A short story titled “The Lost Crayon” introduces early readers to a simple problem-and-solution structure. Lena loses her blue crayon while coloring, searches under her paper and in her pencil box, and finds it under her chair. The text uses basic conjunctions like “when” and includes vocabulary such as crayon, pencil box, and smiles. A word bank at the top supports decoding: Lena, crayon, blue, desk, paper, pencil box, chair, finds, smiles, picture. Three questions follow: What color is Lena’s crayon?, Where does Lena find the crayon?, and Why does Lena smile? (multiple choice). Published by printworksheets.com, this printable supports literacy development for kindergarten end or first grade.
