Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 10 | The Lion and the Mouse 177

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Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Listen to and demonstrate familiarity with “The Lion and the Mouse”

 Identify and describe the characters: the lion and the mouse

 Retell the events in “The Lion and the Mouse”

 Identify dialogue in “The Lion and the Mouse”

 Identify the moral of “The Lion and the Mouse”

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this lesson.

Objectives aligning with the Common Core State Standards are noted

with the corresponding standard in parentheses. Refer to the Alignment

Chart for additional standards that are addressed in all lessons in this

domain.

Students will:

 With prompting and support, dramatize the fable “The Lion and the

Mouse” in the proper sequence (RL.K.2)

 With prompting and support, describe characters, setting, and events

in “The Lion and the Mouse” (RL.K.3)

 Recognize common types of texts, such as nursery rhymes and

fables (RL.K.5)

 Listen to and understand the fable “The Lion and the Mouse” (RL.K.5)

 With prompting and support, describe illustrations, such as an

illustration of a mouse in lion’s paw, to support comprehension of the

read-aloud (RL.K.7)

 With assistance, recall information from “The Lion and the Mouse” in

order to put the events of the fable in the right order (W.K.8)