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Teaching Language Arts in Kindergarten Using Stories, Aesop's Fables, and Tall Tales
Students search into a variety of story elements in the eight lessons of this unit. The title, author, illustrator, setting, main character, problem, solution, events and the story are the components of the lessons.
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Mock Trial
Students rewrite a traditional fairy tale to represent the viewpoint of the villain. They participate in a mock trial of that villain in which all regular court participants (judge, jury, defendant, witnesses, plaintiff, etc) play roles.
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The "Real" Fairy Tales
Young scholars write a Fairy Tale from the point of view of the "bad guy".
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Fairy Tales
Students listen as the teacher reads fairy tales to students and identify patterns. They listen as the teacher re-reads the fairy tales and signal or recite patterns as they listen. Students identify patterns in the fairy tales. They...
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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 lesson here has them do just that! Learners listen to the famous fairy tale, "The Twelve Brothers," and change the ending of the...
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1st Grade - Act. 11: Fairy Tale Riddles & Puppet Shows
First graders put on puppet show and retell fairy tales.
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No more Boring Book Reports
Students create a paper bag book report. In this book report lesson, students choose 5-7 items representing the story. Students fill and decorate their bags and present them to the class. Students describe the...
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Backwards Day
Students create ways to do things backwards. In this cross-curriculum activity, students participate in various backwards activities for an entire day. Students recite the alphabet backwards, spell their names backwards, and read stories...
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Questions or Statements?
Students are introduced to the six question words of who, what, when, where, why and how. After being read a story, they are asked who and what the story was about. To end the lesson, they practice identifying questions and statements.
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Sequencing
Second graders retell a story focusing on sequence. in this sequence lesson, 2nd graders read the story Carry Go Bring Come by Vyanne Samuels. They retell parts of the story and put them in the correct order.
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Fairy Tale Riddles & Puppet Shows
First graders put on a puppet show and retell fairy tales.
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Building Fiction: Elements of a Short Story
Students define and interpret the elements found in a short story. Then they identify the elements of plot found in a short story. Students also apply knowledge of plot to an original work of fiction. Finally, they identify the...
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Heeeeeere's Pea O'Vee!
Fourth graders assume the roles of characters in familiar fairy tales and participate in a panel discussion using a talk show format.
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Dialogue Disguises
Students read a story out loud to a partner and change their voices and expressions when depicting specific characters. In this language arts lesson plan, students focus on the person's voice who is reading to them, while keeping track...
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Fairy Tale Math Problems
In this math learning exercise, students answer the problems for the different types of operations that are based upon the theme of fairy tales.
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Simple Past Tense Verbs
In this verb worksheet, students complete sentences by filling in correct simple past tense forms of verbs given. Answers may be checked online.
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Stories That Really Add Up
Students, in groups, develop math lessons for younger students that each stems from a popular student story. Group members individually develop lessons for other subject areas based on their group's story, creating interdisciplinary units.
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Drawing Conclusions Lesson Plans
Teachers can use drawing conclusions lesson plans to help students learn how to connect their background knowledge to text.
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Just Plan It!
Fourth graders practice using a planning sheet for a well-known fairy tale or picture book.
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What Genre Am I?
First graders differentiate between different pieces of literary genres by participating in a hands-on activity. This includes a student assessment sheet.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Retold by James Marshall [Pdf]
A reader's theater adaptation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is provided on this script. Ten character roles are needed in this performance.
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Better Lesson: Discussing "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
Today we are picking apart this story and discussing it in great detail so that we can set the foundation for our comparing and contrasting activity on our Day 3 lesson.
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Starfall: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
This is an interactive ebook of the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." It allows children to read along, listen to, or read the story independently.
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Just Books Read Aloud: Michelle Matthers: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
A video of the book "Goldilocks And The Three Bears", written by Michelle Matthers. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.