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Week 12 · Same and Different

Monday

Two versions of one story
// Compare two texts, rhyme and rhythm, and a big review
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Two versions of one story

Freddy the Frog hops to the Story Stump with two books.

"Ribbit! Both books tell the same story," says Freddy.

"But the endings are not the same!"

Ferris the Fox laughs. "Then let us compare them," he says.

"We will look for what is the same and what is different."

Learn it: same and different

A story can be told in more than one way.

Each way is called a version.

To compare, ask: What is the same in both?

To contrast, ask: What is different?

Ferris asks: Who helps Hazel in each one? He looks back at both.

Read it
The Lost Mitten (Version 1)
On a snowy morning, Hazel the Hedgehog lost her red mitten.
She looked under the bench by the Story Stump.
Then she looked inside the hollow log.
Bennie the Bear found the mitten up on a branch.
"The wind blew it up there," said Bennie.
He reached up high and handed it to Hazel.
Hazel pulled it on and smiled a warm smile.
Read it
The Lost Mitten (Version 2)
On a snowy morning, Hazel the Hedgehog lost her red mitten.
She looked under the bench by the Story Stump.
Oliver the Owl flew up high to help her look.
From a treetop, he spotted something red in the snow.
A little mouse was sleeping inside the mitten!
"You may keep it for a bed," Hazel said kindly.
Then she knitted herself a brand new mitten.
CHECK IT: BOTH VERSIONS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
In Version 1, who found the mitten?
In Version 2, who helped Hazel look?
In Version 1, where was the mitten?
In Version 2, who was inside the mitten?
SAME OR DIFFERENT?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Hazel loses a red mitten on a snowy morning.
Who finds the mitten.
Hazel looks under the bench.
How the story ends.
SentenceTrue or false?
Both versions happen on a snowy morning.?
In both versions, Hazel wears the red mitten at the end.?
In Version 2, Hazel lets the mouse keep the mitten.?
In Version 1, the wind blew the mitten onto a branch.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEIn Version 2, the mouse keeps it. Hazel knits a new mitten.
Try it
Tell a grown-up which version you like best.
Give one reason why.
Then make up a third ending together!

Word Spot: would, write

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Would: W-O-U-L-D.

Write: W-R-I-T-E.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
I ___ like to try.
Please ___ what you see.

Great comparing! Tomorrow we compare two texts about the garden.