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Fairy Tales Lesson Plans
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Third graders explore fairy tales to find the characteristics of the genre. In this fairy tale lesson, 3rd graders complete an analysis sheet to find the elements of a fairy tale.
Learners listen to or read three popular fairy tales, respond to questions those tales raise about ethical issues, and take a stand on the ethical question raised by the story From the Elephant Pit.
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Fairy Tales are the focus of this language arts lesson. First, 3rd graders come up with True or False statements regarding familiar Fairy Tales. Then, students are put into groups and go to the computer lab, where they perform research on one Fairy Tale. Once back in the classroom, students decide if their initial responses to the True and False questions were correct or not. An inventive lesson!
Students rewrite a favorite fairy tale in order to use numerical information. In this fairy tale math lesson, students modify a fairy tale and then write word problems using the new numerical information contained in the story. Students solve the word problems created.
First graders explore language arts by participating in fiction writing activities. For this fairy tale lesson, 1st graders listen as a teacher reads short fairy tales and analyze the characters, plot and settings. Students illustrate an image representing one of the scenes in the fairy tales they heard.
Young scholars explore the concept of fairy tales. In this fairy tale lesson, students discover the characteristics of fairy tales. Young scholars then use StoryBook Wearver software to write their own fairy tale.
First graders will work with the fairy tale, Jack and the Bean Stalk to access an interactive website to preview the story before completing a Kidspiration activity in which they compare and contrast Jack and the Giant. They participate in a mock trial of Jack as they play different courtroom roles.
Learners define and identify typical characteristics of a fairy tale using terms such as character, setting, illustrations, and plot. They familiarize themselves with different versions of fairy tales. They recognize the traits that make fairy tales universal.
Students discuss the literary concepts such as plot, setting, characters, story structure, and themes found within fairy tales. What makes them similar and different from other stories? This is the beginning of a unit where the students eventually create their own fairy tales using the elements learned about in class.
Students explore common elements found in fairy tales. In this fairy tale lesson plan, students listen to The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by John Scieszka, discuss common story structure elements found in fairy tales, generate related vocabulary for a Venn diagram, and write a fractured fairy tale.
