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Big Questions and Small Ones is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on linking a small question to a big one, aligned to Common Core standard D1.4.K-2. It prints 2 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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Big Questions and Small Ones

D1.4.K-2

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Draw a line from each big question to the small one that helps.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Big: What has changed at our school?
  • Big: How do we find lost things?
  • Big: How does our school work?
  • Big: How do we keep the park nice?
  • A.Small: Where do you go to get a lost hat?
  • B.Small: What did the old photograph show?
  • C.Small: What do the park rules say?
  • D.Small: Whose job is the door?
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Big: How do people pay for things?
  • Big: Who helps us in an emergency?
  • Big: Where does our food come from?
  • Big: What is our weather like?
  • A.Small: How many days did it rain?
  • B.Small: What is on the lunch menu?
  • C.Small: Who wrote from the fire station?
  • D.Small: How much does bread cost?

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Answer key — Big Questions and Small Ones

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Big: What has changed at our school? — B (Small: What did the old photograph show?) 2. Big: How do we find lost things? — A (Small: Where do you go to get a lost hat?) 3. Big: How does our school work? — D (Small: Whose job is the door?) 4. Big: How do we keep the park nice? — C (Small: What do the park rules say?)
  2. 2.1. Big: How do people pay for things? — D (Small: How much does bread cost?) 2. Big: Who helps us in an emergency? — C (Small: Who wrote from the fire station?) 3. Big: Where does our food come from? — B (Small: What is on the lunch menu?) 4. Big: What is our weather like? — A (Small: How many days did it rain?)

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D1.4.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.