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Who Is in the Story? is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on naming the characters and how they feel, aligned to Common Core standard RL.K.3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with different questions, so no two students 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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23 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two students have the same paper in front of them.

Who Is in the Story?

RL.K.3

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Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Sam's Bean

Sam put one bean in a cup of soil. He gave it water. He put the cup by the window. For six days nothing happened. Sam was sad. On day seven a tiny green shoot came up. Sam clapped his hands.

  1. 1. How did Sam feel on day six?
  2. 2. How do you know Sam was happy at the end?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Lost Mitten

Ben lost one red mitten in the snow. His hand was cold. He looked under the slide. He looked by the gate. Then a small dog trotted up. The dog had the red mitten in its mouth. Ben laughed and put the mitten back on.

  1. 1. How did Ben feel at the end?

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Answer key — Who Is in the Story?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Sad, because nothing had happened. 2. He clapped his hands.
  2. 2.1. Happy — he laughed.

Questions about Who Is in the Story?

What does the Who Is in the Story? worksheet cover?

It practices naming the characters and how they feel — 2 questions for Kindergarten, all on Common Core RL.K.3: Say who is in the story, where it happens, and what happens. The instruction to students is “Read the story, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Who Is in the Story? practice?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3 — RL.K.3, under Reading: Literature for Kindergarten. The published standard reads: “With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Who Is in the Story? is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on RL.K.3, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Who Is in the Story? 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 Who Is in the Story? can I print?

25 versions, of which 23 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two students still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.

Is Who Is in the Story? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Who Is in the Story?, 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 RL.K.3?

Yes — “Who, Where and What Happened” is a 30-minute Kindergarten plan for RL.K.3, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Who Is in the Story? is the practice that follows it.

More practice for RL.K.3

Say who is in the story, where it happens, and what happens.

Teaching this next? Who, Where and What Happened is the 30-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.K.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.