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Which bag is red?
question clue
Notice the describing word before answering.
Example: The red bag is this one.
Grade 3
Reading clues in short questions
Read short questions and look for the clue word that helps you choose the right answer.
Category: Small Words
8 min
Confident
This helps children notice how one or two key words carry the meaning in a sentence.
Read and think
Open one card at a time, read the text together, and use the audio button when hearing the line once helps.
Read and think
Text card
Why is the floor wet?
question clue
Look for the reason clue in the sentence.
Example: The floor is wet because of the rain.
Read and think
Text card
When do we eat lunch?
question clue
Look for the time clue.
Example: We eat lunch in the afternoon.
Try a worksheet next
These printables match this lesson's stage and theme, so a child can move from screen practice to calm hands-on work.
Clue questions and full answers
A Grade 3 reading worksheet for using clue words in questions to build fuller answers.
Inference and opinion questions
A Grade 3 reading sheet for answering what-do-you-think and why-do-you-think-so questions.
The little seed became a flower
A Grade 3 picture-story writing worksheet where children turn four picture clues into a full story.
More in this topic
These next steps stay in the same stage so the child does not get sent backward.
Short phrases to full ideas
Grow from short reading phrases into full ideas with a little more detail and meaning.
Meaning from reason and position words
Use clue words like because, beside, behind, before, and after to understand a fuller sentence accurately.
Question clues to full answers
Read slightly richer questions and answer them using the clue words in the question itself.