When students arrive in the morning they have bell work to do. As we go through Aesop's Fables, the students are supposed to briefly summarize the story and then draw a picture on the back. This works in two ways: the student has the put the story into their own words and then draw what they see in their minds. Here is a great example of one student's artwork.
The Ant and the
Grasshopper
In a field one summer's day a
Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's
content. An Ant passed by, bearing
along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat
with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in
that way?"
"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant,
"and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the
Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and
continued its toil. When the
winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while
it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had
collected in the summer. Then the
Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare
for the days of necessity.
