Early Childhood Teaching and Learning: TEYL & CLIL: SCIENCE Click on the icon to read the full document. Expository text Questions Questions to activate prior knowledge In order to introduce the text, we are going to ask kids the following questions: Questions Answers of a third grader What do you know about plants? Possible answer: Plants can be used for many things such as decoration, to make medicines, or to give us oxygen. (Answered by a third grader girl) Where can you find plants? What plants have you seen? Possible answer: I see trees and flowers when I am in the street or in the park. (Answered by a third grader girl) Questions to focus students’ attention on the text We are going to share with students the handouts with the texts, and ask them to look at the papers while we ask these questions: What do you see in the handout? ...
