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 3 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.
Four Seasons
A year has four seasons. In spring, new leaves grow. In summer, the days are long and warm. In autumn, leaves turn red and gold and fall down. In winter, the days are short and cold. Then spring comes again.
1. How many seasons are in a year?
2. Why does the author say spring comes again?
3. Which season has short, cold days?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Day and Night
The Earth turns around once every day. When your side of the Earth faces the Sun, it is day. When your side turns away from the Sun, it is night. The Sun does not go out. Your side of the Earth has just turned away.
1. When is it day?
2. The author says the Sun does not go out. What reason is given?
3. When is it night?
LessonPrint · RI.K.8 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Reasons and Facts
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Four. 2. Because the four seasons go round in a circle every year. 3. Winter.
2.1. When your side of the Earth faces the Sun. 2. Your side of the Earth has just turned away from it. 3. When your side turns away from the Sun.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.K.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.