Mrs. Simmons's 5th Graders dug deeply into fables this week and I was lucky enough to see the lesson in progress. Thanks, Mary Ann, for inviting me in!
1. The students made noticings (observations) about fables and recorded them on a chart.
1. The students made noticings (observations) about fables and recorded them on a chart.
2. Student groups of 2 or 3 were given a fable to read and a story map to fill out on that fable. They were familiar with the story map because it was one that they have used all year. This was the deconstruction phase of the lesson.
3. The next phase was the construction phase. Students were asked to create a fable of their own using the iPad app, Puppet Pals, which had the same moral has the one that they had read.
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