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 24 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.
The Top Shelf
Mia wanted the blue cup. It was on the top shelf. Mia could not reach it. She pulled a chair over, but the chair was still too low. Then her big brother came in. He lifted the cup down for her. "Thank you," said Mia.
1. Mia "could not reach" the cup. What does reach mean?
LessonPrint · RL.K.4 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — New Words in a Story
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It moved — rolled means it turned over and over down the hill.
2.1. To reach means to stretch out your arm far enough to touch something.
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.