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Folk and Fairy Tale Readers: The Ugly Duckling PrintablesFolk and Fairy Tale Readers: The Ugly Duckling Printables
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Scholastic
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Pre-K - 3rd
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English Language Arts
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Duration
15 mins
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Folk and Fairy Tale Readers: The Ugly Duckling

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Engage young readers to explore classic fairy tales with their very own copy of "The Ugly Duckling." With clear illustrations and an easy-to-follow repetitive structure, this printable book is perfect for developing the reading skills of young learners.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the ugly duckling, fairy tales, emergent reading, phonics, reading fluency

Additional Tags

the ugly duckling, printable book, reading fluency, reading practice, fairy tale, foldable, emergent reader, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Read the story aloud to the whole class before allowing students to practice reading on their own, either independently or in pairs
  • Send the book home, inviting parents and children to practice reading together

Classroom Considerations

  • Preparing a class set of mini-books will take significant time, consider soliciting the help of a classroom aide or student assistant to speed up the process

Pros

  • Includes additional versions of the template that allow children to write the text or create illustrations for the story
  • A separate document is included that provides instructions for assembling the mini-book

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.K.1.a RF.K.1.b RF.K.1.c RF.K.3.a RF.K.3.b RF.K.3.c RF.K.4 RF.1.1.a RF.1.3.a RF.1.3.b RF.1.3.c RF.1.3.e RF.1.3.f RF.1.3.g RF.1.4.a RF.1.4.b RF.1.4.c RF.2.3.a RF.2.3.b RF.2.3.c RF.2.3.e RF.2.3.f RF.2.4.a RF.2.4.b RF.2.4.c RF.3.3.a RF.3.3.c RF.3.3.d RF.3.4.a RF.3.4.b RF.3.4.c

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