Connecting
Law and order
Questioning
Mats
Passages
100

Why do we underline things in the text?

What is we made a connection.

100

When Miss Warner is talking, I should be?

What is on a level zero and listening.

100

Why do we underline certain words in the passage?

What is to show where we had questions.
100

On step one of the connecting mat, what do we write there?

What is word from word from the text?

100

What was Nonni's favorite meal?

What is spaghetti.

200

Can my connection be a no to understand the passage?

What is no.

200

What are the items I must bring to PAWS?

What is my library book.
200

What is nonfiction?

What is real information or facts.

200

What is step 2 on our connecting mat?

What is "this is what I already know"?

200

What is the official color of school buses?

What is "National School Bus Glossy Yellow".

300

What is fiction?

What is a made up story made by the author.
300

How am I supposed to be traveling in the hallways to and from PAWS?

What is one behind the other on a level zero, walking.
300

In total, how many steps are on the questioning mat?

What is 7

300
If my question is a no, what side of the mat do I go to?
What is the right side of the mat.
300

_______ lived only in China until 1869.

What is pandas.

400

"I made the winning shot and won the game." Using step 2, make a connection.

Varies

400

How should my papers go into my folder?

What is nice and neatly.

400
What are the question starter words?
What is "who, what, where, when, why, how".
400

What is step 4 on the "no" side of the mat?

What is "I formed a new question".

400

What year was the Titanic located?

What was 1985.
500

What is connecting?

What is relating something we already know to something you are reading.

500

If I do not do my job the entire week of PAWS, what am I at risk of missing out on?

What is CANDY.

500

What is questioning?

What is wondering about words or ideas in what we're reading.

500

When you make in through all four steps on the connecting mat, what happens?

What is I know my connection was useful in helping me understand what I am reading.
500

What snack did we learn about in the questioning unit?

What was smores.

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