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Part One · Goats on a Plank

Two goats lived by a stream, one brown, one gray.

About Goats on a Plank

A free Grade 1 story from the Peabody library, Level 5. It has 13 short pages and about 122 words, so it reads in a few minutes.

Words this story teaches

At reading level 5, Peabody's practice works on phonics (sounding words out), first sounds, sight words; the level page says what is in each.

What it teaches

Give way, and you stay dry.

Where this story comes from

Aesop, a storyteller in Greece, told this about 2,600 years ago.

More like this: Aesop's fables for kids · moral stories for kids

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For teachers: read it to the class, questions and key
Questions and answer key (5)
  1. What lay across the stream?
    • A. A boat
    • B. A plank
    • C. A log
    Show answerB. A plank
  2. Where did the goats meet?
    • A. At the end
    • B. In the grass
    • C. In the middle
    Show answerC. In the middle
  3. What did each goat say?
    • A. "You go back!"
    • B. "Let us nap!"
    • C. "I am sad."
    Show answerA. "You go back!"
  4. What happened to the goats?
    • A. They got lost
    • B. They got lunch
    • C. They got wet
    Show answerC. They got wet
  5. What does this fable show?
    • A. Goats can swim
    • B. Give way and stay dry
    • C. Grass is good
    Show answerB. Give way and stay dry

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