Fairy Tales
A mini-unit on The Three Little Pigs
A mini-unit on Cinderella
A mini-unit on Beasuty and the Beast
A mini-unit on
Jack and the Beanstalk
Various Activity
Sheets
Fairy Tale Crafts
Hodpodge of ideas
Fairy Tales written by grade 2 students
Cinquains
Learning Center
Recipes
Make a Cook book
Rumpelstiltskin
Bulletin Board
Story Board -
In a storyboard we organize our thoughts by drawing pictures of
the setting, characters, the problem, the attempts to solve the
problem and the solution. (PICTURES INCLUDED)
Creating Fairy
Tales (Gr. 3-5) Use the computer and have students one at a
time write a few sentences and type their initials at the end of
what they have created.
Break Loose with Mother Goose A five day
teaching unit for pre-primary students where Mother Goose Rhymes
are used to integrate math and science concepts with literature.
Folk Tales from Around the World A two week
unit which introduces grade 1 students to diverse folk tales
which have universal similarity.
Writing
Fairy Tales
- Fractured
Fairy Tale Writing #1
- Fractured
Fairy Tale Writing #2
- Students write new fairy tales by mixing and matching the
different components of different fairy tales to create
new hilarious combinations.
A
Fairy Tale Point of View students rewrite tales
from a minor character's point of view
A
Modern Traditional Tale students rewrite tales by
updating all items mentioned in a story to a modern setting
A
Tale to Tell students create new versions by
taking a traditional tale and rewrting using a different
perspective
Fairy
Tales students rewrite tales folling set criteria
after hearing different models of revised editions
Happily
Ever After??? students write a continuation of a
traditonal tale, could have humourous conclusions
Real
Fairy Tales- students rewrite tales using the The Real
Story of the Three Little pigs" as a Model for rewriting
- Dear
Character Character Study
- in this activity students write a letter as if they were
characters in a story, can be aapted for tales
- Bits
and Pieces - Creating a Tale -
- In this activity students use objects as the beginning
points of a story, choice of objects could determine type
of tale includes instructions
- Teaching with Folklore
- In this teacher-focused site, "folklore" is
broken up into the categories of "fables",
"legends", "myths", "tales"
and "religious". In each category, the author
has compiled links to sites that provide classroom
activities, lesson plans, and cross curricular extensions
in these areas. Lots of practical, valuable help for
teachers.
Drawing a Fairy
Tale (Gr. 3-5) The students will understand how to re-tell
and illustrate a fairy tale by using Hyper Studio.
A Third Grade
Unit
Favorite
Fairy Tales (Gr. 1) A through-the-year approach to learning a
core of fairy tales while integrating them into a good reading
and writing.
New
Fairy Tale Adventures (Gr. 3+) Students will rewrite a
familiar children's story from a different character's
perspective.
Once
Upon a Time (Gr. 1-2) Students investigate familiar tales
like "Cinderella" and "Little Red Riding
Hood" to discover the characteristics of a fairy tale.
"Tattercoats"
Lesson Plan (Gr. 2-8) Activities from the Author of The
Multicultural Cinderella
The
Three Bears with a Beat
Creating Fairy
Tales (Gr. 3-5) Use the computer and have students one at a
time write a few sentences and type their initials at the end of
what they have created.
Drawing a Fairy
Tale (Gr. 3-5) The students will understand how to re-tell
and illustrate a fairy tale by using Hyper Studio.
Fairy
Tale Press (Gr. 3) Using fairy tales and in groups, the
students will be able to create the front page of a newspaper.
Fairy Tales
from Far Off Lands (Gr. 1-5) Fairy tales with lesson plans
from Africa, Asia, China, Egypt, etc.
New
Fairy Tale Adventures (Gr. 3+) Students will rewrite a
familiar children's story from a different character's
perspective.
An
OBJECT-ive Look at Fairy Tales (Gr. 4-5) Students will
rewrite a fairy tale from the point of view of an object (i.e. a
mirror) in the story.
The
"Real" Fairy Tales (Gr. 5-8) Students will choose a
fairy tale and rewrite it from a different point of view.
