AESOP'S FABLES The Bundle: “Fables with Depth: Unlocking Wisdom in Aesop’s Tales”
Fables with Depth transforms timeless Aesop’s fables into powerful tools for higher-level thinking, character exploration, and meaningful discussion. This curated collection includes depth and complexity-style questions paired with thoughtful answers for 11 classic fables, making it an ideal resource for gifted classrooms, literature circles, or homeschool enrichment.
Designed for grades 3–5, this resource brings the universal truths and moral dilemmas of Aesop’s stories into modern, engaging conversations using the Depth and Complexity Framework by Sandra Kaplan.
Purpose:
To help students move beyond simply retelling fables to analyzing themes, ethics, character motivations, and universal ideas, while learning to think critically, ask meaningful questions, and make deep connections using gifted education strategies.
Highlights:
Covers 11 classic Aesop’s fables (e.g., The Lion and the Mouse, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf)
Differentiated Reading Levels: Each fable is available at three reading levels, approximately 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, along with tailored student response sheets: The levels are referenced using a dot system in the upper right corner.
Level 1: Focuses on the main aspect of the referenced Depth and Complexity icon.
Level 2: Includes the main aspect while prompting students to analyze more nuanced elements of the icon.
Level 3: Features a variety of Depth and Complexity icons and questions for deeper analysis.
Features 5+ depth and complexity questions per fable, with corresponding sample answers
Integrates Kaplan’s icons and thinking prompts: Big Idea, Patterns, Ethics, Multiple Perspectives, Rules, Unanswered Questions, and more.
Provides ready-to-use content for discussions, writing prompts, or Socratic seminars
Perfect for gifted learners, advanced readers, and thoughtful classrooms
Fables with Depth transforms timeless Aesop’s fables into powerful tools for higher-level thinking, character exploration, and meaningful discussion. This curated collection includes depth and complexity-style questions paired with thoughtful answers for 11 classic fables, making it an ideal resource for gifted classrooms, literature circles, or homeschool enrichment.
Designed for grades 3–5, this resource brings the universal truths and moral dilemmas of Aesop’s stories into modern, engaging conversations using the Depth and Complexity Framework by Sandra Kaplan.
Purpose:
To help students move beyond simply retelling fables to analyzing themes, ethics, character motivations, and universal ideas, while learning to think critically, ask meaningful questions, and make deep connections using gifted education strategies.
Highlights:
Covers 11 classic Aesop’s fables (e.g., The Lion and the Mouse, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf)
Differentiated Reading Levels: Each fable is available at three reading levels, approximately 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, along with tailored student response sheets: The levels are referenced using a dot system in the upper right corner.
Level 1: Focuses on the main aspect of the referenced Depth and Complexity icon.
Level 2: Includes the main aspect while prompting students to analyze more nuanced elements of the icon.
Level 3: Features a variety of Depth and Complexity icons and questions for deeper analysis.
Features 5+ depth and complexity questions per fable, with corresponding sample answers
Integrates Kaplan’s icons and thinking prompts: Big Idea, Patterns, Ethics, Multiple Perspectives, Rules, Unanswered Questions, and more.
Provides ready-to-use content for discussions, writing prompts, or Socratic seminars
Perfect for gifted learners, advanced readers, and thoughtful classrooms
Fables with Depth transforms timeless Aesop’s fables into powerful tools for higher-level thinking, character exploration, and meaningful discussion. This curated collection includes depth and complexity-style questions paired with thoughtful answers for 11 classic fables, making it an ideal resource for gifted classrooms, literature circles, or homeschool enrichment.
Designed for grades 3–5, this resource brings the universal truths and moral dilemmas of Aesop’s stories into modern, engaging conversations using the Depth and Complexity Framework by Sandra Kaplan.
Purpose:
To help students move beyond simply retelling fables to analyzing themes, ethics, character motivations, and universal ideas, while learning to think critically, ask meaningful questions, and make deep connections using gifted education strategies.
Highlights:
Covers 11 classic Aesop’s fables (e.g., The Lion and the Mouse, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf)
Differentiated Reading Levels: Each fable is available at three reading levels, approximately 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, along with tailored student response sheets: The levels are referenced using a dot system in the upper right corner.
Level 1: Focuses on the main aspect of the referenced Depth and Complexity icon.
Level 2: Includes the main aspect while prompting students to analyze more nuanced elements of the icon.
Level 3: Features a variety of Depth and Complexity icons and questions for deeper analysis.
Features 5+ depth and complexity questions per fable, with corresponding sample answers
Integrates Kaplan’s icons and thinking prompts: Big Idea, Patterns, Ethics, Multiple Perspectives, Rules, Unanswered Questions, and more.
Provides ready-to-use content for discussions, writing prompts, or Socratic seminars
Perfect for gifted learners, advanced readers, and thoughtful classrooms
