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Franklin and Otter's Visit / Franklin's Collection

From Franklin · 1998

Franklin and Otter's Visit / Franklin's Collection
23 minPre-KK1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
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Summary

Otter comes to visit and she and Franklin have to compromise on what to play. In the second story, Franklin's collection grows, and he learns about sharing and trading fairly.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

These stories are about compromise and about sharing a collection.

  1. How did Franklin and Otter decide what to do together?
  2. What made a fair trade in the collection story?
  3. How do you decide what to play when friends want different things?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: compromise, collection, trade.

Try it: Practice a fair trade with a partner using two small objects.