1. Reporting: Just the Facts, Ma’am!

2. What do we need to know? Who? Who else?
What happened? What did you do?
Where?
When? How many times? Did it stop?

3. WHY? Why would we need to answer all of these questions?
Here’s another question word:
WHY?
Why would we need to answer all of these questions?

4. “Mike hit George!” Let’s find out why…
What do we know? What do we need to know?
What do you think happened?

5. Mike
George
If you don’t know where, when, how often and who else, you would think
something very different happened …

6. “Ava fell down and hurt her arm!”
Let’s try another…
“Ava fell down and hurt her arm!”
What do we know? What do we need to know?
What do you think happened?

7. Ava

8. “Rose kept kicking Olivia in school!”
What do we know? What do we need to know?
What do you think happened?

9. Olivia
Rose

10. “Kaitlyn got cut!” What do we know? What do we need to know?
What do you think happened?

11. Kaitlyn

12. “He pushed me!” Let’s try another…
What do we know? What do we need to know?
What do you think happened?

13. Me
Him

14. Why would we need to answer all of these questions?
So let’s ask again:
WHY?
Why would we need to answer all of these questions?

15. Without this information …
Who? Who else?
What happened? What did you do?
Where?
When? How many times? Did it stop?
We are missing important parts of the story!

16. Images from google, Boardmaker and Excel
Check your facts:
Images from google, Boardmaker and Excel