Words or Pictures? is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on saying whether a fact came from the words or the picture, aligned to Common Core standard RI.K.6. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 22 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 8 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 22 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.
Words or Pictures?
RI.K.6
NameDate
Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
From Egg to Frog
A frog starts as an egg in the water. The egg hatches into a tadpole. A tadpole has a tail and no legs. The tadpole grows back legs. Then it grows front legs. Its tail gets shorter. At last it is a frog.
1. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
2. 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. Why did the author write this?
2. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
LessonPrint · RI.K.6 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Words or Pictures?
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The egg, the tadpole, the tadpole with legs, and the frog. 2. To explain how a frog grows from an egg to a frog.
2.1. To explain where rain comes from. 2. The Sun, water going up, a cloud, and rain falling.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.K.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.