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Jonah and the Clacking Tap Shoes

Read an original story told by a boy in an after-school tap club, then compare his point of view with the other characters' and your own.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.3.6

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students identify what a first-person narrator thinks and feels.
Students tell their own point of view apart from the narrator's using details from the story.

How to use

Read the story together, then ask students whether they see Jonah the same way he sees himself before they answer the questions.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.3.6

Distinguish your own point of view from that of the narrator or of the characters.

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Jonah and the Clacking Tap Shoes

Tell the narrator's point of view apart from your own.

Read the story

Clack, Clack, Clack

1My name is Jonah, and I think tap dancing is the noisiest hobby in the world. Mom signed me up for the after-school tap club in our school gym. On the first day, I put on my shiny black shoes. Each shoe had metal plates on the toe and the heel. Every step I took went clack, clack, clack.

2Our teacher, Ms. Delgado, showed us a step called a shuffle. You brush one foot forward and back, very fast. Everybody else made a quick, neat sound. My feet sounded like a pan falling off a shelf. I was sure I was the worst dancer in the whole gym.

3My friend Rosa was in the club, too. After the second week, she watched me practice. "You're getting it, Jonah!" she said. I didn't believe her. I thought she was just being nice.

4In the fourth week, two new kids joined the club. Ms. Delgado looked around the gym and waved me over. "Jonah, please show them the shuffle," she said. "He has been practicing hard." I showed them slowly, one foot at a time, and they copied me.

5I still think tap shoes are too loud. My little brother covers his ears when I practice in the kitchen. But I have to admit that my clacking sounds a little better now. Maybe.

The narrator's point of view

Use the story to answer each question.

Who is the narrator, the one telling this story?

A. Rosa, Jonah's friend in the club
B. Ms. Delgado, the tap teacher
C. Jonah, a boy in the tap club
D. Jonah's mom, who signed him up

In paragraph 1, what does Jonah think about tap dancing?

A. It is the noisiest hobby there is.
B. It is the easiest hobby to learn.
C. It is more fun than any sport.
D. It is too quiet for a school gym.

Read paragraph 2 again. Underline the sentence that tells what Jonah thinks of his own dancing.

Our teacher, Ms. Delgado, showed us a step called a shuffle.You brush one foot forward and back, very fast.Everybody else made a quick, neat sound.I was sure I was the worst dancer in the whole gym.

In paragraph 3, why doesn't Jonah believe Rosa?

A. He thinks she did not watch him.
B. He thinks she is just being kind.
C. He thinks she wants to stop tapping.
D. He thinks she is teasing him.

Whose point of view is each idea? Sort the ideas.

Jonah is learning the step.Tap shoes are too loud.Jonah is the worst dancer in the gym.Jonah can show the new kids the shuffle.Rosa only says nice things to be kind.