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Small Hands, Big Help

Read two original versions of a story about the smallest helper in a family, one with people and one with rabbits, then compare and contrast them.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.2.9

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

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What students practice

Students tell which events stay the same in two versions of a story.
Students compare the characters and endings in two versions of the same story.
Students explain how an author changed a story in a new version.

How to use

Read both versions aloud, then have partners point to the matching parts of each version before they answer. Talk about why an author might change people into animals.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.2.9

Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story written by different authors or coming from different cultures.

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Small Hands, Big Help

Compare a story about a family with a version about rabbits.

Read the two versions

Two authors each wrote their own version of the same story. Read both versions.

Version A, written by Ruth Calloway

Mina's Small Hands

1Mina's family was getting ready for Grandpa's birthday dinner. Mom stirred a big pot of soup. Uncle Ray rolled out bread dough. Mina's big brother, Sami, set out the plates. "Can I help?" asked Mina. "You are too little," said Sami. "Go and play." Mina sat under the table and frowned.

2Then Grandma cried, "Oh no! My silver soup spoon!" The spoon had slipped into the thin gap behind the heavy cupboard. Mom reached for it. Sami tried too. But their hands were too big to fit.

3Mina slid her small hand into the gap and pulled out the spoon. Everyone cheered. That night, Mina got a very special job. She carried the birthday cake to Grandpa. "Small hands can do big things," Grandpa said with a smile.

Version B, written by Daniel Osei

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