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    Leo Lionni's Fables: A Literacy Unit

             This Literacy Unit contains lesson plans for 1 week, and can be              extended to 2 weeks.  It is geared for the second grade, and based on principals
           of active learning, phonics, cooperative learning, and theme-teaching.

To view the Lesson Plans for all of these books, click on the Lesson Plans below, and move into the next phase of this teaching unit.

    The books for this unit are as follows:

        Lionni, Leo. (1975). A Color of His Own. NY: Pantheon Books.

        Lionni, Leo. (1970). Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. NY: Scholastic.

        Lionni, Leo. (1987). Fish Is Fish. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

        Lionni, Leo. (1967). Frederick. NY: Pantheon Books.

        Lionni, Leo. (1987). Frederick's Fables. NY: Random House, Inc.

        Lionni, Leo. (1987). Swimmy. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Go to Lesson Plans:
(These lesson plans include all of the Lionni Fables to extend into lessons for two weeks or more, as well as a repeat of the
  Swimmy and Fish is Fish lesson plans for the first week. These are the lessons that are outlined in the Teacher Page.)
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