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 3 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.
Bees
Bees are insects. A bee has six legs and two wings. Bees fly from flower to flower. They drink a sweet juice called nectar. Bees take the nectar back to the hive. In the hive, the bees turn nectar into honey.
1. The text says bees fly from flower to flower. What reason does it give?
2.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?
LessonPrint · RI.K.8 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Why Does the Author Say So?
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. They drink a sweet juice called nectar from the flowers.
2.1. To explain why we have day and night.
More practice for RI.K.8
Find the reason the writer gives for something they said.
Teaching this next? The Reasons an Author Gives is the 30-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.