Asking and Answering Questions — Grade 3
Watch It · Read It · Prove It.
Your 3rd grade English learners can answer a question out loud, but when they have to write it and prove it with the text, they get stuck. This lesson breaks the skill into small, visible steps: one question word at a time, a model, practice asking, practice answering, and then proof from the paragraph.
Watch It first: start with the free video lesson. Sofia & Canela ask and answer questions about a story (about 4 minutes). The link is on the Start Here page.
What's inside
- Start Here guide with one-click "Make a copy" buttons for the Google Slides and Google Form
- Google Slides: 2 lessons, 64 slides with click reveals and speaker notes
- Student packet (16 pages): 2 original illustrated texts (a story and an informational text) with numbered paragraphs, a 2-page question organizer, Practice 1–3, 2 extra practice texts, and a "How did I do?" self-check
- Google Form Check-Up: 2 new texts, 16 questions, self-grading (18 points)
- Teacher guide: 6-session plan, answer keys, scoring rubric, rubric for student-written questions, mastery tracker, and next teaching steps
- Free video lesson: Sofia & Canela
Learning target: I can ask and answer questions using Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How, and show where I found the answer.
Language objective: I can say, then write, a complete-sentence answer and name the paragraph that proves it.
Made for ESL small groups, reading intervention, and tutoring. Original stories and texts.
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