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Folktale Quilt

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read several selections of folktales from different historic periods and different cultures. Then they incorporate a folktale theme into a modern day story, using elements that parallel those from the original version.
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Stella the Swan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students analyze the telling of a story with props. They study similarities and differences between ducks, geese and swans, how wildfowl are adapted to life in water, how wildfowl move and feed, and wildfowl family life, how they nest,...
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Antonym Test

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this antonym worksheet, students write the antonym for 8 words and write the antonym for the underlined word in 10 sentences. Antonyms include night-day, won-lost, hot-cold, etc.
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Tales from Hans Anderson Activity Worksheets

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In these Tales from Hans Anderson activity worksheets, students complete a series of reading comprehension questions to assess their understanding of the text.
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Animals versus Offspring Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this animals offspring worksheet, students choose the correct baby name for the animal in the picture. Students complete 24 multiple choice questions.
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Bringing Up Birdy

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore biology by creating diagrams of animal life cycles. In this baby bird activity, students view video clips of birds being born from incubation to flying on their own. Students utilize the Internet to research birds and...
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Character Education - Self Respect, Respect for Others

For Teachers K
Students respond the story of Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes and discuss the ways in which she showed respect for herself and for others.
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Hans Christian Andersen, Magic Maker

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Hans Christian Andersen was a spinner of fine tales that have been read and retold to countless generations of children.
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Kindergarten Holocaust Unit

For Teachers K
Students determine that we are the same. They discuss that we have differences and realize our differences make us special. They recall the ways in which human beings and Sesame Street characters are alike. They create a second...
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Animal Act

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create original tales that use animals to portray human behavior.
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ILLUSTRATING TALES AND FOLKLORE

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore tales, stories and folklore while practicing creative illustration techniques.
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Fuzz Gets a Big Buzz

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in a decodeable story they read...
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Favorite Fairy Tales

For Students 4th - 5th
In this favorites survey learning exercise, learners poll their classmates, teachers, parents, and friends about people's favorite fairy tales. Students complete the chart with the information.
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ESL: Analogies Exercise

For Students 5th - 7th
In this ESL analogy learning exercise, students fill in blanks to complete analogies, choosing from 4 given options. A link to audio and HTML code is given.
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Hca Gilead: "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Anderson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the illustrated text of "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Anderson written in 1844.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Really Ugly Duckling [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's children's book, The Really Ugly Duckling, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Children's Books Online: The Ugly Duckling

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"The Ugly Duckling", written circa 1890 by Hans Christian Andersen, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 15 page book is appropriate for pre-readers.
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: The Ugly Duckling

For Students 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Hans Christian Anderson's The Ugly Duckling, and highlight words that describe the duckling's looks in blue, the way he was treated in red, and how he felt in green.
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Hans Christian Andersen

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource offers the complete texts of four of Andersen's best-known fairy tales: The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Ugly Duckling," "Thumbelina," and "The Swineherd." The texts can be read online or downloaded in MP3 format. In...
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The Lancashire Grid for Learning: "The Ugly Duckling"

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Perfect to encourage elementary-aged independent reading, use this children's tale as a read along. Or for those who need assistance, listen in narrated audio.
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Read Write Think: Fairy Tales From Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A guideline for helping students to write their own fairy tales. This is a fun activity that will help students to analyze a literary style and follow a pattern.
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Hans Christian Andersen Center: Hans Christian Andersen

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Hans Christian Andersen Center provides a timetable of events relating to Hans Christian Andersen's life and a more in-depth chronology of his life. In addition, the site contains the text of Jean Hersholt's "The...
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Read Write Think: Using Picture Books to Teach Plot Development and Confict Res.

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Students read picture books to explore the concepts of plot development and conflict resolution. They first learn about the connections between reading and writing, and then revise their own writing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hans Christian Andersen

For Students 9th - 10th
(1805-1875) Author that wrote children's stories such as The Tin Soldier, The Tinderbox and The Ugly Duckling

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