Does slow and steady really win the race? Class members listen to an audio version of "The Tortoise and the Hare" before completing a math activity, which prompts them to calculate distance, rate, and time. A writing assignment prompts pupils to compare themselves to the title characters: are they more like the quick-footed hare, or the careful, considerate tortoise?

Concepts

distance rate time problems, aesop's fables, personal narrative writing, active reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have your pupils create their own mathematical problems for another peer to solve
• Have readers compare characters from another story or fable to the tortoise and/or the hare
• Seat your class in small groups of three or four to promote collaboration

Classroom Considerations

• Shows Flesch-Kincaid readability score as a 3.2
• Audio duration is 1:10

Pros

• Activities explore multiple content areas: math and language arts
• A great way to add variety to your instruction
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.5.2.a W.5.3.a W.6.2.a W.6.3.a W.7.2.a W.7.3.a W.8.2.a W.8.3.a