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The Locksmith's Helper: Story and Pictures

Read an original story set in a locksmith shop, then compare it with descriptions of picture-book pictures to see where they match the text.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.4.7

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 8 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students connect the text of a story to a visual version of it.
  • Students find where pictures match or do not match the story's descriptions.
  • Students use story details to explain how a picture should change.

How to use

Read the story together first. Then have students read each picture description, sketch it if they like, and check it against the words of the story.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.4.7

Connect the text of a story or drama to a visual or oral presentation of it, noting where the presentation matches the text's descriptions and directions.

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The Locksmith's Helper: Story and Pictures

Check whether the pictures match the story.

Read the story and the pictures

Read the story. Then read what each picture in the picture-book version shows.

The Key to Next Door

1Every Saturday, Dev helped his grandmother at her locksmith shop on Front Street. The shop was long and narrow, and hundreds of brass keys hung on hooks along one wall. Grandma Ines wore round glasses on a chain and a gray apron with deep pockets. A little bell hung above the door.

2One rainy morning, the bell over the door jingled. A tall man in a dripping yellow raincoat stood in the doorway. It was Mr. Patel, who owned the flower shop next door. "I locked my keys inside my shop," he said with a groan. "And my flowers need water before the store opens!"

3Grandma Ines grabbed a small leather case from under the counter. Dev held a big black umbrella over both of them as they hurried next door. Rain drummed on the umbrella, and puddles splashed under their shoes. Through the glass, Dev could see buckets of sunflowers and Mr. Patel's ring of keys lying on the counter.

4Grandma knelt by the door and opened her case. She slid two thin metal tools into the lock and turned them slowly. "Listen," she whispered. Dev leaned close. Click. Click. Click. The door swung open, and the sweet smell of wet roses drifted out.

5"You saved my morning!" Mr. Patel said, and he handed Dev a sunflower. Back at the shop, Dev put it in a glass jar beside the cash register. Dev grinned so wide that his cheeks hurt. "Someday I want to open locks too," he said. Grandma Ines smiled and handed him a flat, uncut key. "Then we will start with making keys."

The Picture-Book Pictures

An artist made a picture book of this story. Here is what each picture shows.

Picture 1: Inside the shop, rows of shiny silver keys hang on hooks. Grandma Ines stands behind the counter in round glasses and a gray apron.

Picture 2: A tall man in a dripping yellow raincoat stands in the open doorway.

Picture 3: Dev and Grandma Ines hurry through the rain under a small red umbrella.

Picture 4: Grandma Ines kneels at the flower shop door with two thin tools in the lock. Dev leans close beside her.

Picture 5: Dev sets a sunflower in a glass jar beside the cash register.

Match the pictures to the story

Use the story and the picture descriptions to answer.

1.
Match each picture to the sentence from the story that it shows.
  1. Picture 2
  2. Picture 3
  3. Picture 4
  4. Picture 5
  1. A. Grandma knelt by the door and opened her case.
  2. B. Back at the shop, Dev put it in a glass jar beside the cash register.
  3. C. A tall man in a dripping yellow raincoat stood in the doorway.
  4. D. Dev held a big black umbrella over both of them as they hurried next door.
2.
Does each detail in the pictures match the story? Sort the details.
Grandma Ines in a gray aprona small red umbrellatwo thin tools in the lockrows of shiny silver keysa dripping yellow raincoata sunflower in a glass jar
Matches the storyDoes not match the story
3.
The artist needs to fix two details. Write one word from the story in each blank.

In the story, the keys on the wall are made of  , and the umbrella is big and  .

4.
Read paragraph 1 of the story again. Underline the sentence the artist should reread to fix Picture 1.

Every Saturday, Dev helped his grandmother at her locksmith shop on Front Street.The shop was long and narrow, and hundreds of brass keys hung on hooks along one wall.Grandma Ines wore round glasses on a chain and a gray apron with deep pockets.A little bell hung above the door.

Think about words and pictures

Answer the questions about what the pictures can and cannot show.

5.
Which detail from paragraph 4 of the story can a picture NOT show?
  • A. Grandma kneeling by the door
  • B. the clicking sounds of the lock
  • C. two thin tools in the lock
  • D. Dev leaning close to Grandma
6.
Which event from the story is NOT shown in any of the five pictures?
  • A. Mr. Patel standing in the doorway
  • B. Grandma kneeling at the shop door
  • C. Dev putting a sunflower in a jar
  • D. Grandma handing Dev an uncut key
7.
Which picture shows what Grandma Ines wears, just as the story describes it?
  • A. Picture 1
  • B. Picture 2
  • C. Picture 3
  • D. Picture 5
8.
Write a note to the artist. Name one picture that does not match the story, tell what the story says, and explain how to fix the picture.

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