The Boy Who Cried Wolf
From Super Why! · 2008
24 minK1st2ndReading & Writing (ELA)Social-Emotional Learning
Summary
The Super Readers jump into Aesop's "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" to learn what happens when you don't tell the truth. The boy tricks the village again and again — until no one believes him when it really matters. A gentle, kid-sized look at honesty and the lesson a fable teaches.
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Discussion
This fable is about telling the truth — and what happens when you don't.
- What trick does the boy play on the villagers?
- Why don't the villagers come when the wolf is really there?
- What is the lesson, or moral, of this story?
- Why is it important that people can believe what you say?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: truth, trick, believe, lesson (moral).
Try it: Finish the sentence in writing: "The lesson of this story is ____."