Master Who, What, Where Questions in Reading

You will learn to use special question words that help you find information. The word "who" helps you find people in your reading. The word "what" helps you discover things, actions, or objects. The word "where" tells you about places and locations in the text.

When you practice questioning key text details, you become a better reader. You can find answers by looking carefully at the words and sentences in your books.

You will learn to find proof for your answers right in the text you read. This proof is called text evidence, and it shows that your answer is correct. When you point to specific words or sentences, you are finding evidence to answer questions.

You can also use pictures to help tell the story and find more information. Pictures and illustrations give you extra clues about who, what, and where details.

Who: A question word you use to ask about people in the story, like "Who is the main character?"

What: A question word you use to ask about things, actions, or objects, like "What did they find?"

Where: A question word you use to ask about places and locations, like "Where did they go?"

When: A question word you use to ask about time, like "When did it happen?"

Detail: A small piece of information that helps you understand more about the story

Key Information: The most important facts you need to answer questions about what you read

Text Evidence: The exact words from your book that prove your answer is right

Main Idea: What the whole text is mostly about - the biggest message

You will practice finding who, what, and where answers in different types of texts. Start with simple stories about children exploring nature or visiting places like libraries and gardens. Look for specific people, actions, and locations mentioned in each sentence.

You can also practice using text features for information like headings, captions, and pictures to help answer your questions. These features give you extra clues about the important details.

You have already learned about reading with purpose and reading strategies to decode, predict and monitor. These skills help you understand what you read and prepare you for answering questions.

You also know about finding key details and messages and main story elements. These skills work together to help you find who, what, and where information more easily.

This topic connects to many other reading skills you will learn. You will use evidence for answering who questions and find evidence in text to support your answers with proof from what you read.

You will also learn about using context clues while reading and finding word meanings in text to understand difficult words. These skills help you comprehend more of what you read.

Later, you will advance to answer questions using text evidence and answering questions using text evidence with more complex texts and deeper thinking skills.