Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for The Boy Who Cried Wolf will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of honesty, this The Boy Who Cried Wolf picture book by B.G. Hennessy is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
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THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF SUMMARY
B.G. Hennessy’s fable, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, is about a young shepherd boy. The boy spends his days alone in the pasture with his sheep and is starting to get bored. While he tries to teach the sheep new tricks, they aren’t interested. The boy decides he needs some excitement out on the pasture. He decides to run into town shouting, “Wolf!”
To the shepherd boy’s delight, all the townsfolk come running to help him and to protect the sheep. However, when they get there, the townsfolk find there is no wolf to be found. The boy is pleased that one of his friends spends the rest of the day in the pasture with him, just in case the wolf returns.
The next day, the boy is feeling bored again and decides to run back into town crying, “Wolf!”. Just like the day before, everyone comes running, but there is no wolf. This time his friend stays but to see if there actually was a wolf.
On the third day, the shepherd boy is alone in the pasture when he hears growling. He finds that there are three large wolves standing at the edge of the pasture. He runs into town crying, “Wolf!”, but no one comes to help. He is left to spend the afternoon looking for his sheep all alone.
This classic fable teaches the importance of honesty and the implications of lying and playing tricks.
THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based The Boy Who Cried Wolf reading comprehension questions focus on:
- authors purpose
- cause and effect
- identifying theme, message, moral
- making predictions
- sequencing
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- honesty
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- verb tense
- quotation marks
- types of sentences
- synonyms
THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
- Lexile® Measure: N/A
- Guided Reading Level: M
- DRA Level: 20-24
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.6-2.7
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by B.G. Hennessy. It was illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
What genre is The Boy Who Cried Wolf ?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 40 pages long.
