Learning in Hand lesson plan: Aesop’s Fables for 3rd grade

I like reading Fables and I chose this lesson plan since it directly involves reading. This is a lesson plan that is targeted for 3rd graders. In this lesson, after the teacher beams the fables to the child's palm, students have to choose one fable, read it to a partner, then, to work in pairs to compare the two fables via Ven diagrams. After that, they use PiCoMap individually/in pairs to make a traits diagram for the fables and then as a class, make a fable traits diagram and display in their room. Lastly (and my most favorite part) - students perform a reader’s theater for their kindergarten reading buddies.
To conclude, in this lesson students discover the characteristics of a fable, compare and contrast two fables, recognize the moral of the fable read, and perform fables in a reader’s theater.

It is not written how much time this lesson plan should take but I imagine that it consists of at least two lessons.

I liked many things about this lesson plan. First, working in pairs is important since students are able to teach and learn from each other. Second, this lesson addresses many Intelligences, thus truly engaging as many students as possible. In addition,the idea of hosting a theater play for their kindergarten buddies is a great way to take an active part in a story they read and make this experience significant, fun and memorable. But most important for our purpose - teaching children that they can use technology for reading a book is unbelievably simple yet remarkable! I think that the idea of reading e-books teaches children that they can read everywhere and any time and that reading is easy and enjoyable. They learn that even if they do not want to go to the library, they can still read books.
The more I think about it the more I like it. I think e-books are great especially for Iowan kids who experience those cold-cold winters. In addition to watching TV and playing computer games while getting lazy to bundle up to get outside, there is a great option of using technology for literacy purposes - READING!
I went "out" to the www to search some children's e-books and found that there are many websites which offer free e-books. I even found an international website with books from all over the world (take a look: http://www.icdlbooks.org/icdl/SearchWorld)!

Now, after getting so excited about it, I only have to learn how to download the e-books to the Palms :-)