26 Stories: Supplemental Guide 1A | Chicken Little
- Inferential Which animals believe Chicken Little when she said the sky
is falling?- Henny Penny, Goosey Loosey, Ducky Lucky, and Turkey Lurkey believe
Chicken Little.
Which animal does not believe Chicken Little? - Foxy Loxy does not believe her.
- Henny Penny, Goosey Loosey, Ducky Lucky, and Turkey Lurkey believe
- Inferential Why do the birds come out of the fox’s den?
- Chicken Little sneezes and comes to her senses. She remembers that
birds are supposed to stay away from foxes.
- Chicken Little sneezes and comes to her senses. She remembers that
- Evaluative Remember that made-up stories are called fiction. What
kind of story is “Chicken Little”?- “Chicken Little” is fiction.
- Evaluative Which parts of the story are real? Which parts of the story
are fantasy?- An acorn falling from a tree and birds being afraid of foxes are real. The
sky falling and animals talking are fantasy.
[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 a question. I will give you a minute to think about the
question. Then I will ask you to turn to your partner and discuss the
question. Finally, I will call on several of you to share what you discussed
with your partner.
- An acorn falling from a tree and birds being afraid of foxes are real. The
Sentence Frames
Would you be scared like Chicken
Little? (Yes/No)
If I were Chicken Little,
I would...
If I thought the sky was falling, I
would... because...
- Evaluative Think Pair Share: If you were Chicken Little and thought the
sky was falling, what would you have done?- Answers may vary.
- After hearing today’s story 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.]