HebrewGrade 2ages 7–8
📖 Who what where
Reading comprehension questions like "who," "what," and "where" each ask for a different kind of answer — and young readers often swap them, naming a place when asked who acted.
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Download on the App StoreWhat your child learns
- Who = the person or animal that acts.
- What = what happened, or what is touched.
- Where = the place.
- Read both sentences before you answer.
The mistake most kids make here
Answering with a place when asked who, or the reverse.
Try one question
Who sat
- the cat
- the milk
- the rug
Answer
the cat — That's it. The cat is who. The rug is where. The milk is what.
How Maya teaches it
Your child tells Maya what they did in class. She teaches this topic at her desk, asks questions with tappable answers, and when the answer is wrong she explains why that answer was tempting instead of saying “try again”. She remembers what did not land and comes back to it.
Your child has it when they can: After a short story — say who, what, where.
How to help at home
"Who" always wants a person or animal; "where" always wants a place; "what" wants an action or object. Keeping those three boxes separate, out loud, is the whole skill at this stage.
Tell a two-sentence story together: "The cat sat on the rug. He drank milk." Ask all three questions one at a time — who sat? where did he sit? what did he drink? — and have your child point to the exact word in the story that answers each one.
When your child answers "who" with "the rug" (a place) or "where" with "the cat" (a person), ask them: "is that a person, or a place?" first, before asking them to try the question again. Sorting the answer type comes before finding the right word.
A sign they've got it: after any short story, they answer who, what, and where correctly on the first try, without needing the person/place/thing sorting question.
Questions parents ask
- Why does my child mix up who and where?
- Both questions can be answered with a single word pulled from the story, and a young reader may grab the first noun that comes to mind rather than checking whether it's a person or a place.
- How do I explain the difference between who, what, and where simply?
- Who is a person or animal doing something; where is the place it happens; what is the action or thing involved. Practicing with real, short stories makes the three categories concrete.
- What age should a child master who, what, where questions?
- Most children build this steadily through first and second grade, especially with regular practice on short stories read at home or school.
- How does Maya teach who, what, where comprehension?
- Maya asks the child to identify whether an answer is a person, place, or thing before matching it to the right question word, so the categories become automatic.
No card needed. The first lesson is free.
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Sources: Israeli Ministry of Education – Hebrew language curriculum, elementary (in Hebrew)