Kindergarden - Stories

96 Stories: Supplemental Guide 5B | The Bremen Town Musicians

 Syntactic Awareness Activity

Asking and Answering Questions Using What

Directions: Today we are going to practice answering questions that use

the question word what.

Note: There may be variations in the sentences created by your class.

Allow for these variations and restate students’ sentences so that they

are grammatical. If necessary, have students repeat the sentence.

1. We ask questions by using question words. When someone asks a
   question using the question word what, they are asking a question
   about things.
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   tree


2. What is down the road?
   
   
   • The house is down the road.
   
   
   
   


3. Which word in the question lets you know that I was asking about a
   thing?
   
   
   • what
   
   
   
   


4. What is up in the sky?
   
   
   • The moon is up in the sky.
   
   
   
   


5. Which word in the question lets you know that I was asking about a
   thing?
   
   
   • what
   
   
   
   


6. Work with your partner to ask and answer a question about the story
   “The Bremen Town Musicians” using question word what.


7. Now ask your partner a question about his/her favorite instrument or
   favorite song. Use the question word what.