Chicken Little falls into the subcategory of cumulative tales where the story builds on itself, the story less important than the increasing repetition of text and details. Identify at least 2 characteristics of this genre and subgenre and discuss how they appear in your book: Traditional literature comes from the oral tradition of storytelling and are most often labeled ‘folklore’. This would be a great exploratory activity for students and tie in with the lesson of the book.Ĭategories/Genres for this class fulfilled by this book: Traditional, PicturebookĮstimate of age level of interest:PreK-3rd Gradeīrief description: One day, as Chicken Little was scratching in the forest, something fell on her tail. A lesson can be introduced to students about something that they’ve heard before – heavier objects sink faster, bigger objects fall faster, metals stick to magnets. Science: This is a great tie in for students to understand not to believe everything they hear. Students could practice reading the parts of the characters and perform the story to their friends. Another activity that would be fun is to have students participate in reader’s theater. Students can also sequence events in the story easily with pictures and simple text. The repetition in the book is great for students to practice making predictions about what will happen next. Language Arts: This is a great read aloud book for students to predict the upcoming text. Other Suggestions that could be useful regarding literary content, reading level, and other ways in which the book might be integrated: K-2 It also teaches a moral lesson not to believe everything you hear.Ĭoncepts Integrated: reader’s theater, sequencing, science Most of the characters have rhyming names and are anthropomorphized. It ends with the king pulling out the acorn from Chicken Little’s tail, and everyone laughs and goes back home.Ĭharacteristics to Support Genre: This classic fable has been retold for generations. Each new character joins the parade to tell the King the news of the sky falling. She tells some of the same classic character, Henny Penny, but there is a large list of new characters that I don’t remember from when I was younger. ![]() An acorn falls out of the tree and hits her on the tail leading her to believe that the sky is falling. This is a different version of the classic tale of Chicken Little.
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