Where, When, Why and How is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on using text and image to answer across an event, aligned to Common Core standard RI.3.7. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Where, When, Why and How
RI.3.7
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Why Bread Rises
Yeast is alive. It is a fungus, and each grain of dried yeast holds millions of cells waiting for water.
Add warm water and the cells wake up. They begin to feed on the sugars in the flour.
As they feed, they give off carbon dioxide gas. The gas cannot escape, because kneading the dough has built a stretchy web of gluten that traps it. Thousands of tiny bubbles form, and the dough swells.
In the oven, two things happen. The trapped gas expands in the heat, so the loaf rises further. Then the heat kills the yeast and sets the gluten, and the bubbles are locked in place.
That is why bread has holes in it.
1. Put these in order: the gluten sets, the yeast feeds, the gas expands.
2. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
How a Canal Lock Works
A canal cannot run uphill. Where the land rises, engineers build a lock: a chamber with a gate at each end.
A boat going uphill enters the lock through the lower gate. The gate closes behind it.
Sluices in the upper gate are opened. Water flows in from the higher stretch of canal, and the boat rises with it. No pump is needed, because the water comes down by gravity.
When the water inside matches the level above, the upper gate can be opened and the boat moves on.
Going downhill, everything runs the other way: the water is let out, and the boat sinks with it.
1. Put these in order: the upper gate opens, the lower gate closes, the sluices open.
2. What would a diagram of a lock need to label?
LessonPrint · RI.3.7 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Where, When, Why and How
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The yeast feeds, the gas expands, the gluten sets. 2. Yeast cells feeding, gas bubbles in the gluten web, and the set bubbles in a baked loaf.
2.1. The lower gate closes, the sluices open, the upper gate opens. 2. The lower gate, the upper gate, the sluices, the chamber and the two water levels.
Questions about Where, When, Why and How
What does the Where, When, Why and How worksheet cover?
It practises using text and image to answer across an event — 2 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core RI.3.7: Use maps and photographs with the words to explain what happened. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Where, When, Why and How practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.7 — RI.3.7, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Where, When, Why and How is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on RI.3.7, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Where, When, Why and How come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Where, When, Why and How can I print?
25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Where, When, Why and How free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Where, When, Why and How, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RI.3.7
Use maps and photographs with the words to explain what happened.