SECOND EDITION! Lesson plans with a readers' theater rhyming script for the fable, The Lion and the Mouse, as well as vocabulary, rhyming, handwriting, and discussion/writing prompts about friendship and helping others. Use it for reading fluency practice, a poetry night, activities involving fables, an animal unit, character traits lessons, or lessons in rhyming. This is a five page script that may fit readers at a First - Third grade reading level. I've also included: Tips for Performing a