Retell with the Key Details is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on retelling a story without losing what matters, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.2. 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 10 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Retell with the Key Details
RL.1.2
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Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.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. How does the story end?
2. Retell the story. What happened first, next and last?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Wobbly Tooth
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. How does the story begin?
2. Retell the story in your own words.
LessonPrint · RL.1.2 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Retell with the Key Details
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. They found every shell but one. 2. Ivy kept shells in a jar, Ben knocked it over, and they picked the shells up together.
2.1. It tells us that Ravi had a wobbly tooth. 2. Ravi's wobbly tooth hurt at lunch, Nell told him it would only last a few days, and it came out that night.
More practice for RL.1.2
Retell a story with its key parts, and say what it was trying to teach.