Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 11B | The Hare and the Tortoise 201

1. The hare is ready for the race.
   The tortoise is ready for the race.
   The hare is ready for the race, and the tortoise is ready
   for the race.
   The hare and tortoise are ready for the race.


2. The hare looks at the tortoise.
   The hare thinks that he will win for sure.
   The hare looks at the tortoise and thinks that he will
   win for sure.


3. The other animals gathered around.
   The other animals watch the race.
   The other animals gathered around and watched the race.
   The other animals gathered around to watch the race.
   The other animals gathered around because they want to watch the
   race.
   ➶ Above and Beyond: Students work with their partners to build longer
   sentences. Model for students how to take turns saying one thing
   at a time about the picture and to combine those ideas into one
   sentence.

 Vocabulary Instructional Activity

Word Work: Race

1. In the read-aloud you heard the tortoise say to the hare, “You may be
   fast. But I’ll bet I could beat you in a race.”


2. Say the word race with me three times.


3. A race is a sport or contest of speed.


4. My older brother won the sack race at the picnic. [A sack race is a
   game in which people place both of their legs inside a sack like a
   pillow case and jump forward from a starting point toward a finish
   line. The first person to cross the finish line is the winner of the race.]