The Mysterious Hound of Askerville

The Mysterious Hound of Askerville

Ages 5–8 · 14 minutes · English, Stories

Grab your magnifying glass and your thinking cap, because a mystery is afoot in the town of Askerville!

Grab your magnifying glass and your thinking cap, because a mystery is afoot in the town of Askerville! Look for clues, interview key witnesses, and solve the crime with your pal, Sherlock!

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • D4.1.K-2 — Individually and with others, students use writing, visualizing, and speaking to… Construct an argument with reasons.
  • D4.5.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Ask and answer questions about explanations.

Alabama

  • ELA21.1.12 — Ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words and phrases in discussions and/or text.
  • ELA21.1.22 — Ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts.
  • ELA21.1.3 — Ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify information to confirm understanding in response to information presented in audible, text, or digital format.

Alaska

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Arizona

  • 1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • 1.RL.1 — Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, why, when, and how about key details in a text.
  • K.SL.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Identify questions and make predictions based on prior experiences.

Arkansas

  • 1.RC.1.RF — Ask questions about key details in a text.
  • 1.RC.2.RF — Answer questions about key details in a text.
  • 2.RC.2.RF — Answer questions about key details in a text.

California

  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Colorado

  • RWC20-GR.1-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a.i — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • RWC20-GR.1-S.4-GLE.1-EO.c — With peers, use a variety of resources (for example: direct observation, trade books, texts read aloud or viewed) to answer questions of interest through guided inquiry.
  • RWC20-GR.2-S.4-GLE.1-EO.c — Identify a specific question and gather information for purposeful investigation and inquiry.
  • RWC20-GR.K-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b.i — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Connecticut

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • RL.K.4 — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Delaware

  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Florida

  • SC.K.N.1.5 — Recognize that learning can come from careful observation.
  • SC.K2.CS-CS.2.2 (Discontinued after 2024-2025) — Solve age-appropriate problems (e.g., puzzles and logical thinking programs) with or without technology (i.e., computational thinking).
  • ELA.K.V.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words in grade-level content.
  • SC.K2.CS-CP.1.3 (Discontinued after 2024-2025) — Propose a solution to a problem or question based on an analysis of the data and critical thinking, individually and collaboratively.

Hawaii

  • 1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • 1.RL.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • K.SL.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Idaho

  • 1.ODC.OC.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • 1.ODC.OC.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
  • 1.VD.WB.1a — Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems. (K-ESS-2.2)

Illinois

  • AQDP-P1 — Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
  • SS.K-2.IS.3 — With guidance and support gather relevant information from multiple sources to analyze information.
  • SS.K-2.IS.6 — With guidance and support, reflect on one’s inquiry process and findings.
  • SS.K-2.IS.1 — Create questions that are relevant to self as they relate to the content of the Social Science Standards.

Indiana

  • 1.RC.4 — Make and confirm predictions about what will happen next in a story.
  • 1.CC.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says to clarify something that is not understood.
  • 3.RC.1 — Ask and answer questions to demonstrate comprehension of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. (E)

Iowa

  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • RL.2.1 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details using evidence from the text.
  • Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).

Kansas

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • RL.K.4 — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Kentucky

  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • Ask and/or identify questions that can be answered by an investigation.

Louisiana

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Maine

  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
  • Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
  • SL.2.1.a — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.2.K.b — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, gather information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Maryland

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Massachusetts

  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • RL.K.4 — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
  • RL.PK.7 — With prompting and support, make predictions about what happens next in a picture book after examining and discussing the illustrations.

Michigan

  • Individually and collaboratively, students gather relevant information from one or two sources while using the origin and structure to guide their selection.
  • Individually and collaboratively, students construct an argument with reasons.
  • Individually and collaboratively, students construct explanations using correct sequence and relevant information.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Minnesota

  • 0.3.1.1.1 — Describe spatial information depicted in simple drawings and pictures. For example: While looking at a picture, the student says, "The boy is in front of the house. The house is at the edge of the woods." Other words describing spatial information in a picture include up, down, left, right, near, far, back, in front of.
  • 1.1.4.1 — Ask and answer questions including who, what and where to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text; retell key details.

Mississippi

  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • RL.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • RL.K.4 — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Missouri

  • 1.R.1.A.c — seeking clarification and locating facts and details about stories and other texts
  • 1.R.3.C.a — ask and answer questions to clarify meaning
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • 2.R.2.A.a — describe the setting, problems, solutions, sequence of events (plot), and big idea or moral lesson

Montana

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.1.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
  • L.1.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships (e.g., because).

Nebraska

  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • K.D.1.b — Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.
  • LA.1.RP.6 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a literary text.
  • LA.K.W.1.e — Use interrogatives to ask questions.

Nevada

  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

New Hampshire

  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

New Jersey

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).

New Mexico

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • RI.1.4 — Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.

New York

  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
  • Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
  • Simple tests can be designed to gather evidence to support or refute student ideas about causes.
  • Ask and/or identify questions that can be answered by an investigation.

North Carolina

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • I.1.1 — Identify inquiry as a process to answer questions and solve issues.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

North Dakota

  • 1.R.2 — Ask and answer questions about a variety of texts, genres, photographs, or illustrations before, during, and after shared reading or other text-listening experiences to compare, contrast, predict, or infer.
  • 2.R.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details before, during, and after reading a variety of literary and informational texts to compare, contrast, predict or infer.
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.

Ohio

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented in various media and other formats (e.g., orally).
  • SL.1.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
  • CCRA.R.1 — Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • RL.K.4 — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Oklahoma

  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems (K.LS1.1, K.ESS2.1, 1.ESS1.1)
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • Use evidence (e.g., measurements, observations, patterns) to construct or support an explanation or design a solution to a problem.
  • Make predictions based on prior experiences.

Oregon

  • 1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • 1.SL.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
  • K.L.1d — Understand and use question words.
  • K.SL.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Pennsylvania

  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • CC.1.3.1.B — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • CC.1.5.K.C — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Rhode Island

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

South Carolina

  • ELA.K.C.9.1 — Ask and answer questions in conversation on a topic.
  • ELA.2.R.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about print and non-print sources to narrow or broaden thinking.
  • ELA.K.C.8.1 — Participate with peers and adults in structured discussions and routines about grade-appropriate topics and texts: a. enter a conversation by greeting, taking turns, and responding to others with statements, phrases, and/or questions; and b. consider the ideas of others while engaging in conversations.
  • ELA.1.AOR.6.1a.INIS — Indicator Insights: Main story elements can include characters, settings, and important events.

South Dakota

  • 1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud, information presented orally, or through other media.
  • K.SL.2 — Confirm understanding from a source of information by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
  • K.SL.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Tennessee

  • 1.SL.CC.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
  • 1.SL.CC.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • K.SL.CC.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • 1.RL.KID.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Texas

  • 2.6F — make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
  • 1.13.C — identify and gather relevant sources and information to answer the questions with adult assistance;
  • 1.3C — listen actively to others' explanations to identify important evidence and engage respectfully in scientific discussion.

Utah

  • 1.R.5 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (RL & RI)
  • K.R.8 — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. (RL & RI)

Vermont

  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • D4.1.K-2 — Individually and with others, students use writing, visualizing, and speaking to… Construct an argument with reasons.

Virginia

  • 1.RL.1.D — Generate predictions about story characters and events using the text.
  • 1.RL.1.A — Retell familiar stories sequentially and demonstrate an understanding of the story structure, the central message or lesson, and the details.
  • 1.RL.1.C — Ask and answer literal (who, what, when, where) or inferential (how, why) questions about what is read.
  • 1.RV.1.A — Discuss meanings of words in context from a variety of texts.
  • K.1.b.i — Make observations to collect data.

Washington

  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
  • SSS2.1.1 — Explain how questions are used to find out information.

Washington, D.C.

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
  • Make predictions based on prior experiences.

West Virginia

  • ELA.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a literary text.
  • ELA.2.1 — Ask and answer key ideas such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in literary text
  • Develop questions through investigations.
  • ELA.K.7 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a literary text.

Wisconsin

  • ELA.1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • ELA.1.SL.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
  • SS.Inq3.c.e — Explain how evidence supports a claim for a class inquiry.
  • SS.Inq4.a.e — Communicate conclusions.

Wyoming

  • RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
  • Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems
  • RL.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • RL.K.4 — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.