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Here Comes the Garbage Truck

Kindergarten read-aloud fact text about garbage trucks, with questions to name the main topic and retell its key details.

KindergartenELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.K.2

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 9 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
ELA
Question types
Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students name the main topic of a read-aloud informational text.
  • Students retell key details from an informational text in order.
  • Students tell which details are in a text and which are not.

How to use

Read the text aloud two times. Ask, "What is this text mostly about?" Then read each question and its answers aloud, and help students circle, match and sort.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.K.2

With prompting and support, name the main topic of a text and retell its key details.

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Here Comes the Garbage Truck

Listen to the text. Name the main topic and retell the details.

Listen to the text

Your teacher reads the text two times. Think about what the whole text is about.

Here Comes the Garbage Truck

Here comes the garbage truck! This big truck picks up trash from homes.

Some garbage trucks have a long arm. The arm lifts a trash can and dumps it into the truck.

Inside, the truck squeezes the trash to make it smaller. Now there is room for more!

When the truck is full, it drives to the dump. Then it comes back for more trash.

Main topic

Your teacher reads each question and the answers. Circle your answer.

1.
What is this text mostly about?
  • A. fire trucks
  • B. garbage trucks
  • C. trash cans
2.
Which is another good title for this text?
  • A. A Fun Day at the Car Wash
  • B. Our Big Trip to the Beach
  • C. How a Garbage Truck Works

Key details

Your teacher reads each question. Circle, match or sort to retell the details.

3.
What does a garbage truck pick up?
  • A. mail
  • B. trash
  • C. kids
4.
What does the long arm do?
  • A. It lifts a trash can.
  • B. It waves to kids.
  • C. It washes the street.
5.
Why does the truck squeeze the trash?
  • A. to make room for more
  • B. to make it clean
  • C. to make it smell nice
6.
Where does the truck go when it is full?
  • A. to the school
  • B. to the beach
  • C. to the dump
7.
Draw a line from each word to what happens to the trash.
  1. First
  2. Next
  3. Last
  1. A. The truck squeezes the trash.
  2. B. The full truck drives to the dump.
  3. C. The arm dumps the trash into the truck.
8.
Does the text tell this? Sort each detail.
The truck drives to the dump.The truck plays music.The truck is painted red.The arm lifts a trash can.The truck squeezes the trash.
The text tells thisThe text does not tell this
9.
Tell a partner the main topic and one detail. Your teacher can help you write them.

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