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Week 01 · Question Detectives

Story Hunt

Story Hunt: question detectives
// Who, what, where, when, why and how
⏱ about 15 min

Saturday: Story Hunt

Chris the Coyote waves from the trail. "It is Story Hunt day!"

"Find any book at home or at the library," says Ferris.

"Read it with a grown-up. Then ask the six question words."

"See how many answers you can find," says Chris.

  1. Who asks about a person or an animal.
  2. What asks about a thing or an event.
  3. Where asks about a place. When asks about time.
  4. Why asks for a reason. How asks the way.
  5. Good readers look back at the words to find answers.
◇ STORY HUNT
Pick any story book with a grown-up.
Read it together, or listen as they read.
Take turns asking who, what, where and when questions.
Then ask one why question and one how question.
Look back at the pages to find each answer.
HUNT CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
You want to know the place. Which word do you use?
You want to know the time. Which word do you use?
You cannot find an answer. What do you do?
SentenceTrue or false?
Who asks about a person or an animal.?
When asks about a place.?
Why asks for a reason.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEWhen asks about time. Where asks about a place.
Draw your favorite part of the book you read.
For a grown-up
Ask questions that send your child back to the page.
Is an answer a guess? Say: Show me where it says that.
Praise the looking back, not just the right answer.

Happy hunting! Next week we learn the parts of a story.

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