Question WordsThe six words that start a question — and what each one is asking for.1st GradeEach question word asks for a different kind of answer.WordAsks aboutExample answerWhoa personmy sisterWhata thinga red bikeWherea placein the gardenWhena timeafter teaWhya reasonbecause it rainedHowa way of doingvery carefullyEvery question ends with a question mark. Five of the six begin with wh.Question Wordslearnposters.com
Question Words — printable literacy wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Question Words poster

A 6-row table: Word · Asks about · Example answer.

Each question word asks for a different kind of answer.

Every question ends with a question mark. Five of the six begin with wh.

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What’s on the Question Words (1st Grade) poster?
A 6-row table: Word · Asks about · Example answer. Each question word asks for a different kind of answer. Who — a person — my sister; What — a thing — a red bike; Where — a place — in the garden; When — a time — after tea; Why — a reason — because it rained; How — a way of doing — very carefully. Every question ends with a question mark. Five of the six begin with wh.
Who is the Question Words (1st Grade) poster for?
Question Words (1st Grade) is filed under 1st Grade (ages 6–7), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Question Words (1st Grade) poster?
After a story, ask one question with each word. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Question Words (1st Grade) belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Question Words (1st Grade)?
Adjectives, Two-Letter Starts and The CH Sound sit alongside Question Words (1st Grade) in the 1st Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AdjectivesTwo-Letter StartsThe CH Sound
Is the Question Words (1st Grade) poster free to download and print?
Yes. Question Words (1st Grade) downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 1st Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Question Words (1st Grade) poster print at?
Question Words (1st Grade) is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Question Words (1st Grade) loses nothing.Printing guide

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