Interactive
Curated OER

Peter and the Wolf

For Students Higher Ed
In this interactive ESL learning exercise, students focus on reading comprehension. Students complete 23 fill in the blank questions including a word search using words from the given story.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Identifying Genre and Subgenre #2

For Students 9th
In this identifying genre and subgenre #2 worksheet, 9th graders read 17 short summaries, then select the genre and subgenre from the choices given and explain their choice in writing.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Little Dancers Poetry and Vocabulary Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reading and writing worksheet, students read a poem about ballet dancers and study the vocabulary that is underlined in the poem. They study the definitions that are listed on the second page.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Invent a Holiday

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare their own special holidays and traditions and then use their imaginations to create their own holiday.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Hop O My Thumb, Sleeping Beauty, and Blue Beard

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Hop O' My Thumb, Sleeping Beauty, and Blue Beard, a book of stories for children.
Activity
Other

Signwriting: Sign Writing Children's Stories

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A wonderful collection of over twenty famous children's stories, each written in Sign Writing, a way to transcribing the features of American Sign Language with accompanying text below! Stories and workbooks can be downloaded or read...
eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Sleeping Beauty

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of C. S. Evans's The Sleeping Beauty has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Immortality

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem about the topic of "immortality", as in the story of Sleeping Beauty, is shared within two stanzas.
Activity
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghous: Lit2 Go: The Brothers Grimm

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
The translated texts of seven of Grimms' Fairy Tales, including "The Golden Goose," and "Sleeping Beauty." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual stories in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each story has downloadable...
Handout
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh: Charles Perrault's Mother Goose Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Perrault gave these tales "literary legitimacy" when he wrote them down and published them. Read about Perrault and read his stories that swept across England in the 1800s.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault

For Students 7th - 8th
French author Charles Perrault is often called the "father of the fairy tale" for his well known tales such as "Little Red Riding Hood," "Puss in Boots," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Cinderella." Cinderella is a famous folk tale, a story that...