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 5 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.
Too Much Rain
It rained all morning. Kofi could not play outside. He looked out of the window and sighed. Then Dad brought out a big box. Inside were blocks. Kofi built a tall tower. He did not mind the rain after that.
1. Kofi "sighed" at the window. Was he pleased or fed up?
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 5 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — New Words in a Story
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Fed up — a sigh shows he was not happy.
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.