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 12 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
NameDate
Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Too Loud
The school band practised in the hall every Thursday. Sam played the drum. He liked it best when he could hit it hard.
"Softer," said Mrs Otu. "The flutes cannot be heard."
Sam did not want to play softly. But he tried it. This time he could hear the flutes too, winding above the drum like a bird. It sounded better than anything he had played before.
1. Retell the story in your own words.
2. How does the story begin?
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 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Retell with the Key Details
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Sam liked hitting his drum hard, his teacher asked him to play softly, and it sounded better when he did. 2. It tells us when the band practises and what Sam played.
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.