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Folk Tales and Fables ActivityFolk Tales and Fables Activity
Publisher
Weekly Story Book
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Grade
3rd - 6th
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Social Studies & History
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Year
2005
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Folk Tales and Fables

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Pages and pages of engaging activities, worksheets, and writing projects on teaching folktales and fables await you! You don't want to miss this incredible resource that not only includes a wide range of topics and graphic organizers, but also provides everything you need for an extensive creative writing project on the concept of folktales.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

folktales, fables, news articles, newspapers, character building, character development, storytelling, Narrative Writing, editorial writing, reading strategies

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Take advantage of an opportunity for cross-curricular work by having pupils research popular news media publications in order to inform their writing process

Pros

  • Nicely formatted materials
  • Wide variety of graphic organizers and worksheet types
  • Engaging and valuable project-based learning experience

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.3.3.a W.3.7 W.4.3.a W.4.7 W.5.3.a W.5.7 W.6.3.a W.6.7

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