Who What When Where Why How Activity
This who what when where why how activity is a newspaper card game for 1st to 3rd grade that builds key detail skills, with a practice page. Answer key included.
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Description
Good readers ask questions while they read: who is it about, what happened, when and where did it happen, why, and how? This Who What When Where Why How Activity turns those six questions into a newspaper reporter game for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students, so they learn to find the key details in any text.
Students read a story from The Hometown News, like the class bake sale or the ducks that crossed Main Street. They lay out the six megaphone Question Cards, then pick up a News Flash clipping card and decide which question it answers. Each clipping matches exactly one question, so the game checks itself with the answer key. This key details reading game works well in small groups, literacy centers or partner practice, and a practice worksheet follows with a new news story and six questions to answer in writing.
What’s Included
- A colorful cover and a How to Use page with prep steps and game rules
- 6 megaphone Question Cards
- 12 News Flash clipping cards for two stories
- The Hometown News page with two short news stories
- A 2nd grade practice worksheet: read a news story and answer who, what, when, where, why and how
- Answer keys for the game and the practice worksheet
Why This Who What When Where Why How Activity Helps Kids
First, sorting clippings under question words shows students exactly what kind of answer each question needs. Second, the newspaper theme makes reading feel like a real reporter’s job, which keeps students curious. Third, the practice page moves students from matching to writing their own answers with words from the text, the skill reading tests ask for.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Read each story aloud first and act it out as a news report. Let partners take turns asking a question word and finding the matching clipping. After the game, have students write their own short news story about something at school and trade it with a friend to answer the six questions.
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