Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.

Use this resource with your students to practice not only identifying the problem and solution in a text, but also the character’s attempts at solving the problem.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problems and Solutions in Fiction.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Problems and Solutions in Fiction.

Use an open-ended graphic organizer to help your students identify the problem and solution in three stories.

Use this resource to organize the different ways a character tries to solve a problem in a fiction text.

Learn all about conflict in literature and how it makes the story possible in this conflict in literature worksheet.