by Jan Weeks
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Level: 3 |
Content
Area: Reading |
Students
will become familiar with the works of Aesop by reading
fables and performing a reader’s theater.
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Other
Required Materials
- Students
will discover the characteristics of a fable.
- Students
will compare and contrast two fables.
- Students
will recognize the moral of the fable read.
- Students
will perform fables in a reader’s theater.
Procedures
- Beam the
eBook Fables to each student.
- Pair students
and have them each choose one fable to read.
- Each student
will read the fable to his or her partner.
- Pass out
Venn diagrams and have students work in pairs to compare
the two fables.
- Use PiCoMap
to make a traits diagram for fables.
- As a class,
make a fable traits diagram and display in room.
- In conclusion,
students will perform a reader’s theater for our kindergarten
reading buddies. (Fables will be chosen from Aesop’s
Fables: Plays for Young Children)
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