Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 6A | Cinderella 121
Introducing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes
Story Review
- Review the characters, setting, and plot of the story “The Princess
and the Pea.” If you have created a large Character, Setting, Plot Map
for this story, use it for review. Encourage the use of temporal words:
first, next, then, after that, later, and finally. In particular, have students
begin the story with the phrase “once upon a time.” - You may also wish to have partner pairs try to sequence Image
Cards 7–12 as they retell the story. - Remind students that “The Princess and the Pea” is a fairy tale and
not real.
Introducing “Cinderella”
- Tell students that they are going to hear a fairy tale that was written
long ago in France. - Point to France on a world map. Tell students that long ago France
had kings and queens. Now France no longer has kings and queens;
now France has a president. - Distribute Instructional Master 6A-1: Response Card 5 (Cinderella) to
each student. - Help students identify Cinderella, the stepsisters, and the fairy
godmother.
Picture Walk - Tell students that the story they will hear is called “Cinderella.”
- Tell students that you will take a picture walk through some of the
pictures in this story together. - Ask students, “What do you call someone who draws the pictures for
a story?”- the illustrator
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