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Reading a Street Photograph is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on describing a place from a picture, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.2.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.

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Reading a Street Photograph

D2.Geo.2.K-2

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Circle the best answer.

1.A picture shows bins out along the pavement. What day might it be?
  • A.Bin day
  • B.Sunday
  • C.A holiday
2.A photograph shows fields and a farm gate. What kind of place?
  • A.A town centre
  • B.A harbour
  • C.Farmland
3.A picture shows a stream, a footbridge and trees. What kind of place?
  • A.A car park
  • B.A main road
  • C.A green space by water
4.A photograph shows shops on both sides and a bus. What kind of street?
  • A.A farm track
  • B.A busy shopping street
  • C.A quiet lane
5.A photograph shows terraced houses and parked cars. What kind of place?
  • A.A shopping centre
  • B.A residential street
  • C.A wood
6.A photograph shows the street empty at 6 in the morning. What can you tell?
  • A.Nobody lives there
  • B.The street is closed forever
  • C.It is early, before the shops open
7.A photograph shows the road closed and stalls along it. What is happening?
  • A.A street fair
  • B.A traffic jam
  • C.Roadworks only
8.A picture shows scaffolding on a building. What is happening?
  • A.It is being knocked down for certain
  • B.The building is being worked on
  • C.Nothing

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Answer key — Reading a Street Photograph

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Bin day
  2. 2.Farmland
  3. 3.A green space by water
  4. 4.A busy shopping street
  5. 5.A residential street
  6. 6.It is early, before the shops open
  7. 7.A street fair
  8. 8.The building is being worked on

Questions about Reading a Street Photograph

What does the Reading a Street Photograph worksheet cover?

It practises describing a place from a picture — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Geo.2.K-2: Use maps and photographs to describe a place and what shapes it. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Reading a Street Photograph practise?

D2.Geo.2.K-2 — D2.Geo.2.K-2, in the Geography domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Use maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations to describe places and the relationships and interactions that shape them.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Reading a Street Photograph is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.2.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Reading a Street Photograph 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 Reading a Street Photograph 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 Reading a Street Photograph free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Reading a Street Photograph, 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 D2.Geo.2.K-2?

Yes — “Reading a Street Photograph” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Geo.2.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Reading a Street Photograph is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D2.Geo.2.K-2

Use maps and photographs to describe a place and what shapes it.

Teaching this next? Reading a Street Photograph is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.2.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.