Hello Everyone,
This month, all the Special Area classes in my school are studying African culture.
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Where did I turn for Library/ELA lessons with an African theme?
Why, “Anansi” stories, of course!
Oh, the tricky little spider…
What moral(s) can grades 3-5 students learn from Anansi’s treatment of Elephant in Anansi and the Talking Melon?
What words can grades K-2 students use to describe Anansi’s character in Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock?
I’ve seen words this week like “mean” and “trickster” from second graders; and some fifth graders have been totally serious and somewhat solemn when they say “don’t listen to talking fruit.”
We’ve thoroughly enjoyed the tales of Anansi this week!