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Week 01 · Question Detectives

Monday

Who, what and where
// Who, what, where, when, why and how
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Who, what and where

Chris the Coyote sits on the Story Stump. The feather in his hat waves in the breeze.

"Welcome to the Story Trail!" says Chris. "Good readers ask questions."

Ferris the Fox opens his basket of books. "Then they look back to find the answers," he says.

"Let us be question detectives," says Chris.

Learn it: question words

A question word tells you what to look for.

Read this: Lucy sat on a daisy in the sun.

Ferris asks: Where did Lucy sit? He looks back. On a daisy!

  • Who asks about a person or an animal.
  • What asks about a thing or an event.
  • Where asks about a place.
WHICH QUESTION WORD?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which word asks about a place?
Which word asks about a person or an animal?
Which word asks about a thing?

Read it

Read it
The Lost Kite
Rosie the Rabbit had a red kite with a long tail.
On Monday morning, she took it to Sunny Hill.
The wind blew hard, and the kite flew high.
Then the string slipped out of her paws!
The kite sailed over the hill and into the trees.
Rosie hopped after it as fast as she could.
She found Donnie the Deer under a tall oak tree.
"Your kite is up there," Donnie said softly.
Donnie reached up and gently pulled the string down.
"Thank you!" said Rosie, with a big smile.
Then they flew the kite together all morning.
CHECK IT: THE LOST KITE
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who had a red kite?
Where did Rosie take her kite?
What slipped out of her paws?
Where was the kite stuck?
SentenceTrue or false?
The kite was red.?
The wind did not blow.?
Donnie pulled the string down.?
Rosie went home sad.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEThe wind blew hard. Rosie smiled and flew the kite with Donnie.
PUT THE LOST KITE IN ORDER
  • What happened first?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
DETECTIVE QUESTIONS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who helped Rosie get her kite back?
What color was the kite?
What did Rosie say to Donnie?
Try it
Read The Lost Kite to a grown-up.
Ask your grown-up one who question about it.
Then let them ask you one where question.
Draw Sunny Hill with the red kite up high.

Word Spot: always, around

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Always: A-L-W-A-Y-S.

Around: A-R-O-U-N-D.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
I ___ say thank you.
The Earth goes ___ the Sun.

Great detective work! Tomorrow we ask when questions.