Two Stories, One Idea is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on comparing what happens to two characters, aligned to Common Core standard RL.K.9. 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 14 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.
Two Stories, One Idea
RL.K.9
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Read both texts. Then answer the questions under Text 2.
1.Read Text 1 and answer the question under it.
Text 1: 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. Where did Ben look first?
2.Now read Text 2 and answer these questions about BOTH texts.
Text 2: Where Is Pepper?
Pepper the cat was gone. Lily looked in the box. No Pepper. She looked under the bed. No Pepper. She looked behind the door. There was Pepper, fast asleep in a sock drawer.
1. How is Ben's search like Lily's search for Pepper?
2. How is Lily like Ben, who lost his mitten?
3. How is Lily's search different from Ben's search for his mitten?
LessonPrint · RL.K.9 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two Stories, One Idea
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Under the slide.
2.1. Both looked in more than one place before they found what they wanted. 2. Both looked in several places for something they had lost. 3. Lily searched indoors and found a cat; Ben searched outside in the snow and a dog brought the mitten to him.
More practice for RL.K.9
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