Why Does the Author Say So? is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on finding the reason an author gives, 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, 24 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 17 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 24 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.
Why Does the Author Say So?
RI.K.8
NameDate
Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.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. Why did the author write this?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Where Rain Comes From
The Sun warms water in lakes and seas. Some water goes up into the air. High up, the air is cold. The water makes tiny drops. The drops join to make a cloud. When the drops get heavy, they fall as rain.
1. The text says the drops fall. What reason is given?
LessonPrint · RI.K.8 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Why Does the Author Say So?
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To explain why we have day and night.
2.1. They fall when they get heavy.
More practice for RI.K.8
Find the reason the writer gives for something they said.
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