Utah Education Network
Uen: Tortoise and Hare Races
In this lesson students use the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" while learning basic mapping skills.
Read Works
Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Theme
[Free Registration/Login Required] A set of two lesson plans designed to teach students to use story elements to identify theme and to match a given theme to a story. Lessons are based on the book Aesop's Fables by Jerry Pinkney....
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Huayu World: Global Chinese Language and Culture Center
Good resource for exploring Chinese culture and language. Learn about Taiwanese lantern riddles, Chinese folklore, clothing, poetry and fables, papercutting, Chinese New Year, and Chinese festival and every-day cooking. Multimedia makes...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Three Little Pigs" by Joseph Jacobs
A learning module that begins with the short story "The Three Little Pigs" by Joseph Jacobs, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Thief and His Mother
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Thief and His Mother" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The House Dog and the Wolf" by Gail Terp
A learning module that begins with "The House Dog and the Wolf" by Gail Terp, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Goose With the Golden Egg
A learning module that begins with "The Goose with the Golden Egg" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Lion in Love
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Lion in Love" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
CommonLit
Common Lit: A Cave That Talked
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Literature: Personification
Explains what personification is and gives examples. Includes links to related articles on symbolism, elements of rhetoric, fables, figure of speech, and allegory.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Ants and the Grasshopper" by Aesop
A learning module that begins with "The Ants and the Grasshopper" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Frog and the Mouse" by Aesop
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Frog and the Mouse" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Farmer and the Viper
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Farmer and the Viper" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Aesop
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Donkey, the Fox, and the Lion
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Donkey, The Fox, and the Lion" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Fox and the Lion
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Fox and the Lion" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Ant and the Dove
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Ant and the Dove" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Learning Farm 3rd Grade Reading Messages, Lessons, and Morals Lesson
Students will watch an introduction into key terms, then read a fables and answers questions with immediate feedback. There is also an option to chose an interactive assessment and play a choice of games once the student has answered the...
Read Works
Read Works: A Tricky Monkey
[Free Registration/Login Required] This read aloud passage shares the fable of a monkey that other animals did not trust. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
Library of Congress
Library of Congress: The Fox and the Grapes
This text copy of the Fox and the Grapes, which includes a short illustration and audio.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the allegorical novel The Alchemist by Paul Coelho including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Good Stories for Great Holidays
A full e-text of this great collection of myths, fables, fairy tales, and historical stories. From the University of Virginia.
Education.com
Education.com: Finding the Moral
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will be able to recount fables and folktales and determine the moral or lesson, explaining how it is conveyed through key details or ideas in the text. Printable resources...