Preguntas: ¿cuándo? ¿por qué? ¿cómo?
Preguntas de inferencia y causa que requieren respuestas más largas.
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How to run it
Do the cuándo questions first, which need a time and are the most concrete, then por qué, which needs a reason, then cómo, which needs a whole procedure. That is the order of difficulty. The sandwich question is the hardest on the board — it requires an ordered sequence rather than a single answer, and it is the best one to spend real time on. Twelve minutes covers a subset properly.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentPresent the item and wait 5 seconds of quiet before helping.Log as correct
- HintReread the key sentence, or point back to the clue in the text or picture.Log as cued
- Two choicesOffer two answers, the right one not always second.Log as cued
- ModelThink aloud: say how you worked it out, then the student says the answer and why.Log as cued
Adjust it
Read it aloud to the student and offer two choices from the start.
Ask the student to say which words gave them the clue, not just the answer.
Matching IEP goal
Given short texts or spoken prompts, Student will make an inference and say which clue they used in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than an indirect cue.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
Twelve Spanish questions that need more than a one-word answer: ¿Cuándo desayunas? ¿Cuándo hay que pedir ayuda? ¿Por qué te pones un abrigo? ¿Por qué se cayó el vaso? ¿Cómo se hace un sándwich? ¿Cómo llegas a la escuela? ¿Cómo te sientes cuando alguien te ayuda? These three question words all demand explanation rather than identification, which is what makes them the harder set.
What to listen for
Listen for porque clauses in the answers. A child who answers ¿por qué te pones un abrigo? with hace frío has the reason and not the clause; porque hace frío is the target. Watch whether cómo questions get answered with a single step — a student who says con pan for how to make a sandwich has named an ingredient rather than described a process.
Carrying it home
These questions fit into any conversation in Spanish at home. Asking por qué and waiting for a full porque answer, rather than accepting a fragment, is the whole intervention.
What's in this activity
- ¿Cuándo desayunas?
- ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
- ¿Cuándo termina la escuela?
- ¿Cuándo hay que pedir ayuda?
- ¿Por qué te pones un abrigo?
- ¿Por qué se ríe el niño?
- ¿Por qué se cayó el vaso?
- ¿Cómo se hace un sándwich?
- ¿Cómo llegas a la escuela?
- ¿Cómo cuidas a una mascota?
- +2 more
Questions
- Is this board in Spanish?
- Yes, all twelve questions are Spanish. This page is in English so an English-speaking clinician can find and evaluate it.
- Do I need an account?
- No, it plays free in the browser.
- Why are these harder than quién, qué and dónde?
- Because they need explanation rather than identification. Quién and dónde can be answered by pointing; por qué and cómo require a clause or a sequence, which is a much larger language demand.
Use this board with your caseload
With a free account, every correct, cued and incorrect mark is saved to the student and scored against their IEP goal, with the data written up for you. Assign it as home practice through the parent portal.
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