Find the lesson in a fable
Read The Lion and the Mouse aloud, then think out loud about the moral: "The mouse was tiny but saved the lion. I think the lesson is that small friends can be a big help." Then let kids find the lesson in the next fable on their own.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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