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How Two Things Are Linked is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on connecting two facts in an information text, aligned to Common Core standard RI.K.3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 18 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.

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How Two Things Are Linked

RI.K.3

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Ants

Ants are insects. An ant has six legs. Ants live together in a nest. Some ants dig tunnels. Some ants carry food. An ant can lift something much bigger than itself. Ants work as a team.

  1. 1. How are the nest and the tunnels connected?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Four Seasons

A year has four seasons. In spring, new leaves grow. In summer, the days are long and warm. In autumn, leaves turn red and gold and fall down. In winter, the days are short and cold. Then spring comes again.

  1. 1. How are autumn and winter connected in this text?

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Answer key — How Two Things Are Linked

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Ants dig tunnels to make the nest they live in.
  2. 2.1. Leaves fall in autumn, and then winter brings short cold days.

Questions about How Two Things Are Linked

What does the How Two Things Are Linked worksheet cover?

It practises connecting two facts in an information text — 2 questions for Kindergarten, all on Common Core RI.K.3: Say how two things in a fact book are connected. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does How Two Things Are Linked practise?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.3 — RI.K.3, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Kindergarten. The published standard reads: “With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

How Two Things Are Linked is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on RI.K.3, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does How Two Things Are Linked 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 How Two Things Are Linked can I print?

25 versions, of which 18 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 How Two Things Are Linked free to print and photocopy?

Yes. How Two Things Are Linked, 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 RI.K.3?

Yes — “How Two Things Are Connected” is a 30-minute Kindergarten plan for RI.K.3, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. How Two Things Are Linked is the practice that follows it.

More practice for RI.K.3

Say how two things in a fact book are connected.

Teaching this next? How Two Things Are Connected is the 30-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.K.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.