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"WH" Questions Activity Boards, Set 2 | Differentiated For K-5th Grade

Set 2 adds 28 WH conversation boards at four levels, moving from Where, When, Who and What starters to Which, Why, How and Do or Did, and finally to starters and comments students choose themselves.
Grades
Preschool–Pre-K, Grades 1–5, Elementary
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Updated Oct 02, 2026

Subject
Special Resources, Special Education Needs (SEN)
Topic
question starters, conversational skills
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"WH" Questions Activity Boards, Set 2

The "WH" Questions Activity Boards, Set 2, equips teachers with inclusive tools designed to refine students' conversational capabilities for Kindergarten to 5th grade. This approach is particularly helpful for learners who face struggles in expressing themselves or showing curiosity about others. Targeting this often overlooked component of communication will enhance pupils’ abilities to form more meaningful connections.

Diverse Proficiency Levels

The resource offers four proficiency tiers reflecting the complexity of varying question starters such as "Where", "When", and "Who". Teachers can comfortably blend these boards into their curriculum dependent on each student's progress and requirements using them in a number of settings including:

  • Whole-group sessions.
  • Small-focused groups.
  • Homework assignments.

In turn, this engaging structure promotes equal participation from all as they aim to ask one another questions related to given topics and simultaneously mark off the relevant question box on the board.

Eye-catching Visuals & Customization Feature

Besides being an effective learning tool, these activity boards also feature interesting visual designs that naturally attract students towards them. Additionally, it allows learners the chance to create personalized background designs thus driving motivation levels even higher.

Packed With Variety

This resource pack includes:

  • A total of 37 pages encapsulating four styles of boards in differing complexity levels - right from simple question starters reaching up till more challenging ones.
  • An additional bonus is the 'free choice' option where students can independently select which starter they wish to use.
  • Wide-ranging topic cards in both pictorial and textual versions, thus expanding this activity's scope even more.

Specially Tailored for Special Education Needs (SEN)

The key focus on SEN means it can serve students following an adapted syllabus as well proving the central theme of 'inclusivity' within this resource. The convenience of a readily usable digital file format (PDF) facilitates its easy incorporation into any teacher’s toolkit at hand regardless of the teaching scenario.

Bottom-Line: A Boost For Inquiry Skills

Leverage the power of the "WH" Questions Activity Boards to enrich your students’ questioning skills; fostering a shift from self-centric communication towards expressing interest in others - facilitating excellent education through excellent conversations!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Form questions about a shared topic using WH question starters
  • Keep a conversation going by asking questions and adding comments

Teaching tips

  • Print the boards on card stock and laminate them so students can mark starter words with dry-erase markers and wipe them clean between rounds.

Skills covered

  • Question formation — building questions from starter words printed around the board
  • Conversational turn-taking — asking peers questions and responding on a shared topic

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • WH questions
  • Question starters
  • Conversation skills
  • Topic maintenance

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