Our whole group story this week was called, “Goose’s Story.” It was about a young girl who is eager to see the geese fly to the pond near her home every spring. She is very happy until one year she sees a goose who has an injured foot. The goose is confused and scared, and eventually loses the foot. In this story, a sequence of events happen. Each event leads to another. We were sad to see that the other geese would stay away from the injured goose because she appeared different. We talked about how unfortunate it was for the geese to treat her this way. We were relieved at the end of the story to find that she had found a great friend in another goose. This new friend did not leave her side, and she was happy again. She was no longer alone and we imagined how that must have made her feel. The vocabulary words that went along with this story are: balance, deserted, freezes, imagine, saddest, and wider. This story really encouraged our class to think about people who are different than we are. The children could see first hand how important it is to be kind and considerate to all people no matter what differences they may have from us. Our small groups continue to meet where the children reinforce their decoding skills while building their comprehension skills simultaneously.
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