These common-core-based question cards are handy for circle time meetings, small group discussions, guided reading, one-on-one conferences with the teacher, and independent work in a Chinese immersion classroom. It can also be used as stay-at-home learning resources. The questions may be used with any story in order to guide the students’ thinking in analyzing its structure and meaning. The questions are organized into nine categories:1. story setting2. genres3. illustration4. story problem and