tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275558.post116191328641817040..comments2023-10-11T07:31:34.646-04:00Comments on WritingFrameworks: What's the moral of the story?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16650751013466948312noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275558.post-1161994858261565922006-10-27T20:20:00.000-04:002006-10-27T20:20:00.000-04:00The first year of preparing for the fourth grade E...The first year of preparing for the fourth grade ELA I came upon an old Scottish fable book. Quick one- two page stories with simple to more complex moral themes. We knew that higher thinking skills would be required, despite the fact that many teachers felt the students were not developmentally ready. My students did not do well with these, even after weeks of modeling. The day before the test, I gave it one more shot and read them a tale of The Magician's Mouse, most didn't get it; so I spent 30 mins. going point by point through the story. Well it was serendipity or God's intervention, the same exact theme fable appeared on the ELA the following day. It felt like I had cheated fate but my students looked like little masters of inference. Every year since I returned to the library for the book two months before the ELA, the librarian finally gave it to me, because no ever took it out. It still is my little secret because it has proven to be invaluable almost every year. However, your suggestion may make the transition to this difficult task more palatable. Fables and moralistic folktale remain an ELA constant, we must prepare our students for the challenge.Dana Leonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03749004624084297319noreply@blogger.com