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Starfall

Starfall: Cup Bow Snake Reflection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A read-aloud of the Chinese fable Cup Bow Snake Reflection.
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eBook
Starfall

Starfall: Dung Shi Copies Eyebrows

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A read-aloud of the Chinese fable Dung Shi Copies Eyebrows.
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eBook
Starfall

Starfall: Draw Dragon Dot Eyes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A read-aloud of the Chinese fable Draw Dragon Dot Eyes.
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eBook
Starfall

Starfall: Yay Gung Loves Dragons

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A read-aloud of the Chinese fable Yay Gung Loves Dragons.
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eBook
Starfall

Starfall: Morning Three Night Four

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A read-aloud of the Chinese fable Morning Three Night Four.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade K: Mama Panya's Pancakes

For Teachers K
Students read and retell stories and fables from Africa to determine how the actions of the characters teach lessons about how to act and how not to act. Students learn about various character traits and their antonyms while keeping...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fable Vison

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Introducing FableVision: This flipchart is designed to spark your interest in using FableVision. Check out the incredible resources for promoting creative thinking, writing and storytelling within the...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Theme 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify and support the theme of a fable and a fiction selection based on main idea and supporting details. Lessons are...
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Turtle and the Ducks [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"The Turtle and the Ducks" is a one page fairy tale/fable a turtle who wants to fly south with the ducks. They develop a plan, but the turtle will have to keep his mouth shut. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Story of Reynard the Fox by Wilhelm Von Kaulbach

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Story of Reynard the Fox by Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1861), a legendary fable.
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Website
Other

U. Of Delaware Library: World of the Child

For Students 9th - 10th
An accompanying website to the Two Hundred Years of Children's Books exhibition at the U. of Delaware Library provides examples of early works, fables, primers, poetry, stories before and after 1850 and pop-ups and movables.
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Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Theme Worksheets

For Teachers 4th - 9th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying themes in short stories and in fables. Nine different worksheets and a PowerPoint lesson are available to help reinforce the concept of theme.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Boy Who Cried Wolf

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A retelling of the classic fable of the shepherd boy who cried wolf. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The House Dog and the Wolf" by Gail Terp

For Students 5th - 6th
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...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Ants and the Grasshopper" by Aesop

For Students 5th - 6th
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...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Three Little Pigs" by Joseph Jacobs

For Students 5th - 6th
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...
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eBook
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: The Fox and the Grapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
This text copy of the Fox and the Grapes, which includes a short illustration and audio.
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eBook
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books: Walter Crane: Baby's Own Aesop

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Turn the pages of this scanned copy of Baby's Own Aesop by Walter Crane. Read along with the shortened form in poetic form and see the moral of each story.
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Website
Other

Folktale of the Month

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site provides the reader with a different folktale each month. The folktales are from different areas around the world.
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Website
Other

Light Up Your Brain: Brain Teaser Games & Audio Stories for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fantastic classic children's stories online that you can listen to while you read along. Stories are offered in streaming or downloadable MP3 format. Some of the popular stories are: "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", "The Tale of the Flopsy...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Goose With the Golden Egg

For Students 5th - 6th
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...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Fox and the Horse" by the Brothers Grimm

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "The Fox and the Horse" by The Brothers Grimm, 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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Website
Other

Yesterday's Classics: Baldwin Project: More Jataka Tales: Table of Contents

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to twenty-one different fables from the book More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt. Written in the Jataka tradition from India, these tales are interesting and teach life and character-building lessons to readers. An illustrated...
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Website
Other

India parenting.com: Children's Stories and Legends

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read popular Indian fables, Jakata tales, Birbal and other stories or learn about famous Indian people like Mahatma Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, Ashoka the Great, or Mother Teresa. Also includes a collection of classic western fables and fairy...

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