Worksheet

Learn about Fables

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Expose young readers to a new genre of fiction with a short reading passage. After learning about fables, children identify the main idea and supporting details in preparation for writing a short summary. Read the text as a class, discussing the main idea and supporting details as a whole group, or have students work independently. Use this resource to introduce a unit on fables, or as practice identifying main ideas and supporting details in order to write summaries.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Pros
  • Reading passage provides a clear description of fables with supporting examples
  • Includes a sentence frame to help young writers begin their summaries
Cons
  • Text includes very short, fragmented sentence structure
  • Requires additional scaffolding to support students with writing summaries