Master Finding Evidence to Answer Who Questions in Stories

When you read stories, you often need to answer questions about who did something. You will learn to find evidence in text that helps you identify characters and people. Finding the right clues makes answering "who" questions much easier and more accurate.

"Who" questions ask about people or characters in stories. You might see questions like "Who built the snowman?" or "Who went to the museum?" These questions want you to identify which person did an action.

To answer these questions correctly, you need to look for evidence in the text. Evidence means clues and information that prove your answer is right.

You can find evidence by looking for specific details in stories. When you read about characters doing things, the text usually tells you their names. For example, if a story says "Rosa has a gray rabbit," then Rosa is the person who owns the rabbit.

Look for action words that connect to character names. If you read "Tim took a picture of the penguin," you know Tim is the one who took the picture. The story gives you this evidence directly.

Sometimes you need to look at multiple sentences to find your answer. You might read about someone finding something, and then the next sentence tells you who that person was.

Evidence: Clues and information in a story that help you prove your answer is correct.

Character: A person or animal in a story who does things and has adventures.

Clues: Hints in the text that help you figure out answers to questions about the story.

Narrator: The person who tells the story to you, sharing all the adventures and events.

Action: Something a character does in a story, like running, building, or finding something.

Footprints: Marks left behind that show someone was there, often used as clues in stories.

When you find evidence, you can use it to support your answer. If someone asks "Who found the mango?" and the story says "Nora found a ripe mango in the garden," then Nora is your answer. The story gives you the evidence you need.

You can also look for evidence by noticing what characters say or do. If a story mentions someone's actions, like drawing or exploring, that helps you identify who did those things.

Before learning about evidence for who questions, you practiced questioning key text details and finding key details and messages. You also learned about making inferences using stated info and identifying main topics in text.

These skills help you understand how to detect evidence behind author claims and find important information in stories.

Learning to find evidence for who questions connects to many other reading skills. You will also practice finding evidence in text and finding facts to back up answers for different types of questions.

This skill helps you learn to support claims with evidence and use evidence to support ideas. You will also practice answering who what where questions and asking text comprehension questions.

As you get better at finding evidence, you will learn making inferences using text evidence and connecting key details across paragraphs. These skills prepare you for answering questions using text evidence and demonstrating text comprehension through questions.