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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MAY 22, 2021
© 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 37, No. 26
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This tale is told all over the world! There are versions from Germany, Poland, Norway and from many of the Native American
tribes in the United States. Read the story and look at the pictures. Can you number the pictures in the correct order?
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nce upon a time, bears had beautiful
long tails. One bear was very, very
proud of his tail. Bear would brag about
his magnificent tail to anyone who
would listen. Fox got tired of listening
to bear brag day after day. So, he came
up with an idea to trick Bear.
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Fox stole a big bunch of fish and waited
for Bear to walk by.
Bear saw the fish and asked Fox, “How
did you get so many tasty fish? Can you
teach me how to get fish like that?”
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“Oh, it is so easy!” said Fox. “Start by
going to the frozen pond, cut a hole in
the ice and then drop your tail into the
hole and wait as long as you can! The
longer you wait, the more fish you’ll
catch. If your tail starts to hurt, don’t
worry about it,” Fox explained. “It
means that the fish are biting.” Bear
did just as Fox said.
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Bear waited and waited. His tail started
to hurt, but he remembered Fox’s
advice and he stayed put. After a while,
he fell asleep.
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ox came by the next morning to
find Bear sleeping and covered
with snow. The hole in the ice had
frozen over, trapping his long tail. Fox
shouted, “GOOD MORNING!” in
Bear’s ear, causing him to jump up in
surprise and yank his tail out of the ice.
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Bear’s tail snapped right off and that is
why bears have stumpy tails to this
very day.
Fiction or Non-Fiction? Tales That Teach
Fiction is any story made up by an author. It’s a
creation of the author’s imagination. It is not based
strictly on history or facts. The opposite of fiction
is non-fiction, writing that deals with facts.
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Folktales were often told to teach
people lessons. What do you think is
the lesson being taught in tale,
“Why the Bear has a Stumpy Tail”?
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Homophones are words that are
pronounced the same but have
different meanings. For example, tail
and tale are homophones. T-A-I-L
is the rear part of an animal’s body
that sticks out from the backbone.
T-A-L-E is a story. Look through the
newspaper for five or more words
that are homophones. For example:
sun and son • buy and by
stair and stare
Was the story of how the bear lost his tail fiction or
non-fiction?
Why do you think this?
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Recognize homophones.
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Prefix Fox
Help Fox use the prefixes UN and DIS to create new words. Look at each word
and write UN or DIS on the line. Can you find one root word that works with
both UN and DIS?
safe
own
sure
like
known
common
color
play
usual
civil
real
obey
hinge
miss
You’re so good
at this that it’s
unbelievable!
true
joint
card
taste
loyal
tidy
plug
gust
latch
Standards Link: Language Arts: Identify and know the meaning of common prefixes.
BEAUTIFUL
FICTION
HISTORY
STUMPY
FROZEN
PROUD
FACTS
OFF
BEAR
TALE
TAIL
BRAG
HURT
FISH
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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Prefixes and Suffixes
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Find five words with prefixes or suffixes.
Look up the definition of the root word and
each prefix or suffix. Write a definition of the
word created with the prefix or suffix.
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