This resource creates a display of the most common elements in Fairy Tales. Print the different elements and assemble them on a display board to create a large castle shape. The display covers Story Structure, Plot, Settings, and Characters.

Time to get a little dirty while learning about how plants grow! After reading books about parts of plants and how plants grow, we of course had to plant our own seeds to witness this first hand. First we added soil to our cups... ...then the kiddos planted two lima beans, two pinto beans, and some grass seeds in a clear plastic Solo cup. (I like to consolidate!) The clear cups allow the kids to see the roots as the plants grow! (Which they think is really cool!) We also watched this awesome…

Think Sheets...story analysis and pre-writing organizers. For fairy tale, folk tale, and short story units.

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Are you looking for Fairy Tales activities? These lessons teach 12 popular Fairy Tales and work on vocabulary, sequencing, comprehension, etc.

Use these ideas and activities to teach preschool, kindergarten, & first grade kids to create fairy tale story maps with The Gingerbread Man, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and The Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, and Jack and the Beanstalk. Graphic organizers, templates, anchor charts, & posters support teaching retelling, fiction story elements, talk4writing & text structures such as beginning, middle, and end. Printable worksheets help you integrate social studies & map skills.

This free fairy tale unit of study is a free unit of study you can add to your reading workshop.

What do we find in a fairy tale? Free anchor chart for helping students learn about the most common elements of fairytales.

Hello Everyone! We are having a great week! I actually got in some guided reading groups today!! Yippee!! I love it when all the training and expectations for incorporating D5 actually settles in and works like a well oiled machine! Sometimes I just look up from what we're doing and just smile because most of the kids are doing it!! Really doing it!! I am so excited for tomorrow! Way to go, guys!!! The week after next we will begin our fairy tale unit (integrating our reading and social…

Do you need a new creative writing activity for your students? Motivate your students to think and write creatively with these fairy tale writing prompts. Fairy Tale Writing Prompts This set of fairy tale writing prompt cards include these twelve imagination-boosting writing prompts: Write a fairy tale with the princess as the villain. You find an enchanted object …