Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 12 A | The Dog and His Reflection 211

4. Inferential Did the dog quickly eat his bone? Why not?
   
   
   • The dog did not eat his bone because his friends might come along and
     ask him to share the bone.
   
   
   
   


5. Literal What does the dog decide to do with the bone?
   
   
   • The dog decides to bury the bone.
   
   
   
   


6. Inferential What does the dog see while he is crossing the bridge?
   What does the dog think he sees?
   
   
   • The dog sees his reflection, but he thinks he sees another dog with
     another bone.
   
   
   
   


7. Evaluative Is this story real or make-believe? How do you know?
   
   
   • This story is make-believe because animals do not talk.
   
   
   
   


8. Literal What is the moral of this fable?
   
   
   • “If you are greedy, you may lose everything.”
     [Have students repeat this moral with you: “If you are greedy, you may
     lose everything.”]
   
   
   
   


9. Inferential Who learns this moral?
   
   
   • The dog learns this moral.
   
   
   
   


10. Evaluative How does the dog learn this moral?
    
    
    • The dog was greedy and wanted the other dog’s bone, but he ended up
      with nothing.
      [Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
      necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]
      I am going to ask you some questions. I will give you one minute to think
      about the questions. Then I will ask you to turn to your partner to discuss
      the questions. Finally, I will call on several of you to share what you
      discussed with your partner.
    
    
    
    

Sentence Frames
Did the dog learn his lesson?
(Yes/No)

Next time, the dog will...

I think the dog will/will not share
because...

11. Evaluative Think Pair Share: Do you think the dog has learned his
    lesson? Do you think that the next time the dog has a juicy bone, he
    will share it with others?
    
    
    • Answers may vary.
    
    
    
    


12. After hearing today’s fable and questions and answers, do you have
    any remaining questions? [If time permits, you may wish to allow for
    individual, group, or class research of the text and/or other resources
    to answer these remaining questions.]