1. Today, we will answer1 where questions.
Learning Objective Name _________________________
Today, we will answer1 where questions.
1 say something when you are asked a question
CFU
What are we going to do today?
What does answer mean? Answer means __________________.
Activate (or provide) Prior Knowledge
Where do you go after school?
Where do you go on the weekend?
CFU
Students, you were asked questions about the places you go. These questions are called where questions. Today, we will answer where questions.

2. A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Concept Development
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Examples:
Where is the book?
Where is the ball?
Where does Jimmy live?
Not an example of a where question:
What is your name?
Who is your teacher?
When you answer a when question, you answer a question about time.
When you answer a where question, you answer a question about a place.
CFU
Which sentence below is a where question? How do you know?
1. Where is my pencil?
2. What is my phone number?
Why is “What is my phone number?” not a where question? Explain your answer.

3. the stars in the sky. 3. Susie sits on the grass. 4. The
Skill Development/Guided Practice
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify2 the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine3 the correct answer. (circle)
2 find
3 figure out
1. At night, Susie goes outside. 2. She likes to look at
the stars in the sky. 3. Susie sits on the grass. 4. The
stars are very bright4.
4 full of light 25 words
1. Where are the stars?
a. The stars are on the grass.
b. The stars are in the sky.
c. Stars are very bright.
2. Where does Susie sit?
a. She sits on a chair.
b. Susie likes to look at the stars.
c. She sits on the grass.
CFU
(#1a) How did I/you identify which words to underline?

4. Skill Development/Guided Practice (continued)
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine the correct answer. (circle)
1. Mom and Mary walk to the beach. 2. They put their feet in the water. 3. They look for shells. 4. They sit on the sand and make sandcastles.
26 words
1. Where do Mom and Mary go?
a. They go to the lake.
b. Mom and Mary look for shells.
c. They go to the beach.
2. Where do Mom and Mary sit?
a. They sit on the shells.
b. They sit on the sand.
c. Mom and Mary sit on a bench.
CFU
(#1a) How did I/you identify which words to underline?

5. Relevance
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answering where questions will help you know where a story takes place.
1. We went to the beach.
2. We found seashells in the
sand. 3. Then we played in the
water.
Where did the story take place?
Answering where questions will help you tell about
where something happened to you.
1. My mom visited my school today. 2. We went to my classroom. 3. I showed her my artwork.
CFU
Does anyone else have another reason why it is relevant to answer where questions? (pair-share) Why is it relevant to answer where questions? You may give me one of my reasons or one of your own. Which reason is more relevant to you? Why?

6. food. 3. She eats grass all day. 4. Mary swims in the
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Skill Closure
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine the correct answer. (circle)
1. Mary is a lamb. 2. She goes to the field to find
food. 3. She eats grass all day. 4. Mary swims in the
river by the field words
1. Where does Mary go to find food?
a. Mary goes to the field to find food.
b. She eats grass all day.
c. Mary goes to the river to find food.
Constructed Response Closure
Jose asked his teacher “What time is recess?” Why is this not a where
question? Explain your answer.
Summary Closure
What did you learn today about asking where questions?

7. Independent Practice Name _______________________
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine the correct answer. (circle)
1. Grandma was in the kitchen. 2. She was making lunch. 3. Grandma put the sandwiches on the table.
4. Grandma poured us milk to drink.
22 words
1. Where was Grandma?
a. She was making lunch.
b. She was in the kitchen.
c. Grandma was pouring milk.
2. Where did Grandma put the sandwiches?
a. The sandwiches are on the plate.
b. Grandma poured us milk to drink.
c. The sandwiches are on the table.

8. 3. They fly out of the cave at night. 4. Some bats hunt
Independent Practice (continued)
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine the correct answer. (circle)
1. Bats live and sleep in caves1. 2. Bats sleep all day.
3. They fly out of the cave at night. 4. Some bats hunt
for bugs in trees.
1 big holes in the side of a mountain or under the ground words
1. Where do bats sleep?
a. They sleep in caves.
b. Bats sleep in trees.
c. Bats fly out of the cave at night.
2. Where do bats hunt for bugs?
a. They hunt for bugs in trees.
b. They hunt for bugs in caves.
c. Bats hunt for bugs while they
sleep.

9. 1. Sophie took her dog for a walk. 2. They went to the
Periodic Review Name _______________________
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine the correct answer. (circle)
1. Sophie took her dog for a walk. 2. They went to the
park. 3. They saw lots of other dogs. 4. Sophie’s dog
found a bird to chase. 5. Sophie’s dog found a ball next to
a tree.
34 words
1. Where did Sophie and her dog go?
a. They walked with other dogs.
b. They went to the park.
c. Sophie and her dog found a bird.
2. Where did Sophie’s dog find the ball?
a. He saw lots of other dogs.
b. He found it next to a bird.
c. He found it next to a tree.

10. 1. John went outside to look for bugs. 2. He saw
Periodic Review 1 (continued)
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine the correct answer. (circle)
1. John went outside to look for bugs. 2. He saw
three butterflies. 3. They were on a tree. 4. He saw red ants, too. 5. John saw a really long worm in the dirt.
30 words
1. Where were the butterflies?
a. The butterflies were in the dirt.
2. Where was the worm?
a. The worm was with the red
ants.
b. The worm was in a tree.
c. The worm was in the dirt.
b. The butterflies were on a tree.
c. They were on a flower.

11. Periodic Review 2 Name _____________________
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine the correct answer. (circle)
1. Anna went to the lake with her friends. 2. They went fishing. 3. Anna caught an enormous1 fish! 4. Anna and her friends had lunch in the park. 5. Anna had a
great day.
1 very big words
1. Where did Anna go?
a. Anna caught an enormous fish.
b. She went to school.
c. Anna went to the lake.
2. Where did Anna and her friends
have lunch?
a. They had lunch in the park.
b. They ate fish for lunch.
c. Anna and her friends had a great day.

12. 1. Juan and his family went to a farm. 2. Juan saw
Periodic Review 2 (continued)
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine the correct answer. (circle)
1. Juan and his family went to a farm. 2. Juan saw
chickens and horses. 3. Juan fed corn to the chickens.
4. Juan went to the stable1 to feed the horses. 5. Juan can’t wait to go back to the farm.
1 home for animals words
1. Where did Juan and his family go?
a. Juan saw chickens.
b. They went to a farm.
c. Juan and his family went to the fair.
2. Where did Juan feed the horses?
a. Juan fed corn to the chickens.
b. Juan fed them in the yard.
c. He fed them in the stable.

13. 1. Mario likes weekends. 2. He goes to the mall to get
Periodic Review Name _______________________
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine the correct answer. (circle)
1. Mario likes weekends. 2. He goes to the mall to get
ice cream. 3. He also goes to the zoo with his family. 4. Mario
has fun on Saturday and Sunday.
27 words
1. Where does Mario go to get ice cream?
a. He stays at home.
b. Mario goes to the zoo.
c. He goes to the mall.
2. Where does Mario go with his family?
a. They go to the zoo.
b. They go to the park.
c. Mario and his family have fun
on weekends.

14. Periodic Review 3 (continued)
A where question asks about a place or location of something.
Answer where questions.
Step #1: Read the question.
a. Identify the words that tell you what to look for. (underline)
Step #2: Read the text to find the answer to the question.
Step #3: Determine the correct answer. (circle)
1. Benny is a silly dog. 2. Every day, he goes to Main Street to chase cars. 3. Benny also follows the mailman.
4. Benny lives in a blue house. 5. At night, Benny goes home.
31 words
1. Where does Benny go to chase cars?
2. Where does Benny live?
a. He lives at the post office.
b. Benny lives on Main Street.
c. Benny lives in a blue house.
a. He goes to the post office.
b. He goes to Main Street.
c. Benny chases cars at home.

15. Content Access Strategies
EDI – Cognitive, Teaching and English Learners Strategies
Learning Objective :Today, we will answer where questions.
Cognitive Strategies
Teaching Strategies
Elaboration
Demonstration
Targeted vocabulary: answer, identify, determine
Language Strategies
Vocabulary Words
Academic
answer, identify, determine
Content
Support
caves, enormous, stable
Vocabulary
Strategy
Multiple-Meaning
Synonym
Definition
Homophone
Internal Context Clue
Listen, Speak
Similar Sounds
Read
Tracked Reading
Decoding Rules
Write
Writing
Content Access Strategies
Comprehensible Input
Cognates
Contextual Clues
Graphic Organizer
Contextualized Definitions
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