All About Fables ( I did not make this)

I love teaching fables in the classroom. They're fun and teach a valuable lesson, but finding fable activities is tough. Well, I believe I can help!

Are you looking for ways to make reading standards easier for your students to grasp? Fables are a great way to introduce and integrate these learning targets. Here are 5 reasons why fables make teaching key reading standards much easier for students to understand.

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Although we may only think of using fables in lower grades, using fables in upper elementary can be very beneficial. Not only are fables an excellent genre for teaching morals and themes in stories, but because they are short, they are wonderful to use when comparing and contrasting the treatment of similar themes and topics. Using these short stories can be both beneficial and fun, even for our older students. Finding Free Resources Finding free resources for teaching fables is easier than…

Find creative and fun ways to use fables with your upper elementary students. Find links to free fables to use in your classroom as well as fable activities to use with your fourth graders (or any elementary grade).

Sample a day of Rooted in Reading with these lesson plans and activities for Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Grammar!

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Literacy is so important throughout our lives, but early childhood years should be a time to really nurture a love for good stories. Crafty Classroom sent us a copy of their digital resource for K-2 students called Fables & Tales, and I have been using it with my 7 year old over the past couple of weeks. It is a 133 page PDF file to download that gives 8 weeks worth of literature instruction for early elementary students. Each week, students are introduced to a new fairy tale or fable…