Kindergarten Kindergarten Reading: The Big Slide
Read a short story about the playground and answer simple questions.
- Centers
- Homework
- Morning Work
- Intervention
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- Grade
- Kindergarten
- Subject
- Reading
- Skill
- Reading Comprehension
- Topic
- very short story comprehension
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Time
- 10 minutes
- Pages
- 2 (incl. answer key)
- Format
- Printable PDF (US Letter)
- Answer key
- Included
- Best for
- centers, homework, morning work, intervention
Worksheet details
What This Worksheet Practices
Students will read or listen to a short story and answer simple who/what/how questions about it.
- Listening or reading for details
- Answering who and what
- Talking about feelings in a story
Worksheet Preview
A story about being brave
This short story follows one clear feeling — from scared to brave — which makes it easy for young readers to talk about how characters feel and why. Every answer is right there in the words.
How to use it
Read aloud twice, then ask one question at a time and have your child point to the sentence that tells the answer. Pairs with The Red Hen.
👩🏫 Teacher note
Read aloud twice. Ask one question at a time and have students point to the words that tell the answer.
🏠 Parent note
Read together, then ask each question and find the answer in the words.
Common Mistakes to Watch For
- Guessing instead of using the story
- Missing a key detail
Answer Key
Simple answers are given; spoken answers are fine.
⬇ Download Answer Key (PDF)Related Worksheets
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