The Crab and the Shark — Read Aloud (Children's Fairytale Theater)
From Children's Fairytale Theater
5 minPre-KK1stReading & Writing (ELA)Social-Emotional Learning
Summary
A read-aloud of The Crab and the Shark, a gentle story about an unlikely friendship between two very different sea creatures. A short story for talking about kindness and making friends.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Friends
- How are the crab and the shark different from each other?
- What helped them become friends?
- Who is a friend of yours who is different from you? What do you like about them?
Quick work-a-long
Friendship pair: Think of two very different animals who could be friends. Draw them together and give one reason they get along.