Text-Dependent Questions, Grades K-5

Fisher & Frey’s two-volume work on text-dependent questions (TDQ) serves as a comprehensive guide for educators aiming to enhance close reading skills across K-12. The authors provide practical strategies for using text-dependent questions as scaffolds, alongside illustrative videos, texts, cross-curricular examples, and an online facilitator’s guide. The TDQ framework is structured around four cognitive pathways: understanding what the text says, how it works, its meaning, and the actions it inspires.