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The Tortoise and the Ducks

Grades: 4th Grade

Subjects: Reading, English Language Arts

Standards: Write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources. (ELA.4.7(B)), Demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, legends, myths, and tall tales. (ELA.4.9(A)), Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding. (ELA.4.6(F)), Determine the meaning of and use words with affixes such as mis-, sub-, -ment, and -ity/ty and roots such as auto, graph, and meter. (ELA.4.3(C)), Use text evidence to support an appropriate response. (ELA.4.7(C))

Student Instructions

add Tap add response 📖 Read the story 🧠❓ Think about and answer the questions. Use the highlighter tool to highlight evidence to support your answers. label 📝 Write an SCR to answer the question check Tap the green check to turn in your work. draft Tap the orange check to save a draft to work on later.

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

Text is taken from The Library of Congress AESOP'S FABLES-- https://read.gov/aesop/033.html and is in the public domain. I have included a link to the Merriam Webster dictionary for students to use to look up words if needed.

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