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 19 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: 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. Where did the hat stop?
2.Now read Text 2 and answer these questions about BOTH texts.
Text 2: 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. How is this story like the story about the lost mitten?
2. How is Ada different from Nia, whose hat blew away?
3. How is Nia like Ada, who got new shoes?
LessonPrint · RL.K.9 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two Stories, One Idea
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. By a big rock.
2.1. In both, something a child was wearing is lost outside, and the mitten or the hat comes back. 2. Ada chose to get her shoes wet; Nia did not choose to lose her hat. 3. Both cared about something they were wearing outside.
More practice for RL.K.9
Say how two story characters are alike and how they are different.
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