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Ending a Famous Fairy Tale
Altering the ending of a famous fairy tale is a really fun way for kids to experience creative writing. The instructional activity here has them do just that! Learners listen to the famous fairy tale, "The Twelve Brothers," and change...
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Folktale Quilt
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
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
In this antonym activity, 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
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
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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Character Education - Self Respect, Respect for Others
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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Bringing Up Birdy
Students explore biology by creating diagrams of animal life cycles. In this baby bird lesson plan, 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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Hans Christian Andersen, Magic Maker
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
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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ILLUSTRATING TALES AND FOLKLORE
Seventh graders explore tales, stories and folklore while practicing creative illustration techniques.
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Fuzz Gets a Big Buzz
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 this favorites survey worksheet, students 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 this ESL analogy worksheet, students fill in blanks to complete analogies, choosing from 4 given options. A link to audio and HTML code is given.