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The Mango Tree Between Two Yards

Read an original story about two neighbors who fight over a mango tree, retell what happens and tell the lesson it teaches.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.2.2

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students recount the key events of a story in order.
Students tell the central message of a story using details from the text.

How to use

Read the story aloud, then ask students what happened before and after Funmi's idea. Let them answer the questions on their own and share their lesson in their own words.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.2.2

Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and tell the central message, lesson, or moral.

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The Mango Tree Between Two Yards

Retell a story about two neighbors and find its lesson.

Read the story

Read the story about two neighbors and a mango tree.

The Mango Tree Between Two Yards

1In a sunny village, two neighbors lived side by side. Mr. Bello lived on one side of a low fence. Mrs. Adeyemi lived on the other side. Right on the fence line grew a tall mango tree, with branches over both yards.

2One year, the tree was full of small green mangoes. "This tree is mine," said Mr. Bello. "No, it is mine!" said Mrs. Adeyemi. Each neighbor wanted the fruit first. They rushed to pick every mango they could reach. They tugged so hard that two branches snapped.

3That night, Mr. Bello bit into a mango. It was hard and sour. Mrs. Adeyemi tasted one too, and she made a sour face. The mangoes had been picked before they were ripe.

4The next day, Mrs. Adeyemi's granddaughter Funmi looked up at the broken branches. "The tree grows in both yards," she said. "Why not share it? If you wait together, the mangoes will turn sweet." The neighbors looked at each other and nodded.

5The next year, they waited until the mangoes were soft and ready. They picked them side by side and filled one big basket. Then they ate the sweet mangoes together in the shade.

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