Reading a Grade 1 Story is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on reading a whole Grade 1 story and answering across it, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.10. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Ravi had a wobbly tooth. He pushed it with his tongue all through lunch. It hurt a little, and he did not want to eat.
His friend Nell sat down beside him. "Mine came out last week," she said. "It only wobbles for a few days."
Ravi felt better. He ate his sandwich on the other side of his mouth. That night the tooth came out on his pillow.
1. What kind of friend is Nell? How do you know?
2. What was wrong with Ravi?
3. Where did the tooth come out?
4. What does this story show about a worry?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Jar of Shells
Every summer, Ivy filled a jar with shells from the beach. The jar sat on her windowsill all winter.
One day her little brother knocked the jar off the sill. It did not break, but the shells rolled everywhere. Ivy felt hot and cross. Then she saw that Ben was crying.
"It was an accident," she said. "Help me find them." They crawled under the bed together. They found every shell but one.
1. Who knocked the jar off the sill?
2. What did Ivy collect in her jar?
3. How did Ivy feel just after the jar fell?
4. What made Ivy change how she acted?
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Answer key — Reading a Grade 1 Story
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Kind and helpful — she told him it only wobbles for a few days. 2. He had a wobbly tooth. 3. On his pillow, that night. 4. A worry gets smaller when somebody who has been through it explains it.
2.1. Her little brother, Ben. 2. Shells from the beach. 3. Hot and cross. 4. She saw that Ben was crying.
Questions about Reading a Grade 1 Story
What does the Reading a Grade 1 Story worksheet cover?
It practises reading a whole Grade 1 story and answering across it — 2 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RL.1.10: Read Grade 1 stories and poems with some help. The instruction to pupils is “Read the story, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Reading a Grade 1 Story practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.10 — RL.1.10, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Reading a Grade 1 Story is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RL.1.10, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Reading a Grade 1 Story come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Reading a Grade 1 Story can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Reading a Grade 1 Story free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Reading a Grade 1 Story, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RL.1.10?
Yes — “Reading Grade 1 Stories and Poems” is a 40-minute Grade 1 plan for RL.1.10, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Reading a Grade 1 Story is the practice that follows it.