One Duck Stuck

CHALLENGING WORDS

crickets
croaky
dragonflies
nibbling
possums
sloosh
splish
spruce
squishy
whir

SUMMARY

Down by the sleepy, slimy marsh, one duck gets stuck in the muck. Different animals try to help, but nothing works until they combine their efforts. Then, he finally gets free!

--- Conversation Questions---

(1) / Describe your favorite character in the story.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell why it is your favorite.
(2) / Imagine you were the duck. Would you be afraid if you were stuck?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Share a time you have been afraid.
(3) / Assume you were the duck. Tell how you would feel knowing so many people cared about helping you.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Relate to me a time you have helped someone.
(4) / Suppose you were the other animals. Would you stay and help the duck?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Recall a time someone has helped you.
(5) / Define ‘stuck’.
(Answer) / Trapped. Unable to get free.
(Follow Up) / Use the word in a sentence.
(6) / Find in the book the first animal to try to help.
(Answer) / The fish.
(Follow Up) / Tell how many fish there were.
(7) / List the three different insects that try to help.
(Answer) / Crickets, snails, dragonflies.
(Follow Up) / Recall the number of snails there were.
(8) / List the animals that tried to help.
(Answer) / Fish, moose, frogs, skunks, possums, snakes.
(Follow Up) / Tell which animal smells bad.
(9) / Search for how many snakes there were.
(Answer) / 9.
(Follow Up) / Name what animal helped next.
(10) / Hunt for who finally frees the duck.
(Answer) / All of the animals working together.
(Follow Up) / Share a time you have worked with a group for a good cause.
Activities
1. / Write the words on pages 23 and 24 of the book.
2. / Write a few sentences telling how you would free the duck.
3. / Make a list of the words that rhyme.
4. / Write the title of the book. Draw the duck while it is stuck.
Introductions
1. / Have a toy duck. Ask what would happen if it got its leg stuck. How would it get it out? Let’s read the story and find out.
2. / Act like you have your leg stuck under a desk when the children come in. Ask them if they can help you. Tell them today’s story is about teaming together to help free a duck.
3. / Show the cover of the book. Ask them if they can guess what the story is about. Today’s story is about a duck that gets it’s foot stuck and everyone’s effort to free him.

Book Title: One Duck Stuck

Author: Phyllis Root / Illustrator: Jane Chapman
ISBN: 0-590-51661-2 / # of Text Pages: 26 AR: 1.4 LEX: 210
Building Oral Vocabulary
1 / marsh / 3 / squishy / 17 / slink
Prediction Questions
2 / Do you think anyone comes to help?
12 / Who do you think helps next?
26 / Guess if it comes free now.

This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.