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Asking Questions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Review the basics of forming questions with this resource. ESL learners can practice forming questions, answering yes and no inquiries, and asking how long something takes. This resource provides a comprehensive exploration of the topic.
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Scholastic

Comprehension During Independent Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Ideal for a language arts class, literary unit, or independent reading assignment, a set of reading worksheets address a wide array of skills. From poetic elements to nonfiction text features, you can surely find a valuable resource in...
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The Five W's!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore reading comprehension strategies. They discuss the story-grammar strategy. Students discuss the importance of comprehension. They discuss questions they should ask while reading a text. Students read a story and stop to...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

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

For Students 3rd - 5th
Your youngsters are just starting to read texts and pull out important information. Use this graphic organizer with any text to help them practice identifying the who, what, when, where, why, and how of a text. Although the format of the...
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Nonfiction Text: Comprehension Practice

For Students 7th - 10th
A New York Times article about a 15-year-old style maven who in 2011 launched the fashion magazine "Rookie," based on her blog, makes high-interest nonfiction reading for secondary learners. This page asks 9 comprehension questions...
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Questioning

For Teachers K - 2nd
Practice making predictions by looking at the cover of a book. You can use The Hungry Thing, as suggested here, or any other book you may be reading in class. Use the predictions to talk about good reading strategies. A chart is included...
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Reference Packet: Pronouns

For Students 5th - 7th
Pronouns, pronouns, pronouns! Review all of the different types of pronouns, and complete several practice opportunities. Read through the information with your class before sending them off to work on the packet independently. 
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Madison Public Schools

Journalism

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Whether you are teaching a newspaper unit in language arts, covering the First Amendment and censorship in social studies, or focusing on writing ethics in journalism, a unit based on the foundations of journalism would be an excellent...
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Bears' House Vandalized, Witnesses Say Blonde Girl Spotted Fleeing from the Scene

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore journalism. In this expository writing lesson, students read several newspaper articles and note common features. After reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jan Brett, students work with a partner to write a news...
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Lesson 8: Summarizing Information

For Students 5th - 7th
In this summarizing information worksheet, students read a featured article, summarize the article, identify the story's five W's and one H, and identify appropriate relevant facts.
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Sum It Up !!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice various comprehension strategies to generate the main idea of the text. They encounter unfamiliar concepts and new vocabulary in their quest of the main idea in "Watson's Goes to Burmingham." The Five W's (What, Where,...
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Basic Feature Interviewing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students act as reporters to develop interview skills. In this interview lessons, students develop the skills needed to use anecdotes and quotes to make an interview interesting. They practice asking questions over and above the 5 W's so...
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Family Titles, Pronouns, Writing about a Person

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
How is your grandmother related to you? How is your cousin related to your grandmother? Learn about family relationships and pronouns with an activity that guides pupils to write two short narratives about members of their families.
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Bainbridge Class

End of the Year Photo Writing Project

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Close out the school year with a look back at a specific event. You provide individuals with photos of themselves, and each pupil fills out the graphic organizer here to prepare for writing a paragraph about the memory depicted in the...
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Newsworthy Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review common fairy tales and work in teams to rewrite the fairy tales as news articles. They answer questions using the 5 Ws (who, what, where, when, why). Student articles include eye-catching headlines.
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Quiz 3B: Using Question Words

For Students 5th - 6th
In this question writing worksheet, students make questions that will fit each of 5 answers. Students also use the words: where, when, what time, why, who or what to begin 5 more questions. Note: There are no examples and the directions...
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Wh Questions (Who, What, Where, When)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this question words worksheet, pupils write the appropriate WH question for the underlined word in the first 8 sentences. Students then write the appropriate WH question that will have the stated sentence as an answer for the 5...
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Adjective Clauses Where/Which

For Students 6th - 8th
In this adjective clause worksheet, students find what is wrong with the 5 sentences and fix them. They then use the adjective clause to describe the object and subject and to complete 8 sentences.
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Adjective Clauses: Where / Which

For Students 7th - 9th
In this adjective clauses practice worksheet, students respond to 5 questions that require them to identify and fix adjective clause errors. Students also finish 4 sentence starters with adjective clauses and use adjective clauses to...
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Second Graders Create Their Own Social Studies Book (Part I, The 5Ws of the Constitution)

For Teachers 3rd
Students study the United States Constitution and create a year-long cumulative activity for social studies. In this social studies lesson, students complete activities throughout the year to learn the 5Ws for the United States...
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Worksheet Web

Burrowing Animals – Ground Squirrels

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Why do ground squirrels build their homes in the ground? What's so unique about these burrows? Have individuals read about this burrowing animal, and then respond to five short answer questions that assess their comprehension of the...
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Picture This

For Teachers K - 4th
A unique writing instructional activity, this plan begins with learners talking about multiculturalism in small groups. Each learner will choose a picture from a newspaper, describe it to their small group, and think about how it relates...
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Not So Personal Pronouns

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
There are six types of pronouns to explore! Put on your thinking hat and read about each type: demonstrative, indefinite, intensive, interrogative, and reflexive. This worksheet comes with two pages of explanations and examples, and it...
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Oxford University Press

Language Focus: Interrogative and Demonstrative Pronouns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Work on who, what, where, and how with several grammar activities. Additionally, kids complete sentences with demonstrative (relative) pronouns based on whether items are close or far away.

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