New Words in a Story is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on working out a word from the story around it, aligned to Common Core standard RL.K.4. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 19 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 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 19 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.
New Words in a Story
RL.K.4
NameDate
Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Nia's Hat
The wind took Nia's blue hat. It rolled down the hill. Nia ran after it. The hat stopped by a big rock. Nia picked it up and held it tight. She walked home with two hands on her hat.
1. The hat "rolled" down the hill. Did it move or stay still?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Sam's Bean
Sam put one bean in a cup of soil. He gave it water. He put the cup by the window. For six days nothing happened. Sam was sad. On day seven a tiny green shoot came up. Sam clapped his hands.
1. A shoot came up. What is a shoot?
LessonPrint · RL.K.4 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — New Words in a Story
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It moved — rolled means it turned over and over down the hill.
2.1. The first small green part of a new plant.
More practice for RL.K.4
Notice a word you do not know in a story, and ask what it means.
Teaching this next? Words You Do Not Know Yet is the 30-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.