In the DRA sequence, which step requires students to read silently guided by teacher questions?

• A. Step 1
• B. Step 2
• C. Step 3
• D. Step 5

Answer: (B)

Understanding how comprehension is checked during DRA as students move into silent reading with guided questions. In this step, the student reads quietly to themselves while the teacher asks focused questions to guide thinking and check understanding. This setup lets the teacher observe whether the reader can monitor meaning, apply comprehension strategies (like predicting, clarifying, and summarizing), and stay engaged without immediate decoding support. It follows more teacher-led modeling and guided practice and precedes the truly independent reading phase. The key idea is that silent reading guided by question prompts provides a window into the student’s independent comprehension ability, showing how well they grasp the text when they aren’t being read to or prompted for decoding.