52 Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 3A | The Goose and the Golden Eggs
- Give students Response Card 3 (The Goose and the Golden Eggs)
from Instructional Master 3A-1. Have students talk with their partner
about the difference between how the farmer looks in the first picture
(surprised and shocked) to how he looks in the second picture
(helpless and sad).
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Goose
Show image 3A-1: Goose and goose egg- The title of today’s fable is “The Goose and the Golden Eggs.”
- Say the word goose with me three times.
- A goose is a duck-like bird that lives on or near the water.
- The goose built its nest near the pond.
- How does the goose egg in this picture look different from the goose
egg in the other picture? [Show image 3A-2 for comparison.]
Golden - In today’s fable you will hear that the goose lays one golden egg each
day. - Say the word golden with me three times.
- Golden means having the color of gold.
- The leaves of the apple tree turned a golden color in the autumn.
- What other things are golden? See if you and your partner can think
of three things that are golden. [Suggestions: coins, hair, statue,
jewelry, watch, tooth.]