🔍 Craft & Structure: Literature: Nia and the Missing Hen (Kindergarten)

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Read closely. Think about how the author wrote it.

Nia and the Missing Hen

Nia feeds the hens every morning.

One day, Rosa the hen is missing!

Nia looks in the barn. She looks behind the hay.

There is Rosa, sitting on six new eggs.

Nia smiles and gives Rosa extra corn.

1. Who is telling the story? (a character or a narrator)

2. Find a word that tells how a character feels.

3. What happens at the beginning, middle and end?

4. Is this a story (fiction) or a book that gives facts?

Answer key: third person; structure: beginning, middle, end

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About this kindergarten worksheet

Free Kindergarten English worksheet (Common Core RL.K.4): analyze point of view, word choice and structure in "Nia and the Missing Hen". Skill: Word choice, structure and point of view. Level: Kindergarten — also great for Reception / EYFS (UK) and Foundation (Australia).

For teachers: skills & standards

CCSS RL.K.4: Word choice, structure and point of view
CCSS RL.K.5: Word choice, structure and point of view
CCSS RL.K.6: Word choice, structure and point of view
Works as a morning-work page, a centre/station activity, homework or an early-finisher task.

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What skills does it build?

Word choice, structure and point of view.

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