Questions About a Fact Book is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on answering questions about a short information text, aligned to Common Core standard RI.K.1. 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Many birds build a nest in spring. A bird looks for twigs, grass and moss. It carries each piece back in its beak. The bird pushes the twigs into a cup shape. Soft moss goes inside. Then the bird lays its eggs in the nest.
1. When do many birds build a nest?
2. How does a bird carry the pieces?
3. What shape does the bird push the twigs into?
4. What does a bird look for?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Bees
Bees are insects. A bee has six legs and two wings. Bees fly from flower to flower. They drink a sweet juice called nectar. Bees take the nectar back to the hive. In the hive, the bees turn nectar into honey.
1. What do bees drink from flowers?
2. How many legs does a bee have?
3. Where do bees take the nectar?
LessonPrint · RI.K.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Questions About a Fact Book
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. In spring. 2. In its beak. 3. A cup shape. 4. Twigs, grass and moss.
2.1. Nectar. 2. Six. 3. Back to the hive.
Questions about Questions About a Fact Book
What does the Questions About a Fact Book worksheet cover?
It practises answering questions about a short information text — 2 questions for Kindergarten, all on Common Core RI.K.1: Answer questions about the facts in a book that teaches you something. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Questions About a Fact Book practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1 — RI.K.1, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Kindergarten. The published standard reads: “With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Questions About a Fact Book is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on RI.K.1, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Questions About a Fact Book come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 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 Questions About a Fact Book 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 Questions About a Fact Book free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Questions About a Fact Book, 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 RI.K.1?
Yes — “Questions About a Fact Book” is a 30-minute Kindergarten plan for RI.K.1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Questions About a Fact Book is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RI.K.1
Answer questions about the facts in a book that teaches you something.
Teaching this next? Questions About a Fact Book is the 30-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.