Semblables ou Différents ? is the French Version of Same-Same or Different? Being friends despite differences. In this story we see how Snake and Sparrow despite being different prove to themselves that they can be friends. They sort out how or in what way they are the same. Sorting and grouping are important skills in mathematics of which you can group things of the same values or group things that are similar.
This story about being friends despite differences also teaches mathematical sorting, using Venn diagrams.
Author: Roopa Pai, Illustrator: Rohit Kelkar
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Text and Images from Semblables ou différents ? French Level 3
La maman de Moinelle
rangea la boîte à repas dans
le cartable et serra sa fille
entre ses ailes.
— Bonne journée, ma
chérie, dit-elle. Fais
attention, sois polie…
— Oh, Maman, s’écria
Moinelle en riant, tu me
répètes ça tous les jours !
— Et souviens-toi, ajouta la maman de Moinelle, ne t’approche pas de Serpy. Il est différent de nous.
Moinelle aurait bien voulu que sa maman ne lui dise pas ça.
Serpy était son meilleur ami. Mais la maman de Moinelle ne l’aimait pas.
— Les gens de son espèce mangent les gens de notre espèce, répétait-elle tout le temps. Les moineaux et les serpents ne peuvent pas être amis !
À l’autre bout de la ville, le
papa de Serpy garnissait la
boîte à repas de son fils
d’oeufs d’oiseaux.
— Le plat du jour, fiston !
clama-t-il fièrement.
— Mais je déteste les oeufs,
Papa, grommela Serpy.
— Dans notre famille, on mange des oeufs d’oiseaux de père en fils depuis plusieurs générations, répondit sèchement le papa de Serpy. Allez, file. Et souviens-toi, ne t’approche pas de Moinelle.
Rempli de colère, Serpy s’éloigna en rampant sur le sol. — Les moineaux sont différents, lui cria son papa. Tu ne peux pas devenir ami avec ta nourriture, enfin !
Lorsque Serpy retrouva Moinelle à l’école, ils savaient pour l’un et pour l’autre. — Ta maman t’a dit… ? interrogea Serpy. Moinelle hocha la tête. — Ton papa aussi ? demanda-t-elle. Serpy hocha la tête. — Nos parents se trompent, Moinelle, dit-il. Montrons-leur que nous sommes plus semblables que différents.
— Excellente idée ! s’exclama Moinelle. Montrons-leur ! Elle prit une feuille de papier sur laquelle elle dessina deux cercles.
— Dans la partie jaune du cercle de gauche, expliqua-t-elle, nous allons noter uniquement les choses qui concernent les moineaux. Et dans la partie bleue du cercle de droite, uniquement celles qui concernent les serpents. Cela montrera ce en quoi les moineaux et les serpents sont DIFFÉRENTS.
— Je pensais que nous voulions réfléchir à ce qui fait que nous sommes SEMBLABLES, fit Serpy, perplexe.
— C’est ce que nous ferons apparaître dans la partie verte du milieu, répondit Moinelle en souriant.
— D’abord, réfléchissons à notre apparence, dit Moinelle. On est semblables ou différents ?
— TRÈS différents, soupira Serpy. Je suis long, déplumé et fin. Tu es petite, potelée et soyeuse.
— C’est vrai, répondit Moinelle. Je ressemble à une houppette, et toi, à une corde.
Moinelle dessina une houppette dans le croissant jaune et une corde dans le croissant bleu.
— Maintenant, dit-elle, notre façon de nous déplacer, semblable ou différente ?
— TRÈS différente, répondit Serpy, l’air affligé. Tu voles dans les airs en battant des ailes, et moi, je rampe sur le
sol en zigzaguant. — En gros, indiqua Moinelle, je me déplace comme un avion et toi, comme un train.
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Semblables ou différents ? English Version below:
Same-Same or Different? Being friends despite differences
Can you only be friends with people who are exactly like you? Is it wrong to be best friends with someone who is different? Learn to SORT OUT the answers to these questions, mathematically, and humanely, with Snake and Sparrow in this heartwarming story about friendship despite differences. This story about being friends despite differences also teaches mathematical sorting, using Venn diagrams.
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