Showing posts with label Fairy Tales Fables Folktales Unit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fairy Tales Fables Folktales Unit. Show all posts
Saturday, March 9, 2013
More Snow Means.....
More snow has fallen which means one thing for me lately....I put another product up on my TpT store! I have so many great materials I have made over the years for my classroom and students and I am excited to finally be able to share them. The third and final week of our Fairy Tales, Myths, and Fables unit was a week of fractured fairy tales. The kids and I love reading them and it gives them the opportunity to do some serious comparing and contrasting practice along with discussing point of view and voice in dialogue. (all part of the new common core standards for grade 2) This Fractured Fairy Tale Unit is a blast! We start with reading The Three Little Pigs and the Princess and the Frog. Then we read Jon Scoeszka's versions, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Frog Prince Continued. There are so many fun activities to do with this unit. Find it here on my TpT store. If you want to check out my Fables unit on TpT click here or my fairy tale materials click here. ( I have more fairy tale materials to upload....just need another snow day) Hope your students enjoy it as much as mine did!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Fairy Tales, Folktales, and Fables....Oh My!!!
It's that time of year again! I really enjoy teaching this unit although we have changed it a bit each year. I feel like this might be the best year yet :) During our first week we read a bunch of fairy tales. This year we read The Gingerbread Man, Hansel and Gretel, The Three Little Pigs, Cinderella, and Little Red Riding Hood. The kids knew a lot of these stories so we made sure to read a few versions of each story.
This same week we started a writing project. The students and I did a lot of research on our fairy tales. We then made a checklist of everything our fairy tales must have. Each child picked a story to retell and we got started. They are so excited for writing each day and I can't get them off the topic! I will upload some of the stories when they are published.
This week we read three different Cinderella stories and worked on comparing and contrasting them. We also did some research on the countries they were from to get more of an understanding. We read Adelita (Mexican tale), Fair, Brown, and Trembling (Irish Tale) and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (African tale). I was amazed at how well they knew the tales and we were able to have a real discussion. I was in shock when they started discussing the story with each other (ON TOPIC!) like I wasn't even there. It was one of those moments when you sit back as a teacher and realize how much they have grown since September.
Next week we will begin the third week of this unit and focus on fables. I chose 11 different fables this year that have varying morals. Throughout the week we will compare and contrast the fables using charts and Venn diagrams, create story maps, and even write our own fables. I also threw in an opinion writing piece because we just finished up opinion writing. I will use it as an assessment to see if they fully grasped that type of writing.
I uploaded some more of my products on TpT this week. I also put up this fables unit. It contains everything you need including the 11 fables and all worksheets.
Click on the TpT image on the right to scroll through my new products and visit my store.
This same week we started a writing project. The students and I did a lot of research on our fairy tales. We then made a checklist of everything our fairy tales must have. Each child picked a story to retell and we got started. They are so excited for writing each day and I can't get them off the topic! I will upload some of the stories when they are published.
This week we read three different Cinderella stories and worked on comparing and contrasting them. We also did some research on the countries they were from to get more of an understanding. We read Adelita (Mexican tale), Fair, Brown, and Trembling (Irish Tale) and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (African tale). I was amazed at how well they knew the tales and we were able to have a real discussion. I was in shock when they started discussing the story with each other (ON TOPIC!) like I wasn't even there. It was one of those moments when you sit back as a teacher and realize how much they have grown since September.
Next week we will begin the third week of this unit and focus on fables. I chose 11 different fables this year that have varying morals. Throughout the week we will compare and contrast the fables using charts and Venn diagrams, create story maps, and even write our own fables. I also threw in an opinion writing piece because we just finished up opinion writing. I will use it as an assessment to see if they fully grasped that type of writing.
I uploaded some more of my products on TpT this week. I also put up this fables unit. It contains everything you need including the 11 fables and all worksheets.
Click on the TpT image on the right to scroll through my new products and visit my store.
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