Reading Strategies
Children should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The target strategy for this lesson is: Decoding - Asking if it make sense, if it sounds right, if it looks right. 

Word and Print Skills

Phonics
r- controlled vowels

Word Work
Mechanics
Punctuation, quotation marks

Grammar
Synonyms

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as children work to understand the text. The target comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Compare and contrast.

Visual Learning
Discuss the placement of the moral at the end of each story.

Targeted Vocabulary Words
Content Words
Aesop orÆsop, fable, moral

These are words that children will encounter in the text. You may want to review and discuss the words, and then have children add them to the classroom word wall or dictionary.