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Lesson Plan

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

Do you have students who are constantly asking what, who, where, why, how, and when? It's your turn to ask now! Have them read various stories and ask them to answer these questions in this lesson.
Need extra help for EL students? Try the Asking Questions and Finding Answers and All About the 5 W's pre-lessons.
Grades:
First Grade
Second Grade
Subjects:
English Language Arts
Reading
Reading Comprehension
Comprehension Questions
View aligned standards
RL.1.1
RL.1.2
RL.1.3
RL.2.1
RL.2.2
RL.2.3
SL.1.2
Need extra help for EL students? Try the Asking Questions and Finding Answers and All About the 5 W's pre-lessons.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to ask and answer who, when, where, how, why, and what questions to show understanding of key details in a text.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Ask your students if they know what the 5 W's are. Write them on the board if they come up with the correct answer. Add the ones that they didn't come up with on the board.
  • Give examples of each from a story that you have recently read in class.

Beginning

  • Have ELs turn to a partner to repeat the 5 W's.

Intermediate

  • Have ELs turn to a partner to give examples from a book read in class. Provide a sentence frame, such as, "In ________, the who was ________."