1. In Scene 1, what trick does Chicken Big play on Chicken Little? What do you learn about Chicken Little from this opening scene?
2. In Scene 2, what inference, or conclusion, does Chicken Little draw? How do you know that he draws an incorrect conclusion?
3. What happens when Chicken Little tells the other birds that the sky is falling? Why do you think the other birds believe Chicken Little?
4. Reread Scenes 3 and 4. What is the tone, or feeling the author creates, in these scenes? How does this tone compare with the way the birds are probably feeling?
5. In Scenes 5 and 6, what clues tell you that Foxy Loxy is planning to eat the birds? What fact do you know about a fox’s natural diet that helps support this inference?
6. What two things happen in Scene 7 to finally convince Chicken Little that the sky isn’t falling?