The Moral of the Story

Once a cat was in a hurry. She ran across the street without looking. She narrowly escaped being hit by a car. Choose the moral that is illustrated by the events.

• Don't steal

• Look both ways before crossing the street

• Necessity is the mother of invention.

• One good turn deserves another.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Long ago, a beautiful princess had all beautiful expensive dresses. She bragged about them all the time. The other maidens got so tired of hearing about it that they stopped being friends with them. Choose the moral.

• Eat all your vegetables.

• Necessity is the mother of invention.

• Don't brag; be modest.

• Don't talk to strangers

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Once there was a young boy and an old man. The young boy laughed at the tired, slow old man. Then the young boy needed to interview a veteran for a school project. The old man was very helpful and the boy got an A+. The boy felt bad about laughing earlier

• Necessity is the mother of invention.

• Don't steal.

• Respect your elders.

• Slow but steady wins the race.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

A long time ago there was a king who wanted nothing but gold. He wished everything he touched turned into gold. A fairy made his wish come true. Then, anything he tried to eat turned into gold.

• Don't be greedy and be careful what you ask for.

• United we stand, divided we fall.

• Don't steal.

• Respect your elers.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

There were once some hardworking ants and a grasshopper who hated to work. The ants gathered food all spring while the grasshopper played. When winter came, the ants had enough food, but the grasshopper had nothing to eat. Since the ants had no extra food to give, the grasshopper starved. What is the moral of this story.

• Don't be lazy.

• Slowly but surely wins the race.

• Don't steal.

• Look before you leap.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

There once was an ugly duckling. The other ducks laughed at her, ad she felt ashamed. However, as she developed, they saw that she was not a duck at all. She was actually a swan, and she was beautiful.

• Look both ways before crossing the street

• Don't steal.

• Slowly but surely wins the race.

• We are all capable of improvement.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

A lion was about to eat a mouse, when the mouse pleaded, "Let me go, and someday I may help you." Laughing, the lion let the mouse go. Later, hunters caught the lion in a trap. The mouse, seeing what happened, came to chew the ropes that bound the lion. The lion escaped.

• Respect your elders.

• Don't be lazy.

• Help others because what goes around.

• We are all capable of improvement.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Once a frog jumped off an embankment into what he assumed was a pond. Unfortunately it was not a pond; it was a ditch. There was a raccoon in the ditch that ate him.

• Respect your elders.

• Don't steal.

• Look before you leap.

• Don't be bosastful.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

A young child was stopped by a man. The man asked her if she would help him find his lost puppy, and if she helped him, he would give her candy. The child ran away and told a teacher what happened. Later on "America's Most Wanted" they recognized that man. He was a wanted kidnapper.

• Look both ways before crossing the street.

• Don't talk to strangers.

• Don't steal

• Be polite.

There once was a tiny fish that was tired of being in the school of fish all the time. e picked a fight with a couple of the other fish, and said "I don't need you. I'm leaving." So he swam away, without the protection of the group, and was soon eaten by a bigger fish.

• Slowly but surely wins the race.

• Don't be lazy.

• We are all capable of improvement.

• United we stand, divided we fall.

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CCSS.RL.5.2