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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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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 'who empties our bins?'
  • A.Because somebody does that work and we depend on it
  • B.Because Tuesday is a good day
  • C.Because bins are heavy
2.Why is it worth asking 'how did people travel before buses?'
  • A.Because it shows what has changed about getting about
  • B.Because horses are big
  • C.Because roads are hard
3.Why is it worth asking 'where does our food come from?'
  • A.Because shops open early
  • B.Because it connects us to the farms and countries that grew it
  • C.Because food is tasty
4.Why is it worth asking 'who lives on our street?'
  • A.Because doors are painted
  • B.Because houses have numbers
  • C.Because they are the people we share the street with
5.Why is it worth asking 'who looks after the park?'
  • A.Because grass grows
  • B.Because somebody has to, and we all use it
  • C.Because parks are green
6.Why is it worth asking 'why does the road flood?'
  • A.Because if we know the cause it might be mended
  • B.Because puddles are deep
  • C.Because rain is wet
7.Why is it worth asking 'what was our street like before?'
  • A.Because old photographs are interesting
  • B.Because streets are long
  • C.Because it shows how the place we live keeps changing
8.Why is it worth asking 'who decided to build the playground?'
  • A.Because knowing who decides tells you who to ask next time
  • B.Because playgrounds are fun
  • C.Because car parks are grey

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Answer key — Worth Asking About Our Street

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Because somebody does that work and we depend on it
  2. 2.Because it shows what has changed about getting about
  3. 3.Because it connects us to the farms and countries that grew it
  4. 4.Because they are the people we share the street with
  5. 5.Because somebody has to, and we all use it
  6. 6.Because if we know the cause it might be mended
  7. 7.Because it shows how the place we live keeps changing
  8. 8.Because knowing who decides tells you who to ask next time

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