Exploring Life Cycles

Lesson 19
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ELA

Unit 7

Kindergarten

Lesson 19 of 22

Objective


Explain how the other animals treated the little duckling and how it made him feel.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen and Jerry Pinkney  pp. 1 – 12

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

How did the other animals treat the little duckling? How did it make him feel?

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Key Questions


  • What does it mean to be puzzled? Why was the duck puzzled about the sixth egg?

  • What happens with the eggs? How does it make the mother duck feel?

  • How did the mother duck feel when the last duckling hatched? Why?

  • How did the other ducks treat the duckling? How does the mother respond?

  • How does the duckling feel? Why?

  • How does the duckling feel? Why?

Vocabulary


puzzled

adj.

confused or unable to understand

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.K.2 — With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
  • RL.K.3 — With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

Supporting Standards

RL.K.1
RL.K.10
SL.K.1
SL.K.2
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