Essential Question: I can find what the author wants me to learn or understand.

Literature 

• Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. Skills: Main Idea/Details RL.2. 2 

• Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures. Skills: Compare/Contrast RL.2.9 

Speaking and Listening 

• Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences. SL.2.4