Can Teach
Can Teach: How to Write a 5 W Poem
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Five W's
[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...
Education Development Center
Education Development Center: Tv411: Reading Structure of a News Story
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...
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Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: 5 Ws Chart [Pdf]
This site from Houghton Mifflin Company provides a simple, reproducible chart to help students gather details of Who, What, When, Where, and Why. This could be used as a reading comprehension tool, or as prewriting for expository writing.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: 5 W's Diagrams
Enchanted Learning provides several examples of graphic organizers that can be used for gathering Who, What, Where, When, and Why information, either for reading comprehension or prewriting. These template suggestions can only be printed...
Quia
Quia: Rags to Riches: The Five W's: Version 2
In this exercise/quiz, students select the correct answer to who, what, when, where, and why questions in short passages.
Quia
Quia: Rags to Riches: The Five W's: Version 1
This game focuses on identifying the who, what, when, where, and why, in short passages.
Other
Woodward English: Questions Words
Woodward English: Questions Words uses pictures and words to answer the 5 W's and H questions.
Other
Writing Effective Leads
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.
Read Works
Read Works: Our Constitution
[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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Adverbs
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart clarifies the 5 W's of adverb usage. It is student friendly with a lot of interactive aspects.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sea Creatures
This video segment from Nature features various sea creatures. [5:52]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Jane Jacobs
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]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bamboo Mountain
In this video segment from Nature, researchers study pandas in an effort to halt their decline in population. [5:37]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Social and Historical Perspectives of Dogs
Learn more about the theory that dogs evolved from wolves in this video from Nature. [5:03]
Other
Dorling Kindersley: Question Words [Pdf]
This worksheet helps learners understand the words we use to ask questions. [PDF]
TES Global
Blendspace: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
An eleven-part learning module with links to websites, an image, and a video about using questioning skills to research and write about one's family history.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Kindergarten
Kindergarten flash cards that have words and names with questions and some pictures on the flip sides.
DLTK
Kidzone: Gingerbread Man Theme Unit
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!
Quia
Quia: Geometric Terms Word Search
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...
Quia
Quia: Multiplication Madness Fives & Sixes
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.