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Mei and the Inchworm

Read an original story about a girl who finds an inchworm on a walk in the woods, then ask and answer questions about its key details.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.1.1

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 9 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students answer who, what, where, why and how questions about key details in a story.
  • Students find the sentence in a story that gives a key detail.
  • Students write a question about a story and answer it with a detail from the text.

How to use

Read the story aloud together first, then let students reread it as they answer. Point out the paragraph numbers when a question sends them back to the story.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.1.1

Ask and answer questions about the key details in a story.

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Mei and the Inchworm

Read a story and answer questions about its key details.

Read the story

Read the story. You can read it with a grown-up.

Mei and the Inchworm

1Mei and Aunt Rosa took a walk in the woods. They sat on a big log to rest.

2Something tickled Mei's arm. She looked down and saw a tiny green worm. It made a hump with its back. Then it stretched out flat. Hump, stretch, hump, stretch!

3"That is an inchworm," said Aunt Rosa. "It is a kind of caterpillar. One day it will turn into a moth."

4The inchworm moved down Mei's arm to her thumb. Mei counted the humps it made. There were six!

5"Inchworms like to eat leaves," said Aunt Rosa. So Mei held her hand next to an oak leaf. The inchworm crawled onto the leaf. "Enjoy your lunch," Mei said.

Who, what and where

Choose or write the best answer. Look back at the story.

1.
Where did Mei and Aunt Rosa take a walk?
  • A. at the park
  • B. by the lake
  • C. in the woods
2.
Read paragraph 2 again. Underline the sentence that tells what color the worm was.

Something tickled Mei's arm.She looked down and saw a tiny green worm.It made a hump with its back.Then it stretched out flat.Hump, stretch, hump, stretch!

3.
How did the inchworm move?
  • A. It made a hump, then stretched.
  • B. It hopped, then sat very still.
  • C. It rolled up, then rolled away.
4.
Aunt Rosa tells Mei what an inchworm is. Write the missing word from paragraph 3.

An inchworm is a kind of  .

5.
What will the inchworm turn into one day?
  • A. a beetle
  • B. a moth
  • C. a butterfly

Ask and answer

Use the story to answer each question.

6.
How many humps did the inchworm make on its way to Mei's thumb? Write the number.

The inchworm made   humps.

7.
Match each question to its answer from the story.
  1. Who took a walk with Mei?
  2. What did Mei and Aunt Rosa sit on?
  3. What kind of leaf did the inchworm crawl onto?
  4. What did Mei say to the inchworm?
  1. A. an oak leaf
  2. B. "Enjoy your lunch."
  3. C. Aunt Rosa
  4. D. a big log
8.
Why did Mei hold her hand next to a leaf?
  • A. She wanted to pick the leaf.
  • B. She wanted to find more worms.
  • C. She wanted the inchworm to eat.
9.
Write your own question about the inchworm. Then write the answer from the story.

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