Diligence Featured Book

“Farmer Duck”  by Marvin Waddell  illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

Read the book to the class then process it with the following questions:

• Did you like this book?
• What did you think of the lazy farmer?
• What did the animals think of the lazy farmer?
• Do you ever feel lazy and push work onto others?
• How do you feel when others push their work to you?
• Why did the other animals come to the aid of the overworked duck?
• How do you think the duck felt when they all of the animals pitched in to help?
• Will you remember the lazy farmer next time you feel like pushing your work off?

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