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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 21 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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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.

LessonPrint · RL.K.4 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — New Words in a Story

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The first small green part of a new plant.
  2. 2.1. Fast — trotted means moving quickly.

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.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.K.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.