Worth Asking About Our Street is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on why a question is worth asking, aligned to Common Core standard D1.1.K-2. It prints 8 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.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Worth Asking About Our Street

D1.1.K-2

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Circle the best reason for asking each question.

1.Why is it worth asking 'why does the road flood?'

A.Because rain is wet
B.Because puddles are deep
C.Because if we know the cause it might be mended

2.Why is it worth asking 'who looks after the park?'

A.Because parks are green
B.Because grass grows
C.Because somebody has to, and we all use it

3.Why is it worth asking 'what was our street like before?'

A.Because it shows how the place we live keeps changing
B.Because streets are long
C.Because old photographs are interesting

4.Why is it worth asking 'who lives on our street?'

A.Because they are the people we share the street with
B.Because houses have numbers
C.Because doors are painted

5.Why is it worth asking 'how did people travel before buses?'

A.Because horses are big
B.Because it shows what has changed about getting about
C.Because roads are hard

6.Why is it worth asking 'where does our bus go?'

A.Because knowing lets you travel further than you can walk
B.Because the stop is nearby
C.Because buses are red

7.Why is it worth asking 'why is the library closed on Sunday?'

A.Because libraries are old
B.Because people who work all week might want to go then
C.Because Sunday is quiet

8.Why is it worth asking 'where does our food come from?'

A.Because food is tasty
B.Because shops open early
C.Because it connects us to the farms and countries that grew it

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Answer key — Worth Asking About Our Street

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

1.Because if we know the cause it might be mended
2.Because somebody has to, and we all use it
3.Because it shows how the place we live keeps changing
4.Because they are the people we share the street with
5.Because it shows what has changed about getting about
6.Because knowing lets you travel further than you can walk
7.Because people who work all week might want to go then
8.Because it connects us to the farms and countries that grew it

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D1.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.