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A Crown Story and a Zebra Poem

Kindergarten read-aloud: a short story about a paper crown and a poem about zebra stripes. Children name each kind of text and sort stories, poems, and letters.

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Aligned toRL.K.5

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 8 questions
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Details

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students tell whether a short text is a story or a poem.
  • Students recognize a story by its problem and events and a poem by its rhyming lines.
  • Students sort short texts into stories, poems, and letters.

How to use

Read the story and the poem aloud twice. Read each question and its choices to the class, then let students write, circle, or sort. Talk about how the two texts sound different.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.K.5

Recognize common types of texts, such as storybooks and poems.

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A Crown Story and a Zebra Poem

Listen to two texts. Tell which is a story and which is a poem.

Listen to two texts

Your teacher reads a story and a poem. Listen to how each one sounds.

Carmen's Paper Crown

Carmen made a crown out of yellow paper. She put it on her head.

Oh no! The crown was too big. It slid down over her eyes.

Papa helped her make it smaller with tape. Now the crown fit just right.

Zebra Stripes

Black and white, black and white,
Zebra's stripes are a pretty sight.
Stripes on her legs, stripes on her head,
She even wears her stripes to bed!
Zebra, zebra, run and play,
Show your stripes to me today!

Story or poem?

Your teacher reads each question. Write or circle your answer.

1.
Use the word bank. Write story or poem.
Word bank: poem · story

"Carmen's Paper Crown" is a  .
"Zebra Stripes" is a  .

2.
Which text tells about a problem and how it gets fixed?
  • A. "Zebra Stripes"
  • B. "Carmen's Paper Crown"
  • C. both of them
3.
Which text has words that rhyme at the ends of the lines?
  • A. "Carmen's Paper Crown"
  • B. both of them
  • C. "Zebra Stripes"
4.
Where would you find a text like "Zebra Stripes"?
  • A. in a book of poems
  • B. on a shopping list
  • C. in a book of facts

Kinds of texts

Your teacher reads each one. Sort, circle, or tell your answer.

5.
Your teacher reads each one. Is it a story, a poem, or a letter? Sort them.
Sun, sun, warm and gold,
Keep me cozy when it's cold.Dear Grandpa,
Thank you for the drum.
Love, JadaBen dropped his ball. It rolled under the bed. He crawled in and got it.Max baked muffins with his dad. Then they shared them with friends.Munch, munch, crunchy toast,
That's the snack I love the most!Dear Ms. Park,
I like our class fish.
From, Leo
a storya poema letter
6.
Carmen wants to write a poem about her crown. Which one sounds like a poem?
  • A. Papa got the tape and fixed my crown.
  • B. Carmen made a crown. She wore it to lunch.
  • C. Crown so bright,
    It fits just right!
7.
Which words do you often see on the last page of a storybook?
  • A. Dear Papa,
  • B. The End
  • C. Shopping List
8.
Tell how you know "Carmen's Paper Crown" is a story.

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