The Keys

What They Did Not Know · Read this one out loud · Page 1 of 2

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DIRECTIONS: Read it aloud, twice. Don't explain: the questions do that.
1A grown-up reads the story out loud, twice
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2Draw it in the box
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3Turn over: 4 questions to ask

Dad put his keys on the table. Then he went upstairs to find his shoes.

While he was gone, Mom picked the keys up. She put them on the hook by the door, because that is where keys go.

Then Dad came back down.

He looked on the table. The keys were not there. He looked under the newspaper. He looked on the chair. He looked on the table again.

Mom was in the kitchen. She could not see him looking.

“Has anybody seen my keys?” said Dad.

Draw Dad looking, and the keys where they really are.

The Keys — Ask These

What They Did Not Know · The child answers out loud · Page 2 of 2

DIRECTIONS: Ask in order. Write down their exact words.
Stuck on 3? Ask 2 again.
  1. Where did Dad put his keys?
  2. Mom moved the keys to the hook. What did Dad not know?
  3. So when Dad came back down, where did he think his keys were?
  4. What would Dad do if Mom came in and told him where she put them?