Students will learn the "5 W's and H questions" needed to comprehend a news story. Then students will apply these question words [who, what, where, why, when, and how] to real news stories and to events in their own lives.

This downloadable graphic organizer will assist students in taking notes about a news story. Students will use this resource to identify answers to the following five W's and H questions: What happened? Who was there? When did it happen?...

A tip sheet to help both students and adults learn how to test online content for validity.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a graphic organizer that helps students identify the 5 W's-- Who- What-When-Where-Why-- and How. This is helpful in summarizing reading selections, historical events and creating news...

This game focuses on identifying the who, what, when, where, and why, in short passages.

In this exercise/quiz, students select the correct answer to who, what, when, where, and why questions in short passages.

This site describes how a 5W poem is a good way to teach children to identify and focus on the five W's of a story or an event. Lesson plan indicated for 1st grade and above.

Woodward English: Questions Words uses pictures and words to answer the 5 W's and H questions.

Interactive lesson explains the content and organization of newspaper articles. Includes self-scoring exercises for practicing identifying the five W's (who, what, when, where, and why) in a series of brief news articles and a...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text giving facts about the Constitution of the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...

This five day theme unit for the Gingerbread Man is full of great ideas. It is suitable for children in preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary. From Language Arts to Math, this site has it all!

Do you know your news elements? Can you spot the most important one? This site helps you spot different kinds of leads, and which news element they emphasize. Includes an exercise for use in your own classroom.

This intervention emphasizes the importance of metacognitive or active reading strategies to improve comprehension. It directs students' attention on story structure by teaching them to ask five "wh" questions about the settings and...

An awesome collection of student-generated poetry about pumpkins. The site is fully illustrated with student work.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart clarifies the 5 W's of adverb usage. It is student friendly with a lot of interactive aspects.

This worksheet helps students understand the words we use to ask questions. [PDF]

On this interactive worksheet, students will complete questions with the correct question word. Students will type in one of following words or phrases into each sentence: who, what, where, why, when, or whose Students will then submit...

Kindergarten flash cards that have words and names with questions and some pictures on the flip sides.

Do you need practice remembering or learning different geometry vocabulary words and definitions? This word search is the web site for you! There is a link to a list of terms with definitions you can click if you want to see if you are...

Learn about Jane Jacobs, an activist who worked to save the neighborhoods of New York City in this video segment from New York Voices. [5:38]

Learn more about the theory that dogs evolved from wolves in this video from Nature. [5:03]

A third grade class in Wuhan province, China holds debates for the election of class monitor in this segment from Independent Lens. This is the first time education on democracy has been allowed in the city of Wuhan (most populace city...

Do you need practice learning and remembering your multiplication facts for the fives and sixes? This word search is the web site for you! There is a link to a list of the numbers being used so you can check your answer.