What Is the Story Teaching? is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on naming the central message of a story, 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, 22 of them with 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.
22 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
What Is the Story Teaching?
RL.1.2
NameDate
Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Blue Door
At the end of the lane stood a house with a blue door. Nobody had lived there for years. The grass grew as high as Tomas.
One Saturday a van pulled up. A woman got out with a ladder and a tin of paint. By teatime the blue door was bright yellow.
Tomas waved. The woman waved back. "I'm Nita," she called. "Come and see the garden when I've cut it."
1. What does this story show about a new neighbour?
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. What does this story show about a worry?
LessonPrint · RL.1.2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Is the Story Teaching?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A new neighbour can change an empty place and make friends quickly.
2.1. A worry gets smaller when somebody who has been through it explains it.
Questions about What Is the Story Teaching?
What does the What Is the Story Teaching? worksheet cover?
It practises naming the central message of a story — 2 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RL.1.2: Retell a story with its key parts, and say what it was trying to teach. 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 What Is the Story Teaching? practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2 — RL.1.2, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What Is the Story Teaching? is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RL.1.2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What Is the Story Teaching? 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 What Is the Story Teaching? can I print?
25 versions, of which 22 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is What Is the Story Teaching? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What Is the Story Teaching?, 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.
More practice for RL.1.2
Retell a story with its key parts, and say what it was trying to teach.