Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 11A | The Hare and the Tortoise 199

Word Work: Boasting

1. In the read-aloud you heard, “There once was a hare who was always
   boasting about how fast he was.”


2. Say the word boasting with me three times.


3. When someone is boasting, s/he is bragging about something.


4. A person may boast about things s/he has, such as a special toy, or
   things s/he has done, such as winning first prize in a contest. Think
   about some of the characters in the fables we have been reading
   and what they boasted about (e.g., the lion boasts that he is the king
   of beasts and the hare boasts that he is fast). Try to use the word
   boasting when you tell about it.
   
   
   • Ask two or three students. If necessary, guide and/or rephrase the
     students’ responses: “The was boasting that... ”
   
   
   
   


5. What’s the word we’ve been talking about?
   Use a Sharing activity for follow-up. Directions: Do you think the hare
   might still boast about himself after losing the race to the tortoise? Why
   or why not? Be sure to begin your response with, “The hare might/might
   not boast about himself after losing the race to the tortoise because... ”
   Do you think the tortoise will start boasting now that he has beaten the
   hare? Why or why not? Be sure to begin your response with “The tortoise
   will/will not start boasting because... ”

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day