Kindergarden - Stories

Stories: Supplemental Guide 3A | The Three Billy Goats Gruff 57

Mid-story Check-In

1. Literal Which characters have you met so far?
   
   
   • So far, I have met the three Billy Goats Gruff and the troll.
   
   
   
   


2. Literal What do the three billy goats want to do?
   
   
   • They want to cross to the other side to eat the grass.
   
   
   
   


3. Inferential What is the problem?
   
   
   • There is a troll under the bridge who gets woken up from his nap and is
     angry. The troll says that he wants to gobble the billy goats up.
   
   
   
   

 Show image 3A-4: Big Billy Goat Gruff on the bridge

And just then, up came the great Big Billy Goat Gruff.

“TRIP-TRAP! TRIP-TRAP! TRIP-TRAP!” went the bridge, for the Big

Billy Goat Gruff was so heavy that the bridge creaked and groaned

under him.

[Say to students, “The bridge moved and made a squeaking sound because

Big Billy Goat Gruff was so big.”]

[Prompt designated students to repeat “Trip-trap! Trip-trap! Trip-trap!” in a loud

voice while loudly clapping their hands or patting their knees.]

“WHO’S THAT TRIP-TRAPPING OVER MY BRIDGE?” roared the troll.

[Prompt designated students to roar, “WHO’S THAT TRIP-TRAPPING OVER MY

BRIDGE?”]

And a deep, loud voice boomed, “IT IS I, BIG BILLY GOAT GRUFF.”

“Oh-ho!” said the troll, who was thinking now that he was feeling the

grumpiest and hungriest he had ever felt. “I am coming to gobble you

up.”

“Well, then, come and try it!” said the Big Billy Goat Gruff.

The troll climbed up on the bridge, but he was not prepared for what

happened next.

[Say to students, “Tell your partner what you think will happen between the troll

and the Big Billy Goat Gruff.” Allow fifteen seconds for students to talk. Call on

two students to answer.]