Kindergarden - Stories

Stories: Supplemental Guide 8A | The Story of Jumping Mouse, Part II 139

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Introducing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes

Story Review

• Ask students, “What are made-up stories called?”
  
  
  • Made-up stories are called fiction.
  
  
  
  


• Remind students that many times fiction stories are make-believe and
  fantasy with a little bit of reality, or something that is true.


• Ask students, “What kind of special story is “The Story of Jumping
  Mouse?”
  
  
  • “The Story of Jumping Mouse” is a folktale.
  
  
  
  


• Ask: “Who were the first people to tell this story?”
  
  
  • This story was first told by Native Americans.
  
  
  
  


• Remind students that folktales were told orally and passed down from
  person to person. A folktale is a one type of fiction.


• Ask students, “Do you remember what character, setting, and plot
  are?”
  
  
  • Character is who the story is about. Setting is where the story takes
    place. Plot is what happens in the story.
  
  
  
  


• Say to students, “Tell your partner what you remember about the
  character, setting, and plot from “The Story of Jumping Mouse, Part
  I.” [Students may choose to refer to the Character, Setting, Plot Map
  for “The Story of Jumping Mouse.” Allow students to talk for one
  minute. Call on two partner pairs to share.]

Introducing “The Story of Jumping Mouse, Part II”

Picture Walk

• Tell students that you will take a picture walk through this story
  together.


• Ask students what they would call a person who draws the pictures of
  a story.
  
  
  • the illustrator