3rd grade, Language Arts

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3rd grade, Language Arts
The Wind and the Sun
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• Mary Ruebusch
• McCurdy School

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Teacher Page
Objective The students will practice critical
reading and questioning techniques through
reading a fable.

• Activity The students will read a fable and
  answer questions. They will write or tell a
  summary of the story. To advance slides, click
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Teacher Page
Procedure 1. Read the story to the students.
(The teacher may run off a copy of the story for
students in advance. The next slide is able to
be copied.) 2. Students will answer questions
and write a summary of the story.
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The Wind and the Suna Fable by Aesop

• Once upon a time when everything could talk, the
  Wind and the Sun fell into an argument as to
  which was the stronger.

Cape a coat without arms
Finally, they decided to put the matter to a
test they would see which one could make a
certain man, who was walking along the road,
throw off his cape.
The Wind tried first. He blew and he blew and he
blew. The harder and colder he blew, the
tighter the traveler wrapped his cape about him.
The Wind finally gave up and told the Sun to try.
The Sun began to smile and it grew warmer and
warmer. The traveler was comfortable once more.
The Sun shone brighter and brighter.
The man grew so hot, the sweat poured out on his
face. He became weary. Seating himself on a
stone, he quickly threw his cape to the ground.
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The Wind and the Suna Fable by Aesop

• Once upon a time when everything could talk, the
  Wind and the Sun fell into an argument as to
  which was the stronger.

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Cape a coat without arms

• Finally, they decided to put the matter to a
  test they would see which one could make a
  certain man, who was walking along the road,
  throw off his cape.

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The Wind tried first. He blew and he blew and
he blew. The harder and colder he blew, the
tighter the traveler wrapped his cape about him.
The Wind finally gave up and told the Sun to try.
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The Sun began to smile and it grew warmer and
warmer. The traveler was comfortable once more.
The Sun shone brighter and brighter.
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The man grew so hot, the sweat poured out on his
face. He became weary. Seating himself on a
stone, he quickly threw his cape to the ground.
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What is the moral or lesson of this story?
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• Gentleness had accomplished what force could not.

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Can you think of another way to say the moral of
this story?

• Discuss this with a partner.

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How does kindness work better than force?Think
of some examples.
Write in your journal.

• Discuss these ideas with a partner.

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Write in your journal.

• What two kinds of weather are mentioned in this
  story?

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What did it mean--The Sun began to smile and it
grew warmer and warmer?
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In your own words, retell the story of the Wind
and the Sun.
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