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- K–3
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- ESL, Reading, Language Development, ELA
- Topic
- Speaking and Listening, Independent and Guided Reading
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- Literacy Readers, Teacher Tools
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Who, What, When, Where, Why, How? These six little words can make a big difference in student comprehension. The Who, What, When, Where, Why, How? activity will help students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. This is a great activity for small groups or the whole class.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to show understanding of key details in a text.
Match a statement of information to the question word it answers.
Transfer the six-question routine to a new informational text using the practice worksheet.
Teaching tips
Model the routine first with the built-in Jack story: read each statement card aloud and have students name the question word it answers before matching.
Keep the practice worksheet on hand during nonfiction reading blocks - its six question boxes work with any article, so it can be reused across texts all year.
After matching, ask students to justify trickier pairs such as 'Because his science fair project won!' (why) versus 'He participated in the school science fair' (what).
Skills covered
Questioning with wh-words - students ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about a text's key details.
Key-detail comprehension - students identify which piece of story information (person, place, time, cause) each statement card carries.
Applying a comprehension routine - students reuse the six-question practice worksheet while reading any informational text.
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How do the cards and the practice worksheet work together?
The cards teach the routine with a ready-made sample story - students match each statement about Jack's science fair win to the question it answers - and the worksheet then opens the same six questions to any informational text the class reads.
What story do the statement cards tell?
They describe one event in pieces: a boy named Jack, at City Elementary School, participated in the school science fair in September, worked hard, and his project won - each card answering a different question word.
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