Fables

This week I read fables to Third and Fourth Grade. Fables can be a little difficult to “get”. Finding the moral or lesson of the story can be hard for students. According to Scholastic Teaching Resources, “fables are moral tales, often involving animals that represent people. They reveal human experiences and/or show conflicts over issues. They are generally short and concise stories.”

For Third Grade, I read from Aesop for Children. Since the fables are so short, I read four different ones. I read City Mouse and Country Mouse, Fox and the Grapes, Lion and the Mouse and Tortoise and the Hare. Most of the students did a pretty good job of conveying the moral of each story.

For Fourth Grade, I read The Ant and the Grasshopper. The teachers also read a different version of this fable in class and the students were to compare and contrast the two stories when they got back to class. They did a great job of knowing the moral for this story.