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Critical thinking can save lives! After listening to an audio retelling of Aesop's The Crow and the Pitcher, , learners build a mobile to storyboard the events from the plot.
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CCSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
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Instructional Ideas
- Introduce the activity with the artist Alex Calder and his work
- Explore the concept of surface area and why the crow's plan worked
- Show a video that depicts a real crow following the same process as the crow in the fable
Classroom Considerations
- Flesch-Kincaid readability score is 5.6
- Audio recording is one minute, 12 seconds long
Pros
- Provides a hands-on experience for class members to demonstrate understanding
Cons
- Activity has readers recall versus analyze