The Ant and the Grasshopper
From Super Why! · 2008
24 minK1st2ndReading & Writing (ELA)Social-Emotional Learning
Summary
The Super Readers read Aesop's "The Ant and the Grasshopper" to solve a real-life problem about getting ready ahead of time. The ant works all summer storing food while the grasshopper plays — and when winter comes, the difference matters. A friendly fable about planning and doing your part.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
The ant works ahead while the grasshopper waits — and winter comes.
- What does the ant do all summer? What does the grasshopper do?
- Why is the grasshopper worried when winter arrives?
- What is the lesson, or moral, of this story?
- What is something you can get ready for ahead of time?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: store, prepare, season, lesson (moral).
Try it: Draw two pictures — "getting ready" and "not ready" — and write one word under each.