Restate the Question – Writing Practice

Help students turn questions into complete answer sentences. Two practice worksheets focus on restating the question, with a key for reviewing responses.
Grades
Grades 2–5, Elementary
Pages
5
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Mar 02, 2023

Subject
ELA, Writing
Topic
Restate the Question, Complete Sentences
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
Answer key
Included

Product description

From the author

This product is great for teaching students how to restate the question when answering a question. It could be completed whole group as a mini lesson. Or, it could be used as an extension to something you already do. It could be extra practice, or it could even be a quick assessment.

Do you want your students to answer a question fully and completely? Then this product will help.

This activity could be introduced in 2nd grade, and it could be extra practice in grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Answering a question in a complete sentence is an important skill for students to know. Giving them practice with simple questions like these, will help them become better at it. By restating the question in their answer, it helps ensure that students are staying on topic for what the question is asking.

There is an answer key included. Please note that students could restate the questions in different ways. If their answers don't match mine completely, it still could be correct. You will need to check their answers to see if it meets the criteria.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Use relevant words from a question to begin an answer.

  • Write a complete sentence that directly answers the question.

Teaching tips

  • Model how to keep useful words from a question while changing its sentence structure.

  • Have students reread an answer on its own to check that it makes sense.

  • Accept alternate wording when it forms a complete, accurate answer.

Skills covered

  • Sentence construction: turn question wording into a statement.

  • Response clarity: include enough context for the answer to make sense.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Is an answer key included?

Yes. Use the key as a checking guide while accepting other correctly worded complete sentences.

What writing skill does this practice?

Students practice restating a question within a complete answer sentence.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Restating a question

  • Complete answer sentences

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