Wright Thinking

This strategy-focused reading worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 deepen comprehension and metacognitive awareness by actively working with the QAR (Question-Answer Relationship) framework. After reading an informational passage about the Wright Brothers, students rewrite existing questions so each one fits a different QAR type, encouraging them to think carefully about how question structure shapes thinking, depth, and use of text.

Learning Goals

• Question Crafting with QAR (Grades 4-6): Rewrite questions to align with Right There, Think and Search, Author and Me, or On My Own categories.
• Understanding QAR Variations: Analyze how small changes in wording shift where answers come from.
• Critical Thinking & Flexibility: Adapt question structure to require different comprehension strategies.
• Text-Based Reasoning: Stay grounded in the Wright Brothers passage while altering question demands.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to support upper elementary reading comprehension instruction.
• Higher-Order Thinking Focus: Moves beyond identifying QAR types to actively creating them.
• Engaging Strategy Practice: Encourages deeper interaction with both text and questions.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for guided reading groups, comprehension strategy lessons, enrichment, or assessment.

This printable worksheet helps students become more intentional readers and thinkers by showing how questions drive comprehension. By rewriting questions about the Wright Brothers to fit different QAR types, learners strengthen understanding of question purpose, improve critical thinking, and gain confidence in crafting meaningful questions. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this resource provides meaningful practice with QAR strategies, informational text, and thoughtful engagement with reading.

This worksheet is part of our QAR (question-answer relationships) worksheets collection.