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Roo and Wren in the Garden

Kindergarten read-aloud story about a rabbit and a bird in a garden. Children name the characters, the setting, and the big events.

KindergartenELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.K.3

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What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 9 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students name the characters in a read-aloud story with teacher support.
  • Students name the setting where a story happens.
  • Students tell the major events of a story.

How to use

Read the story aloud twice. Remind students that characters are who, the setting is where, and events are what happens. Read each question and its choices aloud and let students circle answers.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.K.3

With prompting and support, name the characters, the setting, and the major events of a story.

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Name Date

Roo and Wren in the Garden

Listen to the story. Name who, where, and what happened.

Listen to the story

Your teacher reads the story. Listen for who is in it, where it is, and what happens.

Roo and Wren in the Rain

Roo the rabbit was in the garden. He dug up a big carrot. Wren the bird sat on the fence.

"Look at the dark clouds!" said Wren. Plop, plop! Rain began to fall.

Roo and Wren hid under a big leaf. Soon the rain stopped.

A rainbow shone over the garden. Roo and Wren sat and looked at it.

Characters and setting

Your teacher reads each question. Circle your answer.

1.
Characters are who is in the story. Circle the two characters.

Roo the rabbita sleepy frogWren the birda big cat

2.
The setting is where the story happens. Where does this story happen?
  • A. in a kitchen
  • B. at the beach
  • C. in a garden
3.
Is it a character, the setting, or an event? Sort each one.
Roothe gardenRain began to fall.WrenRoo dug up a big carrot.
CharacterSettingEvent
4.
Who did it? Sort each one.
dug up a big carrotsat on the fencesaid, "Look at the dark clouds!"is a rabbit
RooWren

What happened?

Your teacher reads each question. Circle your answer.

5.
What did Roo dig up?
  • A. a small seed
  • B. a big carrot
  • C. a shiny coin
6.
What did Wren tell Roo to look at?
  • A. the dark clouds
  • B. a big carrot
  • C. the tall fence
7.
What did Roo and Wren do when the rain began?
  • A. They played in the wet mud.
  • B. They ran into a red barn.
  • C. They hid under a big leaf.
8.
What did they see after the rain stopped?
  • A. a big storm
  • B. a rainbow
  • C. a bright moon
9.
Tell a partner the characters, the setting, and one big event.

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