We’ve had a great beginning to our Fables Unit!

We began the unit with some sequencing, looking at pictures and putting them in order to tell the story of The Lion and the Mouse.  Students told the story to each other orally first. Then we shared our stories in our community circle.  This provided an opportunity for some rich discussion about the sequence of events and defending our ideas!

Next, students completed a quick write activity in which they used the pictures to help them write the story.  The focus was on telling a story with a beginning, middle and end and writing complete sentences.

 

 

The next step was to read the book, “The Lion and the Mouse”.  Some students were surprised by the actual order of events and some confirmed their thinking.

Students then used Flipgrid to respond to the text and talk about the lesson in the fable.  The goal is for students to be able to state their thoughts and then justify those thoughts with evidence from the text.

Parents:  Have your child log in to the Flipgrid with their id to view all of the videos below!