Kindergarden - Kings and Queens

130 Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 6A | Cinderella

Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

Comprehension Questions

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines

of the read-aloud and/or refer to specific images. Encourage students to

answer in complete sentences. Model answers using complete sentences

for students.

1. Literal What is the title of this fairy tale?
   
   
   • The title of this fairy tale is “Cinderella.”
   
   
   
   


2. Literal Who is the main character in this story?
   
   
   • Cinderella is the main character in this story.
   
   
   
   


3. Inferential How did Cinderella get her name?
   
   
   • Cinderella got her name because she would sleep on the floor next to
     the fireplace that had ashes and cinders.
   
   
   
   


4. Inferential How did Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters treat her?
   
   
   • Answers may vary, but should include that they were unkind and unfair
     to her.
   
   
   
   


5. Inferential Why did Cinderella leave the ball in such a hurry?
   
   
   • Cinderella left the ball in such a hurry because at midnight everything
     would turn back to the way it was: the coach would turn back into a
     pumpkin; the horses would turn back into mice; the coachman would
     turn back into a rat; and her gown would turn back into the tattered
     clothing she usually wears.
   
   
   
   


6. Evaluative Was this a happy ending for Cinderella? for the prince? for
   the stepmother and stepsisters?
   
   
   • Answers may vary.
   
   
   
   


7. Evaluative Which parts of this story could be real or could really
   happen?
   
   
   • Some people can really be treated unfairly. People can really go to a ball.
     Which parts of this story are make-believe or fantasy?
   
   
   • The fairy godmother turning a pumpkin into a coach, mice into horses,
     a rat into a coachman, and Cinderella’s tattered clothing into a gown is
     fantasy.