big Questions" strategy is used campus-wide to support student literacy achievement. A consistent reading procedure, the Three Big Questions strategy is used across all classrooms and encourages advanced critical thinking and use of academic vocabulary.

Three Big Questions Strategy


The Three Big Questions strategy challenges readers to annotate in the margins by marking passages that answer the questions: "What surprised me?", "What did the author think I already knew?", and "What challenged, changed, or confirmed what I already knew?".