WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW DETECTIVES

Name: Skylee Watson

Grade Level: 4th
General Subject area: Reading
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Amount of time/length of teaching period: 45 minutes

Learning goal(s): This activity introduces the five Ws and one H that every story should
answer.

Content Standard(s) Lesson objective(s) Assessment method(s)

List state standards & What will students be able to Assessments must match
national standards by do? State in measurable, objectives.
number observable terms, identifying
what behavior will denote
mastery
ELA.2.1 Students will be able to answer The worksheet that will be
key ideas such questions as who, given by the teacher will assess
what, where, when, why, and if students can interpret the
how to demonstrate who, what, when, where, and
understanding of key details in how.
literary text when asked
ELA.2.4 I will also walk around and
Ask and answer such questions observe the students when they
as who, what, where, when, why, are working individually and in
and how to demonstrate their group.
understanding of key details in The students and I will also
informational text have a class discussion
National Standard(s): Read closely to determine
CCSS.ELA- what the text says
LITERACY.CCRA.R.1 explicitly and to make
logical inferences from it;
cite specific textual
evidence when writing or
speaking to support
conclusions drawn from
the text.
 Materials
List and include all material you AND the students will need.
Include ways in which you collaborated with others to enhance instruction.
Teacher Student
Print copies of the worksheet, one per pencils, scissors, glue/tape
student.

Design for Instruction:

Introduction: [How will you, the teacher, get students interested and engaged and connect
previous knowledge to the lesson?]

Development:
Learning Activities Differentiation
What will you do? What will students do? Include your teaching strategies, management strategies and transitions.
List how you will differentiate your
Include questions that engaged students in critical thinking and discussion lesson activities
For each learning activity indicate how long it will last in approximate minutes
You must state exactly what the teacher AND the student will be doing during EACH activity
One activity MUST include a technology component and highlight in yellow
The students will be
1. Divide students into small groups and hand out the papers and ask the students grouped with
to get their materials out. (5 minutes) classmates of the same
shoe size.

I will then tell the students: When reporters set out to cover a story, they must gather
some of the basic information of every event. They use the five Ws (who, what, when,
where, why) and one H (how) questions that you may be familiar with. In this activity,
you will analyze a story to see how the reporter did at answering the basic questions.
(10 minutes)
 For visual learners
Have students work individually, circling the places in the story where the six questions and kinesthetic
are answered. Then have them compare their results within their small group, come to a learners
consensus and cut up the story to fit the worksheet.

Note: There may be more than one answer to a question. For example, Barack Obama
is the obvious and crucial who in the election story, but John McCain is another
who in the story.

(20 minutes)

We will finish buy discussing the assignment as a class and then I will ask the class a Audio learners
few questions like:
Did the reporter do a god job communicating the basic details of the event?
Did he leave anything unanswered? What?
Did he ass unnecessary details? Which?

Closure: Next I will have the students create their own news report where they have to have a
who, what, when, where, and how.

Diverse learners: I will have a student read the story aloud so a student with who struggles with
reading may hear the story all I will have an audio book available for the student.

Appendices: "The Speed of News: The Six Big Questions." NewseumED. N.p., n.d. Web. 04
Apr. 2017. <https://newseumed.org/activity/the-speed-of-news-the-six-big-questions/>.