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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology Unit PlanFairy Tales and Tall Tales Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology Unit Plan
Publisher
Core Knowledge Foundation
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2nd
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English Language Arts
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Year
2013
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

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  • CKLA Domain 1: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales (.html)
  • Entire Unit (.zip)
  • Flip Book: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales (.pdf)
  • Image Cards: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales (.pdf)
  • Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales (.pdf)
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Enrich a unit on fairy tales and tall tales with a set of read-aloud lessons. Second graders hone writing, vocabulary, comprehension, and literary analysis skills as they read classic stories. Complete with extension projects, discussion questions, images and graphics, assessment materials, and remediation ideas, the unit is an excellent addition to any language arts unit.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

fairy tales, tall tales, the emperor's new clothes, paul bunyan, pecos bill, john henry, the brothers grimm, hans christian andersen, the american west, westward expansion, the american frontier

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use extension activities for language arts stations, that small groups can rotate through
  • Prompt learners to compare and contrast the fairy tales they read in the lesson with film versions they many know

Classroom Considerations

  • Lessons are scripted; however, instructors can pick and choose the parts that are most relevant to their curriculum

Pros

  • Aligned to second grade Common Core standards (reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language)
  • Provides specific core content and subject objectives for each lesson, as well as the lessons' context within the unit as a whole
  • Includes full versions of each story to read aloud
  • All auxiliary materials are attached below
  • Comes with a list of websites for additional resources

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.2.1 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.4 RL.2.5 RL.2.7 RL.2.9 W.2.1 W.2.3 W.2.7 W.2.8 SL.2.1.a SL.2.1.b SL.2.1.c SL.2.2 SL.2.3 SL.2.5 SL.2.6 L.2.4.a L.2.4.b L.2.4.c L.2.5.a L.2.6

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