Recount What You Heard is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on retelling the key events of something heard, in order, aligned to Common Core standard SL.2.2. 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 students 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.
1.You heard a story about a lost puppy. Number the events to retell it.
A puppy slips out through an open gate.
It runs into the park and gets lost.
The owner arrives and hugs the puppy.
She phones the number on the tag.
A girl finds it and reads the tag on its collar.
2.You heard a story about a snowy day. Number the events to retell it.
In the morning, Ella saw the white garden.
They went inside for hot chocolate.
She built a snowman with her brother.
She pulled on her boots and coat.
Snow fell all night.
LessonPrint · SL.2.2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Recount What You Heard
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Correct order: 1, 2, 5, 4, 3
2.Correct order: 5, 1, 4, 3, 2
Questions about Recount What You Heard
What does the Recount What You Heard worksheet cover?
It practices retelling the key events of something heard, in order — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core SL.2.2: Retell the key ideas of something you listened to. The instruction to students is “Number the boxes to show the right order”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Recount What You Heard practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.2 — SL.2.2, under Speaking & Listening for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Recount What You Heard is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on SL.2.2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Recount What You Heard 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 Recount What You Heard can I print?
25 — one per student, 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 Recount What You Heard free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Recount What You Heard, 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 SL.2.2?
Yes — “Recounting What You Heard” is a 40-minute Grade 2 plan for SL.2.2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Recount What You Heard is the practice that follows it.
More practice for SL.2.2
Retell the key ideas of something you listened to.
Teaching this next? Recounting What You Heard is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.