Students will practice their reading comprehension skills and story sequencing using the fable The Tortoise and the Hare. The activity promotes vocabulary development, understanding of story structure ( beginning, middle, end), and oral language through retelling and dicussions. 

Why is works for ELLs ?

• Builds on a familair story with a clear structure 

• Hands-on support with sequencing 

• Collobration with peers 

• Students will be engaged with a low-stress activity while renforcing key vocabulary 

• A printed copy of The Tortoise and the Hare 

• Sentence strips of the storys key events 

•  Baggies to hold the sentence strips 

• Chart paper to retell for the entire class 

• Glue and construction paper 

Begin by introducing the story with a guiding question:
"Have you ever read the story The Tortoise and the Hare? What do you think it is about?"

Display key vocabulary on the board for the whole class to see:
tortoise, hare, race, nap, slow and steady, finish line.

Show a visual of the tortoise and the hare—either by projecting an image on the Smartboard or passing the book around for students to view up close.

Read the story aloud as a class. After the whole-group read-aloud, provide a second reading in a small group setting for students who may need additional support.

During the reading, pause periodically to check for understanding and discuss key events. Encourage students to summarize or predict what might happen next.

After reading, place students into small groups. Give each group a bag containing mixed-up sentence strips with the story’s main events.

Their task is to work together to sequence the events in the correct order. Before gluing the strips onto construction paper, each group will be given a printed copy of the story to review and check their sequence. Once they've had a chance to refresh their memory, collect the printed stories and have students glue down their sentence strips to complete their short story.

Once completed, students will glue their sequenced strips onto the construction paper and then add their final version to a class chart paper display.

To deepen comprehension, each group will divide the story into parts and create illustrations for each section as a way to retell the story visually. 

To assess students understanding, their will be a rubric provided. This includes sequencing, participation, retelling and vocabulary. Students will receive poitns from a 3-point scale: exceeds expectations, meets expectations or needs support.