The Moon Bowl
Fairy Tale (fiction), 1,680 words, Level S (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Story Elements
Grammar and Mechanics	Conjunctions
Word Work	Similes

Book Summary

In this uproarious send-up of traditional fairy tales, all the water in the world originates in an enormous bowl on the moon. But the silly, indecisive woman on the moon refuses to tip the bowl over, and everyone is very worried because wash day is coming. So Tom, the brave woodchopper, goes to the moon to find out the problem. He discovers that the woman on the moon is not a woman at all, and that people's presumptions are not always accurate.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand fictional text
• Understand story elements of fairy tales
• Identify conjunctions used to combine sentences
• Recognize and understand similes

Vocabulary

• Content words: balderdash, diagram, gleaming, humble, jostled, minding, perched, rickety, simpleton, skimpy, timely

Book Resources

Formats Single-Sided Book Single-Sided Color Cover Double-Sided Book Double-Sided Color Cover Lesson Resources Lesson Plan Worksheets Discussion Cards Comprehension Quiz Level S Answer Sheet