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 20 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.
Market Day
On Saturdays, Grandpa took Omar to the market. Omar carried the basket. Grandpa carried the money.
Omar's job was to pick the apples. He learned to press each one gently with his thumb. A soft spot meant the apple would be brown inside.
One week Grandpa let Omar carry the money instead. Omar counted the change twice. He got it right both times.
1. Retell the story in your own words.
2. How does the story end?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
One Glove
Maya found one green glove on the wall by the bus stop. It was small, so it belonged to a child.
She could not just leave it. She pinned a note to the wall: FOUND — ONE GREEN GLOVE. ASK AT NUMBER 12.
For three days nobody came. On the fourth day a boy knocked. He had the other green glove in his hand.
1. How does this story end?
2. Retell the story in your own words.
LessonPrint · RL.1.2 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Retell with the Key Details
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Omar went to the market with Grandpa, learned to choose apples, and was then trusted to carry the money. 2. With Omar getting the change right, which shows he can be trusted.
2.1. The boy arrives with the matching glove, so the pair is complete. 2. Maya found a green glove, put up a note, and after three days the boy with the other glove came for it.
More practice for RL.1.2
Retell a story with its key parts, and say what it was trying to teach.