Illustrations in a Story Worksheet
This Illustrations in a Story Worksheet gives Kindergarten readers a short story, a bright picture, and five bubble questions that send them to both. An answer key is included, so checking work takes seconds.
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Description
The Illustrations in a Story Worksheet helps young readers discover that the pictures in a book are part of the story, not just decoration. Kindergarten readers learn to look closely at an illustration, notice the details the words leave out, and put the picture and the text together to understand what is happening. This Illustrations in a Story Worksheet gives them a short, friendly story and a bright picture to practice that skill with, exactly the way a picture book asks them to.
This printable reading comprehension activity opens with a fifty-nine word story about a girl who carries a picnic basket up a grassy hill and waves hello to her little brother. Beside the story sits a full-color illustration of that very moment. Five fill-in-the-bubble questions follow. Three of them are answered by reading the words, and two of them can only be answered by looking at the picture, so children learn that both parts of a page carry meaning. Read the story aloud together, look at the picture, then let children bubble in their answers and check their work against the included answer key.
What’s Included
- A one-page original story written on a Kindergarten reading level
- A full-color illustration that carries details the words do not say
- Five multiple-choice questions with three big, easy-to-read choices each
- Three questions answered from the text and two answered from the picture
- A complete answer key on the final page
- A print-ready PDF sized for standard letter paper
Three Reasons This Helps Kids
- It builds the habit of using illustrations as evidence, a foundational reading standard for Kindergarten and first grade.
- The short story and big type keep the reading load light, so children spend their attention on thinking rather than decoding.
- Fill-in-the-bubble answers give beginning readers early, low-stress practice with the answer format they will meet on real assessments.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Read the story aloud twice before children answer anything. The second time, stop at the picture and ask what the illustration shows that the words never mention. Cover the story with a sheet of paper and ask what children can still figure out from the picture alone, then cover the picture and ask the same question about the words. Use this Kindergarten text features worksheet as a small-group warm-up, a literacy-center task, or a quick check before a shared picture book, and keep the answer key handy so children can grade their own work.
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