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 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.
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: Sam's Bean
Sam put one bean in a cup of soil. He gave it water. He put the cup by the window. For six days nothing happened. Sam was sad. On day seven a tiny green shoot came up. Sam clapped his hands.
1. What did Sam plant?
2.Now read Text 2 and answer these questions about BOTH texts.
Text 2: One Swing
There was one swing and two children. Tam got there first. Rosa waited. She waited a long time. Then Tam looked up. "You can have a turn now," he said. Rosa smiled and got on. Tam pushed her.
1. How is Tam like Mia's big brother?
2. How is Sam like Lily, who looked for her cat?
3. How is Rosa like Sam, who planted a bean?
LessonPrint · RL.K.9 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two Stories, One Idea
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. One bean.
2.1. Both gave up something for someone else — Tam gave up the swing and the big brother lifted the cup down. 2. Both kept going — Sam watered the bean for six days and Lily looked in three places — and both got what they wanted. 3. Both had to wait, and the waiting was worth it.
More practice for RL.K.9
Say how two story characters are alike and how they are different.
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