Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 7B | The Little Half-Chick (Medio Pollito) 129[Ask two or three students. If necessary, guide and/or rephrase students’
responses: “I try not to waste .” Suggestions: paper, stickers,
paints, money, paper towels, electricity.]- What’s the word we’ve been talking about?
Use a Making Choices activity for follow-up. Directions: I will describe an
activity. If you think the activity is using too much of an item, or wasting
that item, you will say, “That is a waste of .” If you think it is not a
waste, you will say, “That is not a waste of .”
[Explain that people often have different opinions about what is or isn’t
wasting something, but they should be able to give reasons for their
opinions.] - putting twenty drops of glue on a piece of paper to make it stick
- taking more food than you could possibly eat from the buffet
- riding your bike to school [for gas]
- watching TV all day [for electricity or time]
- using a piece of recycled paper
End-of-Lesson Check-In
Sequencing the Story (Instructional Master 7B-1)- Give each student a copy of Instructional Master 7B-1. Explain to
students that this worksheet has pictures of events from the plot “The
Little Half-Chick (Medio Pollito).” Remind students that the plot is the
events that happen in a story.- First, have students talk about what is happening in each picture.
- Next, have them cut out the four pictures.
- Then, students should arrange the pictures in their correct order to
show the proper sequence of events. - When they think they have the pictures in the correct order, they
should ask an adult to see if their order is correct. - Have students glue or tape the pictures on paper once they have
been sequenced.
➶ Some students may be able to write a short sentence about what is
happening in each picture.