Your clever kindergartners will enjoy a series of activities based on the West African folktale, The Clever Monkey, adapted by Rob Cleveland. They sequence the story with pictures, copy sentences, illustrate idioms about cats, and taste some delicious cheese in a fun cheese-tasting activity.

Concepts

african folktales, folktales, phonics, reading comprehension, idioms, climate regions, morals, making predictions, personification, story sequencing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have kids work in groups on each activity, rotating the groups through different centers based on the story
• Add to a unit on folktales or fables
• Use the discussion questions in your story circle or in a language arts center

Classroom Considerations

• You will need to borrow or buy a copy of The Clever Monkey

Pros

• Fun and educational for developing learners
• Provides versions for first and second graders as well

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.4 RL.1.1 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.4