7(A) Connect Meaning to Personal Experiences (Supporting)

Reading/Comprehension of Literacy Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence fromt he text to support their understanding
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6(B) dicuss the big idea (theme) of a well-known folktale or fable and connect it to personal experience	7(A) connect the meaning of a well-known story or fable to personal experiences	6(A) identify moral lessons as themes in well-known fables, legends, myths, or stories	5(A) paraphrase teh themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories	3(A) summarize and explain the lesson or message of a work of fiction as its theme	3(A) compare and contrast the themes or moral lessons of several works of fiction from various cultures
connect the meaning of a well-known story to personal experiences connect the meaning of a well-known fable to personal experiences

Activities:

• Book Room - DRA 14 - The Boy And the Lion, The Wind and the Sun
• Read AESOP Fable and make connections using whole class poster or individual recording sheet.

Books from Runyan Library:
      AESOP's Fables Selected and Illustrated by Michael Hague
      The Best of AESOP's FABLES by Margaret Clark
      AESOP's FABLES by Heidi Holder
      AESOP's FABLES by Carol Watson

THEME Posters:

• Overcomming Challenges
• The Crow and The Jug
• Always be Kind to Others
• The And and the Dove
• The Fox and the Stork
• Believe in Yourself
• The Tortoise and the Hare
• Accepting Other's Differences
• Working Together
• Don't Be Afraid to Try New Things
• Be Happy With What You Have
• The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
• The Dog and the Bone

Website with AESOP fables:
   http://www.first-school.ws/theme/fables.htm - this website has printable versions and art activities

  http://www.umass.edu/aesop/fables.php - this website has online versions and a modern version of the fable

Texas Treasures - Reading Genres A Study Guide pg 1-6

• The Ant and the Dove  - Moral: Be kind to others and they will be kind to you

Benchmark - Write on Skill Bags

• Level 6-12 (Fiction), Genre - Fable
• The Fox and the Crow
• The Crow and the Pitcher
• The Ant and the Dove
• The Ant and the Grasshopper

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