Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Character Connections

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to describe a character or compare and contrast two characters from the story. Materials are included. [PDF]
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Compare a Character [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to compare and contrast two characters from the story. Materials are included.[PDF]
Activity
Starfall

Starfall: Chinese Fables

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Six short stories based on Chinese fables to read online. The stories are at about a Grade 2 reading level.
eBook
Starfall

Starfall: The Four Friends: A Tale From the Far East

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A read-aloud of The Four Friends, a Tale from the Far East.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Folk Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Five traditional folk tales for early readers to listen to online. The vocabulary for each story is posted below it.
eBook
Starfall

Starfall: Greek Myths: The Wooden Horse

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
The story of the how men hid inside a wooden horse in order to get into the city of Troy. Look at the illustrations and read the text, or click on a button to hear the story read aloud.
Lesson Plan
Education.com

Education.com: Finding the Moral

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[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...
Lesson Plan
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Lesson Plan on Storytelling or Fables for First Grade Children

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
This is a lesson plan for teaching storytelling and/or fables to first graders including listening, reading, lesson learned (moral), and follow up ideas.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Fables

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will learn the characteristics of fables by separating them from myths and legends, as well as view and read fables from Aesop within this SMART whiteboard lesson.
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Story Elements Retelling

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
In this lesson plan, students will learn to retell a story using story elements to improve their comprehension of the story. The students will actively listen to a story and complete a graphic organizer to share and discuss with a partner.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exploring the World of Cinderella Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Students will read three different Cinderella tales, including tales from Africa, China, and America. Upon completion of a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences of these tales, the students will complete and present...
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Chinese Fables

For Students K - 1st Standards
This interactive ebook features an introduction and six different Chinese fables.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: One Rice Thousand Gold

For Students K - 1st Standards
This interactive ebook features the text and optional audio of the old Chinese fable, One Rice Thousand Gold.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Morning Three Night Four

For Students K - 1st Standards
This interactive ebook features the text and optional audio of the old Chinese fable, Morning Three Night Four.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Dung Shi Copies Eyebrows

For Students K - 1st Standards
This interactive ebook features the text and optional audio of the old Chinese fable, Dung-Shi Copies Eyebrows.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Introduction to Old Chinese Fables

For Students K - 1st Standards
This video is an introduction to six old Chinese fables.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Grouchy Ladybug

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The students will thoughtfully listen to a story read aloud and comprehend the sequence of events. This lesson will culminate units completed in science and math and will incorporate literature, science, and math.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using a Fairy Tale to Teach the Elements of a Story

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Students will hear and read different versions of a familiar fairy tale and identify what elements a story must have (character, plot, setting) for the story to be interesting and make sense. Using a Venn diagram, students will then...
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Folk Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive collection of six folk tales. Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Four Friends

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "The Four Friends". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Little Red Hen

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "The Little Red Hen". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Little Rooster

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "The Little Rooster". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Chicken Little

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "Chicken Little". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Turnip

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "The Turnip". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.