This story is retold and illustrated by Gerald Mc Dermott

The story is a fable.

A fable is short story with a lesson. The characters in the story are usually animals that can talk.

Author:

Gerald McDermott

•Gerald McDermott was born on January 31, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan. He started taking art classes when he was four years old

•He is a successful artist, writer, and filmmaker. He has won many awards for his artwork, including the Caldecott Medal.

•Gerald McDermott likes to retell myths and folktales in his books.

•He makes the pictures for his books bold and bright.

Genre -

A fable is a story that teaches a lesson.

Fable

“The Fox and the Stork”

• Look for:• A lesson that you can use in your

own life.• Animal characters that talk.

Kind kind - nice to others

kind

•The boys were kind to sing to the people.

1

Made made

The elves made shoes for the old man and woman.2

made - did make

Door door

This door makes me feel happy.

3

Door - something used to open or close an entrance to a room

Who

who

Who comes down the chimney?

4

who - which person

Would

would

Would you like to ride on this train?

5

would - past of will

• Say the words.

• Read the sentence.

• Fill in the blank.

He ________ yarn out of the cotton ball.

• door

• kind

• made

• who

• would

______ has the alligator?

• Kind

• Door

• Would

• Who

• Made

• made

• door

• kind

• would

• who

The cat is looking out the ______.

The vet was _______ to the hurt dog.

• who

• door

• would

• made

• kind

______ you like to pet the bearded dragon?

• Would

• Door

• Kind

• Made

• Who

Match the words to its meaning.

A.- something used to open or close an entrance to a room

B.- nice to others

C.- did make

D.- which person

E.- past of will

1. would ____

2. door ___

3. who ____

4. kind ____

5. made _____

A

B

C

D

E

Say the Sight Words

• door

• who

• would

• found

• gave

• goes

• green

• its

• made

• of

New words in the story: “The Fox and the Stork”

• popcorn• lesson• fable• forest• tricks• rowed• morning• around• boast

• dinner• tapped• wonderful• bowl• soup• smart• flat• slurped• hungry•complain

• best• garden• served• lick• dipped• drank• moaned• groaned• reward• friend

Anne Miller

SitesYou should be able to click on these sites and go to them by

pointing and clicking.

The Fox and the Stork - Characters The Fox and the Stork - Characters Test Tutor A Trip to Fox Mountain (No Sound- Students can read this orally)

PhonicsDouble Consonants 1 Double Consonants 2 -le Soap Boat Two Vowel TV  Two Vowel Make a Word Game Two Vowel Word Sort