Aesop's Fables "The Tortoise and the Hare"

You'll love this comprehensive resource for “The Tortoise and the Hare” Fable. This resource is best suited for 1st – 3rd grade students. This Unit has a few versions of the story, a readers theatre so you can act it out with your students, crafts, and worksheets to help expand your learning experience. You can pick and choose which resources you want to use to make the best unit possible!

How To Use This:

Look through all the versions and options and choose which to print. Laminate the resources that will be handled by many students or that you want to reuse year after year. I've tried to include enough resources here that you can personalize and create a meaningful fable unit!

What You Get:

• - "Fable" Anchor Chart defining a fable

• - "Who Was Aesop" non-fiction article

• - Coloring Page of The Tortoise and The Hare

• - Color illustration of The Tortoise and The Hare

• - Modern Day Version of the story of "The Tortoise and The Hare"

• - Original Story of "The Tortoise and the Hare" by Aesop

• - Comprehension question worksheet

• - Readers Theater of the Fable (3 scripts, one for each character with highlighted lines)

• - 2 pages of cut out characters to make into puppets

• - Sequencing Story Cards (With and without sequential titles)

• - Worksheet with character traits and vocabulary words

• - Writing template to write your own version of the fable

• - Writing template with question "How Would You Run A Race?"

• - Writing template with character topper for story summary or story response.

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