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The Crow and the Pitcher

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Critical thinking can save lives! After listening to an audio retelling of Aesop's The Crow and the Pitcher, , learners build a mobile to storyboard the events from the plot.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Introduce the activity with the artist Alex Calder and his work
  • Explore the concept of surface area and why the crow's plan worked
  • Show a video that depicts a real crow following the same process as the crow in the fable
Classroom Considerations
  • Flesch-Kincaid readability score is 5.6
  • Audio recording is one minute, 12 seconds long 
Pros
  • Provides a hands-on experience for class members to demonstrate understanding
Cons
  • Activity has readers recall versus analyze
Common Core