Reasons and Facts is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on telling a reason apart from a fact, aligned to Common Core standard RI.K.8. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Reasons and Facts
RI.K.8
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
From Egg to Frog
A frog starts as an egg in the water. The egg hatches into a tadpole. A tadpole has a tail and no legs. The tadpole grows back legs. Then it grows front legs. Its tail gets shorter. At last it is a frog.
1. Does a tadpole have legs at first?
2. What happens to the tadpole's tail?
3. Why does the text say the tail gets shorter?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Bees
Bees are insects. A bee has six legs and two wings. Bees fly from flower to flower. They drink a sweet juice called nectar. Bees take the nectar back to the hive. In the hive, the bees turn nectar into honey.
1. Where do bees take the nectar?
2. How many legs does a bee have?
3. The text says bees fly from flower to flower. What reason does it give?
LessonPrint · RI.K.8 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Reasons and Facts
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. No — it has a tail and no legs. 2. It gets shorter. 3. Because the tadpole is changing into a frog, which has no tail.
2.1. Back to the hive. 2. Six. 3. They drink a sweet juice called nectar from the flowers.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.K.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.