Unit: Fables

Class: Third Grade Language Arts

Unit: Fables
Teacher: Ms. Reyes
Objectives: Students will be able to analyze the characters, main ideas, and
identify the moral of the story.

Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate

understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and

myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and
explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits,

motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence
of events

CCSS: ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.9 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar

themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g.,
the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.

ISTE Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express

themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles,
formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.

Materials: Chromebooks/IPads, projector, handout, white board and markers

Duration: 55 minutes

Anticipatory Set: To introduce the topic, I will talk about the history of
Aesop fables and how it was a form of oral storytelling. For a better
understanding of oral storytelling, I will have my students sit in a circle and
play the telephone game.
 Teaching:
Input
Students will be given a handout explaining the different characteristics of a fable.
This handout will be used as form of reference and will be read aloud to the class.
Students will be shown a brief 5 minute video of a fable on YouTube.

Modeling
I will use the website https://www.mystorybook.com/ and projector to recreate
the story with the help of my students.

Checking for Understanding

We will read the story as a class and discuss the sequence of events.
Students will be able to ask any questions regarding the story.

Questioning Strategies
Students will be asked questions about the characters, themes, and main ideas of
the story. Students will write down their answers on their whiteboards and show
the class when time is up. At the end of this activity, students will discuss the moral
of the story with a partner.

Guided Practice:
Students will be given a handout of another fable that will be read aloud to the
class. This handout will include a fill-in chart identifying the main ideas, key
details, and moral of the story. Students will be given time to work independently
as I move around the room and check for understanding.

Closure:
I will review the handout with the class and guide my students in using the website
https://www.mystorybook.com/. Students will be given a few minutes to explore
and become familiar with creating a story online.

Independent Practice: Students will work in groups of 4 to create a fable of their

own using the website https://www.mystorybook.com/. Students will be paired
according to learning levels (i.e. a high level learner with an ELL)
Once they have completed their animated fable, they will share it with the class.
Students will be able to discuss the main ideas and compare/contrast the different
stories. Students will be given additional time the following day if necessary.