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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 'why is the library closed on Sunday?'
  • A.Because Sunday is quiet
  • B.Because libraries are old
  • C.Because people who work all week might want to go then
2.Why is it worth asking 'who lives on our street?'
  • A.Because they are the people we share the street with
  • B.Because doors are painted
  • C.Because houses have numbers
3.Why is it worth asking 'why does the road flood?'
  • A.Because puddles are deep
  • B.Because rain is wet
  • C.Because if we know the cause it might be mended
4.Why is it worth asking 'who decided to build the playground?'
  • A.Because playgrounds are fun
  • B.Because knowing who decides tells you who to ask next time
  • C.Because car parks are grey
5.Why is it worth asking 'how did people travel before buses?'
  • A.Because it shows what has changed about getting about
  • B.Because roads are hard
  • C.Because horses are big
6.Why is it worth asking 'who empties our bins?'
  • A.Because bins are heavy
  • B.Because Tuesday is a good day
  • C.Because somebody does that work and we depend on it
7.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
8.Why is it worth asking 'what was our street like before?'
  • A.Because old photographs are interesting
  • B.Because it shows how the place we live keeps changing
  • C.Because streets are long

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Answer key — Worth Asking About Our Street

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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