Retell the Story is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on telling a story back with its key parts, aligned to Common Core standard RL.K.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 18 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. 18 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.
Retell the Story
RL.K.2
NameDate
Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
New Shoes
Ada got new shoes. They were shiny and green. On the first day she walked slowly so they would stay clean. Then she saw a puddle. Ada stopped. She looked at the puddle for a long time. Then she jumped in with both feet.
1. Tell the story in your own words. What happened?
2.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. Tell the story in your own words. What happened?
LessonPrint · RL.K.2 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Retell the Story
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Ada got shiny green shoes, walked slowly to keep them clean, then jumped in a puddle.
2.1. The wind blew Nia's blue hat down a hill, she ran after it, and she carried it home in two hands.
More practice for RL.K.2
Retell a well-known story in your own words, keeping the important parts.
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