Book Summary
The classic fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears is retold. The story invites readers to enjoy the adventures of a young girl who happens upon a cottage in the forest and finds three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds. What surprises await the family that lives in the cottage? Illustrations support the text. This book is one of three multilevel readers. Both may be used in conjunction with Goldilocks and the Other Three Bears to offer a unique opportunity to show students how a change in the portrayal of the characters can give the story a different view.

Book and lesson also available at Levels L and P.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember story events
• Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
• Compare and contrast characters in two versions of a story
• Read and recognize medial short /o/ vowel
• Recognize the long i vowel pattern
• Recognize and understand irregular past-tense verbs
• Identify and use homophones

Materials

• Book -- Goldilocks and the Three Bears (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Sticky notes
• Dictionaries
• Cause and effect, compare and contrast, past-tense verbs, homophones worksheets
• Discussion cards -- Goldilocks and the Three Bears / Goldilocks and the Other Three Bears

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be demonstrated by projecting book on interactive whiteboard or completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: answered, knocked, medium, porridge, returned, youngster, zzzzz