Aesop's Fables
Morals, Links, Second Grade Student Work

Fables are popular with second grade readers, especially up-dated versions of Aesop's Fables.
In this lesson, students read and discussed Aesop's Fables and tried to understand the moral of the story.

All my students can read, but as some of these morals show, "understanding what you read" can be a more difficult undertaking. Actually, I thought this was a difficult lesson, and overall the students did very well. Note that most of the second graders had difficulty generalizing the lesson and took the message quite literally.

The following titles are links to the full Aesop Fables:

Aesop's Fables This link leads to all of Aesop's Fables.It also includes lesson plans and other information

Madeline: The Cat and the Birds Moral: "Leave someone alone when they are sick!"
Katie: The North Wind and the Sun Moral: "Sometimes the wind can't be your friend." or "The wind can make you cold."
Dale: The Partridge and the Fowler Moral: " You can promise to do something (but you might not)."
Paul: The Wolf and the Goat Moral: "If someone sounds funny or they are not your friend, do not go with them."
Jonathon: The Raven and the Swan Moral: "Never change your feathers."
Amanda: The Horse and the Groom Moral "Never steal anything from anybody... or you will be treated bad(ly)."
Andrew and Heather: The Fox and the Lion Moral: "Sometimes you have to stand up to the King of Beasts." or "You can not be scared all your life."
Tyler: The Fox and the Crow Moral: "Keep your mouth shut!"
Tiffany and Kristen: The Farmer and the Snake Moral: "Never bring a reptile in a house."
Jessica: The Eagle and the Jackdaw Moral: "I learned not to be somebody else."
Jacob: The Father and His Sons Moral: "Teamwork will help you." or "If you try hard and do your best you get what you want."
Dustin: The Bull and the Goat Moral: " You should not go in a wild goat cave."
Darren: The Ant and the Dove Moral: "Sometimes a little friend turns out to be a big friend."
Jacob: The Ant and the Grasshopper Moral: "You should not play every day."

We forgot what fable Calli read. Maybe you can help. The moral is: "I learned not to fight with my sister."

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