In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"
"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same."
"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "We have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.
When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger - while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for days of need.
I really enjoyed this project. After reading "The Ant and the Grasshopper" my group and I took 3 pictures that could represent the story.
This activity could be very well incorporated into my 3rd grade classroom. I often work on summarizing with my students to enhance their reading comprehension. Students have to be able to determine the most important parts of the story to create a summary. I could ask students to "pose" the most important parts of the story and take pictures of it. They could then sequence the photos and write 1-2 sentences under each photo to tell what is happening in the picture in their own words. Students would be highly motivated to take pictures and post them, and they would be summarizing text in their own words to practice an important reading comprehension strategy.
great idea posting all the pictures and the actual snippet that we worked on! and again, great way to incorporate into your own class
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