Finding the Missing Step is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on questioning an explanation, aligned to Common Core standard D4.5.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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.An explanation of the mill misses who worked there. What could you ask?
A.How tall was the chimney?
B.What colour was it?
C.Who were the 200 people, and how old were they?
2.Why ask rather than guess a missing step?
A.Guessing is rude
B.It saves time
C.A wrong guess spreads and nobody knows it is wrong
3.You followed an explanation until the vote. What should you say?
A.I do not get it
B.I followed it to the debate. What happened at the vote?
C.That is wrong
4.An explanation of the water supply stops at the reservoir. What could you ask?
A.How does the water get from there to the taps?
B.How deep is it?
C.Who built it?
5.An explanation of the council's decision misses the vote. What could you ask?
A.Was it long?
B.How many councillors voted each way?
C.Who chaired it?
6.An explanation uses the word 'piecer'. What could you ask?
A.What did a piecer actually do?
B.Say it again
C.Never mind
7.An explanation of market day misses how goods arrive. What could you ask?
A.Is fish nice?
B.How does the fish get here from the coast?
C.Which stall is best?
8.An explanation of the flood misses what the council did after. What could you ask?
A.What did the council promise once the water went down?
B.Was it cold?
C.Who reported it?
LessonPrint · D4.5.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Finding the Missing Step
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Who were the 200 people, and how old were they?
2.A wrong guess spreads and nobody knows it is wrong
3.I followed it to the debate. What happened at the vote?
4.How does the water get from there to the taps?
5.How many councillors voted each way?
6.What did a piecer actually do?
7.How does the fish get here from the coast?
8.What did the council promise once the water went down?
Questions about Finding the Missing Step
What does the Finding the Missing Step worksheet cover?
It practises questioning an explanation — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D4.5.K-2: Ask and answer questions about an explanation. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best question to ask”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Finding the Missing Step practise?
D4.5.K-2 — D4.5.K-2, in the Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Ask and answer questions about explanations.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Finding the Missing Step is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D4.5.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Finding the Missing Step come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Finding the Missing Step can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Finding the Missing Step free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Finding the Missing Step, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach D4.5.K-2?
Yes — “Finding the Missing Step” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D4.5.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Finding the Missing Step is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D4.5.K-2
Ask and answer questions about an explanation.
Teaching this next? Finding the Missing Step is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.