What Is A Moral Or Lesson?

1. What is a moral or lesson of a story?

The names of the characters

The time and place of the story

The message or idea about how we should act or think

The number of pages

The moral or lesson is the message about life or behavior that the story teaches.

Explanation

The moral or lesson is the message about life or behavior that the story teaches.

2. Which story idea is MOST likely to have the moral “Always tell the truth”?

A child lies about breaking a window and the lie causes more trouble

A child goes to the zoo and sees animals

A child eats ice cream

A child plays video games

The broken window lie clearly connects to honesty and truth.

Explanation

The broken window lie clearly connects to honesty and truth.

3. Only fables can have morals or lessons.

True

False

Any story can have a lesson, not just fables.

Explanation

Any story can have a lesson, not just fables.

4. Lena borrowed her friend’s favorite book and spilled juice on it. She wanted to hide it, but instead she told the truth. What is the BEST moral of this story?

Never drink juice

Don’t read books

Honesty helps fix problems

Don’t have friends

The story shows a problem and how telling the truth helped them solve it.

Explanation

The story shows a problem and how telling the truth helped them solve it.

5. The moral “Slow and steady wins the race” teaches us to:

Always run fast

Never try new things

Be patient and keep going, even if we aren’t the fastest

Stop when things are hard

The message is about steady effort, not speed.

Explanation

The message is about steady effort, not speed.

6. Samantha rushed through homework and made mistakes, but did better when he slowed down. What is the BEST moral?

Rushing is always better

Hard work pays off

Homework is pointless

Playing is more important than work

The story shows the benefits of taking time and working carefully.

Explanation

The story shows the benefits of taking time and working carefully.

7. Which lesson fits a story where a character refuses to share and ends up with no friends at recess?

Sharing builds friendships

Never play outside

Friends are not important

Always win every game

The character’s choice not to share leads to losing friends.

Explanation

The character’s choice not to share leads to losing friends.

8. The moral is usually supported by key details in the story.

True

False

The events and characters’ actions support the lesson.

Explanation

The events and characters’ actions support the lesson.

9. A squirrel bragged and landed in a puddle. What lesson does the squirrel learn?

It’s fun to get muddy

Bragging can lead to trouble

Never talk to other animals

Puddles are dangerous

The problem came from bragging, and he decides not to brag.

Explanation

The problem came from bragging, and he decides not to brag.

10. Which moral best fits a story where a girl practices piano every day and plays beautifully?

Practice and effort lead to improvement

Never play music in public

You should only play music if you’re perfect

Being talented means you never practice

Her success comes from practicing, showing that effort matters.

Explanation

Her success comes from practicing, showing that effort matters.

11. Miguel finds a wallet and returns it. What is the moral of this story?

Spend money quickly

Keeping lost items is okay

Doing the right thing feels good

Never pick things up

Miguel chose the right action and felt good about it.

Explanation

Miguel chose the right action and felt good about it.

12. The moral “Don’t judge a book by its cover” means:

Always read the last page first

You can tell everything about someone by how they look

You shouldn’t read books with boring covers

You shouldn’t decide what someone is like just by appearance

The lesson is about not judging based on looks.

Explanation

The lesson is about not judging based on looks.

13. Sometimes the moral of a story is directly stated in the last sentence.

True

False

Some fables or short tales state the lesson at the end.

Explanation

Some fables or short tales state the lesson at the end.

14. Which story idea matches the moral “Kindness is never wasted”?

A boy lets his friend fall without helping

A girl helps her neighbor, and later the neighbor helps her

A girl refuses to help anyone

A boy ignores everyone at school

Helping and later being helped shows that kindness matters.

Explanation

Helping and later being helped shows that kindness matters.

15. When we find the moral of a story, we should think about:

Only the setting

The title only

What the characters learn and how their actions lead to the lesson

How many characters there are

The moral usually comes from what characters do, learn, and experience.

Explanation

The moral usually comes from what characters do, learn, and experience.

What Is a Moral or Lesson?

1. What is a moral or lesson of a story?

2. Which story idea is MOST likely to have the moral “Always tell the truth”?

3. Only fables can have morals or lessons.

4. Lena borrowed her friend’s favorite book and spilled juice on it. She wanted to hide it, but instead she told the truth. What is the BEST moral of this story?

5. The moral “Slow and steady wins the race” teaches us to:

6. Samantha rushed through homework and made mistakes, but did better when he slowed down. What is the BEST moral?

7. Which lesson fits a story where a character refuses to share and ends up with no friends at recess?

8. The moral is usually supported by key details in the story.

9. A squirrel bragged and landed in a puddle. What lesson does the squirrel learn?

10. Which moral best fits a story where a girl practices piano every day and plays beautifully?

11. Miguel finds a wallet and returns it. What is the moral of this story?

12. The moral “Don’t judge a book by its cover” means:

13. Sometimes the moral of a story is directly stated in the last sentence.

14. Which story idea matches the moral “Kindness is never wasted”?

15. When we find the moral of a story, we should think about: