Fables with Squids Will Be Squids

A few weeks ago a friend brought a book over to my house. Now, I consider myself to be quite knowledgable on children's authors and books, but I had never heard of this one. Jon Scieska and Lane Smith have created some of my favorite books to use in the classroom like (affiliate links) Baloney, The Stinky Cheese Man, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, and the Time Warp Trio Series. I thought that I had read all of their books, but I was wrong. This new book, Squids Will Be Squids, quickly took over as my new favorite! 

This book is a wonderful collection of thoroughly modern fables with new animal characters and great morals such as, "Squids will be squids," and "If you are an ant and are going to dump your best friend for a new one, you should know that Echidna is another name for Spiny Anteater."

As I read this book I knew I had to find a way to use it in classrooms, and it obviously needed to be with fables. Voila! A mini-unit is born!

This FREE Mini-Unit is a great way to bring a little fun to teaching fables. Included in this pack are mini posters about fables and personification, a graphic organizer for use with the fables in Squids Will Be Squids, and a writing project with rubric for students to write their own modern fables.

I think that this mini-unit will be a blast to complete after testing is done, or anytime of year, to get the creative writing juices flowing, and have some major laughs in the classroom. We all know that kids find lessons in the funniest of stories.

If you complete this unit in class, I would love to hear from you in the comments about the funny morals that your students share with you!