Who Wrote It, and When? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on the maker, date and place of a source, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.11.K-2. 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 5 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.
Who Wrote It, and When?
D2.His.11.K-2
NameDate
Look at the source, then answer the questions.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Letter About the New Playground
A letter sent to every house on Oak Street by the town council.
Dear neighbour,
The council is building a new playground on the old car park.
Work will start in March and finish in June.
There will be swings, a slide and a climbing frame.
Come to the meeting on 3 March to tell us what you think.
From the town council
1. Who sent this letter?
2. Why does the council want people at the meeting?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Greengrocer's Sign
A chalkboard outside the greengrocer on Oak Street.
TODAY
Apples, grown on Hill Farm ......... 3 coins
Potatoes, grown on Hill Farm ...... 2 coins
Oranges, from Spain ............... 5 coins
Bananas, from far away ............ 4 coins
1. Why does the sign say where the food was grown?
2. Where would you see this chalkboard?
LessonPrint · D2.His.11.K-2 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who Wrote It, and When?
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The town council sent it. 2. To tell the council what they think about the playground.
2.1. So people know which food came from Hill Farm and which came further. 2. Outside the greengrocer on Oak Street.
More practice for D2.His.11.K-2
Work out who made a source, when, and where, from the source itself.
Teaching this next? Who Wrote It, and When? is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.