The Ant and the Jam: Kindergarten Reading Passage

About this worksheet

A little ant on a picnic mat finds a jam jar with no lid and climbs right in for a sticky snack. A free printable kindergarten short story (30 words) with multiple-choice who/where questions and yes-or-no sentences. Answer key on page 2. Kindergartners can point under each word with a finger as they read it out loud.

On this sheet

JAM An ant is on the mat. It sees a jam jar. The lid is not on! The ant gets in the jam. Yum! The ant has jam on its legs. WHO? Who gets in the jam? bee ant bug WHERE? Where does the ant get in ___? the jam the mud the tub Read each sentence. Circle yes or no. The ant is on a mat. yes no The lid is on the jar.

Tips for using it

• Before reading, look at the picture and the title together and guess what the passage will be about.
• Ask your child to underline the sentence in the passage that proves each answer.
• Talk about the story afterwards: what was the problem, how was it solved, and what would your child have done?

Printing tips

Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. Free for personal, family and classroom use.