Kindergarden - Stories

Stories: Supplemental Guide 9A | Goldilocks and the Three Bears 161

Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

Comprehension Questions

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent

lines of the story and/or refer to specific images. Encourage students

to answer in complete sentences. Model answers using complete

sentences.

1. Literal What is the title of this story?
   
   
   • The title of this story is “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.”
   
   
   
   


2. Literal Where do the bears in this story live?
   
   
   • The bears live in a house in the woods.
   
   
   
   


3. Inferential How do the bears in this story act like people?
   
   
   • The bears talk, live in a house, eat porridge, have chairs and beds, and
     go on walks, just like people do.
   
   
   
   


4. Inferential Why does Papa Bear have a great big bowl, chair, bed, and
   voice? Why does Mama Bear have a middle-sized bowl, chair, bed,
   and voice? Why does Baby Bear have a wee little bowl, chair, bed,
   and voice?
   
   
   • Answers may vary, but should hint that the size of the bowl, chair, bed,
     and voice relates to each bear’s actual size.
   
   
   
   


5. Evaluative Which parts of the story are real? Which parts of the story
   are fantasy?
   
   
   • The bears living in the woods and Goldilocks walking in the woods are
     real. Bears living in a house, eating porridge, and 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 two questions. I will give you a minute to think about
     the questions. Then I will ask you to turn to your partner and discuss
     the questions. Finally, I will call on several of you to share what you
     discussed with your partner.
   
   
   
   

Sentence Frames
Would you have gone into the
bears’ house? (Yes/No)

If I were Goldilocks, I would...

A different ending for the story
could be...

6. Evaluative Think Pair Share: Pretend that you are Goldilocks. What
   would you have done differently? How would the story have ended
   differently?
   
   
   • Answers may vary.