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.
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.
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?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Lost Mitten
Ben lost one red mitten in the snow. His hand was cold. He looked under the slide. He looked by the gate. Then a small dog trotted up. The dog had the red mitten in its mouth. Ben laughed and put the mitten back on.
1. The dog trotted up. Did it move fast or slowly?
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. The first small green part of a new plant.
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.