Fables/Lessons
What kinds of characters are usually in fables?
Animals.
What is a sequence?
An ordered list.
What is a problem?
Something that goes wrong that needs to be fixed.
What are the characters of a story?
The people/animals the story is about.
Name a word that rhymes with CAKE.
LAKE, MAKE, TAKE.
What does the word MORAL mean?
The lesson a story is trying to teach.
When reading a story, what do we sequence?
The important events that happened in the story.
What is a solution?
How a problem can be fixed.
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place.
True or False: BED and HEAD are rhyming words.
True.
Why did people write fables?
To teach lessons/morals through stories.
What are some words that we use when we sequence?
First, next, then, last.
How many solutions can a problem have?
As many as you can think of! There's more than one way you can solve a problem.
True or False: Weather can be part of the setting.
True. It's part of where and when the story is taking place.
EX: If it's snowing, we know it must be taking place somewhere where it can snow and it must be winter time.
True or False: For a word to rhyme, the ending has to be spelled the same.
False: GLUE and FEW rhyme even though they are spelled with different endings.
What lesson did we learn from "The Boy who Cried Wolf"?
Don't lie/tell the truth.
Finish this sequence. First I woke up and got out of bed. Next, I ____________.
Got dressed, brushed my teeth, ate breakfast...
Would spilling milk be a problem or a solution?
Problem.
True or False: Night time could be part of the setting.
True. It's telling us the time of day the story is taking place.
Name a word that rhymes with SAID.
BED, RED, HEAD.
What lesson did we learn from "The Tortoise and the Hare"?
Don't rush/slow and steady wins the race.
True or False: Details like "The dog is big" should be included in your sequence.
False.
Would waking up earlier to get to school on time be a problem or solution?
Solution.
True or False: A character's pet dog would be part of the setting.
False.
Rhyming words are often used in what kind of writing?
Poetry.