The Mailbox - Free Printable

Let’s think through this step by step.

This worksheet is about the story “The Little Red Hen.” In that story, the little red hen does a lot of work to make bread — she plants wheat, cuts it, threshes it, takes it to the mill, gets flour, and then bakes bread. At the end, she makes bread all by herself because no one else helped her.

Looking at the top part:
It asks, “What did the little red hen do?” and shows three boxes labeled 1, 2, and 3 under a window curtain. This means we need to put three things she did in order — like steps in a sequence.

From the story, here are three key things she did (in order):
1. She planted the wheat seeds.
2. She cut the wheat when it was ready.
3. She took the wheat to be made into flour (or she baked the bread).

But wait — look at the bottom part of the page. There are three pictures in dashed boxes at the very bottom. These are probably meant to be cut out and glued into the numbered boxes above! Let’s check what those pictures show:

- First picture: The hen pushing a wheelbarrow full of wheat with a rooster nearby → that’s harvesting or carrying wheat.
- Second picture: The hen holding scissors next to wheat → that’s cutting the wheat.
- Third picture: The hen holding a loaf of bread with a bucket nearby → that’s baking or finishing the bread.

So the correct order should match the story’s sequence:
1. Cut the wheat (second picture)
2. Carry the wheat (first picture)
3. Make/bake the bread (third picture)

Wait — actually, let’s double-check the real story order:
- Plant seeds → not shown
- Cut wheat → yes, second picture
- Take to mill / get flour → not clearly shown, but maybe implied
- Bake bread → third picture

But since only these three pictures are given, and they’re meant to go in boxes 1, 2, 3, we have to use them in logical story order.

Actually, looking again — the first picture shows her with a wheelbarrow full of wheat stalks — that’s after cutting. So:
Step 1: Cut the wheat (picture 2)
Step 2: Carry the wheat (picture 1)
Step 3: Bake the bread (picture 3)

That makes sense.

Now, the middle question: “What did the little red hen make?” and it says “Draw.” Well, in the story, she made BREAD. And there’s already a drawing of her mixing flour in a bowl — so you don’t need to draw anything new unless instructed, but the instruction says “Draw,” so maybe you’d draw a loaf of bread next to the table? But since this is a text-based answer, we’ll just say what she made.

Final Answer:
For the top section (boxes 1, 2, 3), glue the pictures in this order:
Box 1: Picture of hen cutting wheat (middle bottom picture)
Box 2: Picture of hen with wheelbarrow (left bottom picture)
Box 3: Picture of hen with bread (right bottom picture)

For the drawing part: Draw a loaf of bread.

She made bread.