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Who loves a good fairy tale? I know I do and I also know that my students love them, too. There are plenty to choose from, multiple versions of them, and so many great learning opportunities wrapped up in one. So, besides simply reading and responding, what else can we use fairy tales for? Read on to see topics you could address with a simple fairy tale. 1. KEY DETAILS As with any text, fairy tales can easily be used to work on finding key details. Aren't the characters, setting, and plot in a fairy tale a lot more engaging than most other stories? Students are still practicing the skill, but are enjoying the story simultaneously. I like using graphic organizers for students to practice writing down key details in the story. I also like taking a commonly known fairy tale and shortening it (or finding an already shortened version - check out KidsGen for some shorter versions that you could read aloud, print, or adapt even further - they also include videos). Once I have a shortened version, we can then practice our close reading and answer questions for students to go back into the text to find. You know, the usual! ;) The Fairy Tale Unit on Teachers Pay Teachers includes close reads as well as graphic organizers and you can get a sample of the graphic organizers for free below. This free pack of graphic organizers will help you get started on key details with your students. Click the image to grab it. 2. STORY ELEMENTS Fairy tales are a little unique in that they have a few other elements that set them apart from other fiction. Yes, we have characters, setting, problem, and solution, but we also sometimes have "magic," and always a "happily ever after." Adding in those extra elements makes learning all of them that much more special. Hang posters throughout the room with these fairy tale elements. They will help us remember them through the recall questions, but once students are beyond that, they can use these story elements to answer higher order questions as well as create their own. The posters below are FREE on Teachers Pay Teachers. Click HERE or the image below to get your set and hang them up, ready to go in your classroom. How to Use These Posters: - hang them up and use them for student reference - read aloud parts of the story and ask students which story element it belongs with. You could also provide written cards and students can sort them as a learning center/station. - hang them up or attach them to a binder ring to place within a writing center for students to use while writing their own fairy tale (more on that later). Paired with this fun graphic organizer, students can analyze and break down fairy tales they are reading or they can use it to write their own (again, more on that later). 3. COMPARE AND CONTRAST We know that fairy tales have a lot in common, so let's compare! Using a simple venn diagram will have students using those fairy tale story elements we already learned about and thinking about what these stories have in common and what sets them apart. 4. RETELLING/SUMMARIZING We all know the kid(s) who summarize by telling you the WHOLE story without leaving out any detail, right? I can't be the only one that has seen that! Summarizing is a skill we use throughout our entire lives and we practice it starting in Kindergarten! Fairy Tales are amazing stories to use to practice this skill. There are opportunities for puppet shows for your younger grades and, what I like to call, The Ultimate Retelling Challenge for your upper grades. Students retell a story either by writing it or acting it out. Read about it on this excerpt from The Fairy Tale Unit on TpT: Here's a couple of my lovely theater students using puppets to retell a fairy tale. 5. READER'S THEATER I. Love. Reader's theater. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Fairy tales are exceptional stories to use for reader's theater because there are so many different ones, they are easily modified for any reading level, and students love them. Not only that, but Disney has helped a lot in this area, too. Odds are, most of your students have seen or at least heard of the Disney movie of Cinderella or Snow White or Sleeping Beauty, so even if they aren't great at acting out a part, they have a character they've actually SEEN to refer to. The Fairy Tale Unit on TpT has 5 reader's theater scenes as well as 5 reader's theater monologues at varying levels of reading difficulty. This is also a fun time to add in costumes (again... sucker for theater...). Here are some of my students watching another student perform a monologue. Gotta love those costumes! 6. CREATIVE WRITING Now that students know the key details of their favorite fairy tales and they know what makes a fairy tale, it is SO exciting to have students write their own. By exposing students to multiple fairy tales, they'll have an idea of varying characters and different problems and solutions. I've had some students come up with every detail brand new, but I have also had students that combined their favorite parts of various fairy tales to make a brand new mashup of sorts. Both are awesome and both are showing the creative side of your students while using this new found style in story telling. Below is a game I call "Roll a Fairy Tale." Students roll the dice and develop their story that way. There's never the "I don't know what to write," issue with this game and it is a fun addition to any writing center. They just choose a sheet (character, beginning, middle, end, finish the story, or how did this happen?), roll a die, and basically fill in the blanks. This is included in The Fairy Tale Unit on TpT. 7. CREATIVE APPLICATION We just used our fairy tale knowledge to write our own, but there are so many other opportunities for students to be creative with fairy tales. Here's a bullet list of just some of these opportunities: - For younger students, dress up in costumes for retelling purposes or have them create their own crown. - For older students, play the Creative Castle Card Game where they write about or draw a castle with combinations of various fairy tales. - For any grade level, have students discuss, write, or act out "What If..." questions, such as "What if Cinderella didn't make it back before midnight?" There are many of these included in the Fairy Tale Unit on TpT. - Read fractured fairy tales, such as The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and have students write their own taking a fairy tale and twisting it around. This is GREAT for teaching point of view! Here are some GREAT fractured fairy tales to go with your unit. I absolutely LOVE The Stinky Cheese Man. - For older students, have them write and perform their own fairy tale reader's theater or have them write a skit to have others perform. This is also really fun for those fractured fairy tales. I had a student write a monologue from the point of view of "Awake Beauty," a princess who was given the curse of never being able to fall asleep. LOVE kids' creativity! For everything you see in this post and MORE, check out The Fairy Tale Unit in my TpT shop! And definitely make sure you snag those free posters and free graphic organizers to use with all these other fun ideas for using fairy tales.
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Explore the Cinderella Fairy Tale with your students using this fun hands-on project for early readers! This unit is designed to teach and reinforce a variety of language arts skills using this fairy tale story as the base for these activities! This project is ready to teach! This lapbook is great for any version of this fairy tale. Visual directions are included in this unit. This Cinderella Lapbook includes activities such as: Read a summary of the story Write your own version of the story Write a summary of the original story Fill in the blanks Identify characters Color in the items from the story Draw and identify setting Timeline activity to place the events in order Parts of a story activity Match character traits to the correct character Hands-on cut and paste activities Lapbooks are a great way to conduct research, review information, and learn in a new and fun way! Students will love completing this fun activity! What will your students need? - a manila folder - glue or tape - colored pencils, crayons, or markers - scissors - construction paper for strength (optional) To assess the quality of my work please check out this free product: USA Mini Book Related Products ⭐ Fairy Garden Name Tags - Editable Customer Tips: 1. How to Subscribe to my Blog Newsletter Do you want exclusive information on sales, giveaways, updates, and new products? Sign up for my blog newsletterHERE 2. How to get TPT credits to use on future purchases Go to your My Purchases page. Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button, click it and you will be taken to a page where you can leave a star rating and a short review about the product. Why is feedback so important? Each time you provide feedback, you’ll earn TPT credits that can be applied to future purchases to save you money! 3. How To Follow My Store Click the green star beside my name at the top of this page OR at the top of my store page. Following me notifies you when I post a new item and you'll get access to my note to followers each month about updates, sales, giveaways, and more! 4. How To See All My Freebies To see all my free products in one placeCLICK HERE This product by Starlight Treasures is copyrighted for single classroom or teacher use only. This product may not be resold and or given away for free. If you have questions or comments, please email me [email protected] © Starlight Treasures LLC
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A beautiful, new edition of the beloved fantasy hailed as “the stuff of epic tale telling” (Booklist), perfect for fans of Beauty and the Beast from New York Times best-selling author Edith Pattou. Rose has always longed for adventure, so when an enormous white bear appears one evening and makes her a mysterious offer, she accepts. In exchange for health and prosperity for her ailing family, she must live with the white bear in a distant castle. But Rose soon realizes that all isn’t as it seems. As she tries to settle into her new life, she makes a devastating mistake. Now she must choose: return to her safe and loving family or go on a dangerous quest to fix what she has broken—and perhaps lose her heart along the way. A sweeping romantic epic as timeless as any fairy tale and thrilling as only the best fantasy novels can be. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781328581587 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication Date: 10-23-2018 Pages: 512 Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.31(d) Age Range: 12 - 17 YearsAbout the Author Edith Pattou is the author ofEast, an ALA Notable Book, and its sequel, West; Hero's Song; Fire Arrow, a Booklist Top Ten Fantasy Novel of the Year; Ghosting; and the New York Times bestselling picture book Mrs. Spitzer's Garden. She lives in Columbus, Ohio. www.edithpattou.com Twitter: @epattou Instagram: @ediepattouRead an Excerpt Read an Excerpt Once on a time there was a poor farmer with many children. Father EBBA ROSE WAS THE NAME of our last-born child. Except it was a lie. Her name should have been Nyamh Rose. But everyone called her Rose rather than Ebba, so the lie didn't matter. At least, that is what I told myself. The Rose part of her name came from the symbol that lies at the center of the wind rose-which is fitting because she was lodged at the very center of my heart. I loved each of her seven brothers and sisters, but I will admit there was always something that set Rose apart from the others. And it wasn't just the way she looked. She was the hardest to know of my children, and that was because she would not stay still. Every time I held her as a babe, she would look up at me, intent, smiling with her bright purple eyes. But soon, and always, those eyes would stray past my shoulder, seeking the window and what lay beyond. Rose's first gift was a small pair of soft boots made of reindeer hide. They were brought by Torsk, a neighbor, and as he fastened them on Rose's tiny feet with his large calloused hands, I saw my wife, Eugenia, frown. She tried to hide it, turning her face away. Torsk did not see the frown but looked up at us, beaming. He was a widower with grown sons and a gift for leatherwork. Eager to show off his handiwork and unmindful of the difficult circumstances of Eugenia's recent birthing, he had been the first to show up on our doorstep. Most of our neighbors were well aware of how superstitious Eugenia was. They also knew that a baby's first gift was laden with meaning. But cheerful, large-handed Torsk paid no heed to this. He just gazed down at the small soft boots on Rose's feet and looked ready to burst with pride. "The fit is good," he observed with a wide smile. I nodded and then said, with a vague thought of warning him,"'Tis Rose's first gift." His smile grew even wider. "Ah, this is good." Then a thought penetrated his head. "She will be a traveler, an explorer!" he said with enthusiasm. So he did know of the first-gift superstition after all. This time Eugenia did not attempt to hide the frown that creased her face, and I tensed, fearing what she might say. Instead she reached down and straightened one of the boot ties. "Thank you, neighbor Torsk," she said through stiff lips. Her voice was cold, and a puzzled look passed over the big man's face. I stepped forward and, muttering something about Eugenia still being weak, ushered Torsk to the door. "Was there something wrong with the boots?" he asked, bewildered. "No, no," I reassured him. "They are wonderful. Eugenia is tired, that is all. And you know mothers-they like to keep their babes close. She's not quite ready for the notion of little Rose wandering the countryside." Nor would she ever be. Though I did not say that to neighbor Torsk. That night after we had pried Neddy from Rose's basket and gotten all the children to sleep, Eugenia said to me, "Didn't Widow Hautzig bring over a crock of butter for the baby?" "She was only returning what you loaned her," I said. "No, it was for Ebba Rose. Her first gift, I'm quite sure." Her voice was definite. Eugenia did like to keep her children close, but it turned out she wanted to keep Rose closest of all. And that had everything to do with the circumstances of Rose's birth. Neddy OUR FAMILY WASN'T ALWAYS poor. My grandfather Esbjorn Lavrans had a well-respected mapmaking business, and my father's father was a prosperous farmer. But Father had a falling-out with his family when he went to Bergen to be an apprentice to the mapmaker Esbjorn. My mother, Eugenia, was Esbjorn's daughter, which is how Father met her. Father and Mother had eight children. Rose was the last-born and I was second to last, four years old when they brought Rose home from Askoy Forest. Some would say four is too young to remember, but I definitely have memories. Lots of them. I remember her smell, like warm milk and soft green moss. I remember the noises she'd make-gurgling like the creek we later took to calling Rosie's Creek because she fell into it so often; the clicking she made with her tongue, like a wren pecking at our chimney; the howls of frustration when she kept toppling over while learning to walk. Not that it took her long. She was running around on her short legs at just five months. I also remember clearly the evening Mother and Father came home from an afternoon of herb hunting, and instead of herbs they were carrying a lumpy bundle that made funny noises. My older brothers and sisters had been worried about Mother and Father because there had been a storm and they were much later than usual returning. I told everyone not to worry, that they had gone out to bring home the baby and that's why they were so late getting home. My older sister Selme laughed. "Mother is still more than a month away from her lying-in time," she said. "And besides, everyone knows you can't just go pluck babies out of Askoy Forest," she added with a superior look. But it turned out I was right after all. When they finally came through the door, Mother looked very pale and sat down as soon as she could, holding the noisy thing on her lap. The others crowded around, but I hung back, waiting. When they'd all looked long enough, Father led me to Mother's side. When I gazed at the little scrunched-up face, I felt a peculiar glow of pride. Like I'd done something good. I knew it was Mother who'd brought this baby into the world (and she certainly looked worn out from doing it), but from that moment I felt like the wild little brown-haired baby was my very own gift-and that it would be my job to watch over her. If I had known just how wild a thing she would turn out to be, I might have thought twice about taking her on. It's a funny thing. I think it was Mother and I who had the hardest time with Rose's wandering ways. But we both had different ways of living with it. Mother tried always to reel her in. To keep her close by. But for me, I knew it couldn't be done, so I just ached and felt sorry for myself when she'd disappear. That's the trouble with loving a wild thing: You're always left watching the door. But you also get kind of used to it. Rose I COULD SAY THAT I FELT guilty and ashamed about the trouble I was always getting into when I was a child, driving my mother to her wit's end on a daily basis. But the truth is I never did feel either of those things. I don't think it's because I was selfish or unfeeling. I just couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. What was a little spilled blood or a broken bone now and then? I never set out to be disobedient. I just couldn't keep my thoughts, and then my feet, still. I'd see something-the azure flash of a butterfly's wing, a formation of clouds like a ship's mast and sails, a ripe yellow apple perched high in a tree-and I'd be off after it without a second thought. Exploring ran in my blood. My grandfather Esbjorn was a mapmaker as well as an explorer. And my great-great-grandfather was one of the first Njordens to travel to Constantinople. The only thing that gave me the slightest twinge of sadness was Neddy, with his exasperated, sorry-for-himself look when he found me after yet another time I'd run off without telling anyone. "But I saw this rabbit with a tail so white it glowed," I'd try to explain (when I was old enough to put words to my feelings). Neddy would just sigh and say that Mother wanted me in the kitchen straightaway. "I'm sorry, Neddy," I'd say, wrapping my arms around his legs, watching the corners of his mouth for the smile I always managed to squeeze out of him. And then I'd go to the kitchen and Mother would scold me yet again. Copyright © 2003 by Edith Pattou All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to the following address: Permissions Department, Harcourt, Inc., 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Show More What People are Saying What People are Saying About This Booklist "A rich tapestry that will resonate with readers . . . . epic tale telling." (starred review) From the Publisher "Weaves the essentials of the children's fairy tale 'East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon' into a rich tapestry that will resonate with readers . . . the stuff of epic tale tell
These Fairy Tale Anagram Puzzles from the Brothers Grimm make perfect no-prep early finisher activities for students who complete their work before their classmates are done. They're also a wonderful addition if you are teaching a unit on fairy tales. There are twelve puzzles in this set. Each puzzle contains a passage from the beginning of a different Grimm’s fairy tale. The passage contains five to six anagrams for them to solve, which are spaced throughout the story. Designed with upper elementary and middle school students in mind, these puzzles are both fun and challenging! To make each anagram, I take a original word from the story and replace it with two shorter words from the scrambled letters of the original word. These pairs of shorter words are written in all caps followed by a blank. For each of these pairs, students re-arrange the letters of the two shorter words to make one new, longer word (the original word from the story). They then fill in the blanks with their answers to unscramble the puzzle. For an added challenge, I have also made an anagram from the title of the fairy tale, which they can try to unscramble. Way to Use These Puzzles: • As an early finisher (fast finisher) activity for students who finish their work before their classmates are done • As a bellringer activity • As a sponge activity (soak up those extra few minutes at the end of class) • As part of a sub plan or as an addition to your sub folder • As a game with partners or teams where students race to solve their puzzles first How Your Students Benefit from These Puzzles: • increasing their reading, critical thinking, and reasoning skills • exploring classic fairy tales • seeing words used in context • building their anticipation skills as they use the surrounding text to help them solve each anagram •cultivating valuable persistence as they try different options before arriving at the correct answer taking a fun break from their normal routine Includes Puzzles Based on the Following Fairy Tales: • The Golden Bird • Sleeping Beauty • The Travelling Musicians • The Frog Prince • The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage • The Twelve Dancing Princesses • The Valiant Little Tailor • The Fisherman and His Wife • Hansel and Gretel • The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean • Little Red Riding Hood • The Robber Bridegroom Please Note: While each of the twelve puzzles is linked by the fairy tale theme, they are each on a separate page and can be completed independently and in any order. None of the solution words repeat (across all twelve puzzles) so each puzzle offers your students a fresh challenge. Each activity is between two-thirds of a page to a full page in length. Have ten minutes free at the end of a class? A colleague of mine loves to divide her students into teams and then let the teams race to see which team can finish their puzzle the quickest. She also offers a bonus point to the team who finishes first to sweeten the deal. She says her students really get into it! Concerned that your students may need a little added help to complete their puzzles? I also offer the same puzzles in a version that gives students the first letter of each solution as a hint. To further simplify things, the title is not scrambled in that version. The “hint version” can be found here: ⭐ Fairy Tale Anagram Puzzles (Set 1 with Hints): Brothers Grimm Looking for more great Fairy Tale Anagram puzzles? See my other sets at the links below: ⭐ Fairy Tale Anagram Puzzles (Set 2): More Brothers Grimm ⭐ Fairy Tale Anagram Puzzles (Set 3): Hans Christian Andersen ⭐ Fairy Tale Anagram Puzzles (Set 4): Arabian Nights Want to buy all four sets of my Fairy Tale Puzzles together at a discount? Be sure to check out this money-saving bundle: ⭐ Fairy Tale Anagram Puzzles BUNDLE Like the idea of anagram reading puzzles, but want to have a differentiated option for more advanced readers? I have also created several sets on a higher reading level based on literary classics: ⭐ Literary Classics Anagram Puzzles (Set 1) ⭐ Literary Classics Anagram Puzzles (Set 2) ⭐ Literary Classics Anagram Puzzles (Set 3) Still not challenging enough? 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Spring Break is over. Seven more weeks until summer. It's going to be a magical seven weeks in our classroom. Thanks to Fairy Tales. I've always loved teaching Fairy Tales and I've had updating my Fairy Tales unit on my to-do list forever. It finally happened over spring break and can I just say that I am more excited than ever to teach this genre! Here's a sneak peek at the unit.... It's filled with activities that are aligned to common core standards that are also fun and engaging. There are lots of craftivities, games, foldables, a glyph, ideas for a royal ball celebration, and more! I'm giving away this new pack along with our already existing Fairy Tales pack (which is Cinderella-based) to one lucky winner. To win BOTH of these units, just enter below. A winner will be announced on Wednesday! a Rafflecopter giveaway
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Hello, everyone! This week, we are back with another instalment of KpopXBooks. It's already the fifth post of the series and I have to admit that it has become one of my favourites. As a Kpop fan and a bookworm, it's always great to find the opportunity to combine them. The previous instalments, like The Fairy Tales of IU, The Bookish Concepts of SHINee, and VIXX: The Book Concept Kings required a lot of research. However, this week I'm trying a different take on the series. In the fifth instalment of KpopXBooks, we are going to explore the concept of a single music video. For this post, I had a few contenders. But I decided to go with 2PM's "My House". It's a song that I really like, and it's (almost) considered a classic in the Kpop community. The concept of "My House" is fairy tales. Some imagery (which will see in more detail later) refers to specific and well-known fairy tales. Moreover, other imagery reveals a fairy tale origin, even though I couldn't trace a specific one. Some examples are the castle, the goat's head, and the crests shown on the walls. Before we start talking specifics, let's take a look at the MV of "My House" by 2PM. Cinderella Surprise, surprise! The music video begins with the clock striking 12 and our protagonist trying to run away from a posh ball. From all the fairy tales referenced on the MV, I believe that Cinderella and another one (I won't reveal it now though) are the main inspirations. The Cinderella reference becomes even more obvious at the ending of the video, where the protagonist takes off one of her shoes and throws it at the staircase. I like this more modern twist of the fairy tale, which is not the only one I have spotted in the music video! Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a favourite book for the Kpop art production teams. We've already seen a handful of MVs inspired by it, both by IU and SHINee. Furthermore, I have many other videos in mind, and one of the future instalments will be dedicated to this concept. The Alice in Wonderland imagery in "My House" is just the protagonist running through a long corridor and encountering this cute rabbit. Red Riding Hood In the same corridor that the protagonist encounters the rabbit, she then meets a wolf. It could be Red Riding Hood or any other shapeshifter wolf. However, since we are talking about fairy tales, I thought that Red Riding Hood is the appropriate choice. Snow White Snow White is much clearer to spot in the music video. First of all, we get to see the apple (what else could it reference?). If it was this imagery alone, I would be hesitant to call it. However, we do get another one: one of our handsome princes/monsters is giving the apple to the protagonist, which she accepts. Beauty and the Beast This is the second fairy tale hat I believe inspired this MV, even more than Cinderella. This visual is taken straight from the Disney movie. You can even see the fur in the back of the chair. As if this wasn't enough, we get more pointers that Beauty and the Beast is our main fairy tale. The next Beauty and the Beast imagery couldn't be any clearer. The protagonist tries to leave and the beast grabs her and leads her back to the castle. While we get a closeup of the hands, we see that the prince's hand has turned into that of the Beast. Once more, the imagery reminds of the Disney movie. Lastly, we get this shot. In my research, I've read that this might be Romeo and Juliet and even Rapunzel. If this were the case, the roles are reversed from the originals and I really like it! However, for me, this is just imagery from Beauty and the Beast. The red roses are huge in this fairy tale, just as the balcony is shown numerous times in the movie. This was it for today! Did you get any other fairy tale imagery in 2PM's "My House"? Stay tuned for more KpopXBook lists!
I am doing a large "cut-n-'paste" type repost from Tumblr & Kickstarter in the interest of getting this news out ASAP because it just came to my attention that Erstwhile isn't close to reaching their goal to produce a second volume of lesser known fairy tale comics - even after the first volume was well received and reviewed. So here goes the info: An anthology series adapting six rare Grimm's Fairy Tales into comic form. Three artists, six complete stories! (FTNH: Here's the Kickstarter promo video.) ERSTWHILE is an anthology project adapting the lesser-known GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES. That means you won't be seeing the same old-same old when you open this book. The tales are not watered down versions, but the real deal. The dark stuff is not edited out for mass consumption, but it is illustrated in a tasteful way to make the comics suitable for both kids and adults. There are three artists on this collaborative project, Gina Biggs, Louisa Roy, and Elle Skinner. Each have their own distinctive style and each of these ladies takes a turn at illustrating one of the tales. Those of you who are new to Erstwhile please feel free to read the ENTIRE series online for FREE! If you like what you see, come on back and support our kickstarter. Erstwhile volume 2 is a FULL COLOR HARDCOVER book weighing in at 176 pages. Volume 2 contain six completed tales; Brother & Sister, Iron Hans, Snow White & Rose Red, Death of the Little Hen, Doctor Know-It-All, and The Worn-out Dancing Shoes (aka The 12 Dancing Princesses). Each volume of Erstwhile contains its own set of completed stories, so you can jump in at any time to enjoy. And if you want to get the first volume, we have that offered in our pledge levels as well! Snow White & Rose Red introduces us to two sisters who are as different as night and day, but love each other dearly and always promise to share everything between them. Everything goes as planned until a kindly talking bear and an evil dwarf change their lives completely. Brother & Sister tells the tale of two abused children who run away from home. Once alone in an enchanted forest the brother falls under a curse, transforming him into a wild creature, and the sister finds herself wooed by a king. Iron Hans is a story of growing up. A young spoiled prince accidentally frees the wild man, Iron Hans, while selfishly trying to acquire his lost golden ball. He runs away from home, fearful of punishment, but once on his own finds both pride in his work and meaning to his life. Death of the Little Hen follows the hilariously morbid tale of a Rooster and his selfish wife, Hen. The biggest nut on Nut Mountain is greedily gobbled up by Hen and leads to her death, but the tragedy only leads to more mayhem as Rooster and friends travel to the funeral. Doctor Know-It-All is a man who knows everything, or at least appears that way. The poor farmer in disguise finds himself in over his head when a wealthy merchant hires him to discover the mystery behind the thefts in his household. The Worn-out Dancing Shoes (aka The 12 Dancing Princesses) tells of twelve royal sisters who awake each morning with their shoes worn to shreds and their bodies worn to exhaustion. The king declares whomever solves the mystery will succeed him to the throne, but whomever fails will get the axe. The first volume of Erstwhile included the following tales: If you'd like to read a non-affiliated write-up and review, please check out Heidi's posts over at the SurLaLune blog HERE. We're all thrilled that the lesser known tales are getting some attention and that people are making an effort to bring them to the public again but being an independent group of artists they do need help to make it a reality. The artwork and writing is just about complete so it's not a matter of concern over the substance of the project at this point, so much as getting it properly published. If you're able, please consider sending some dollars their way and let's see how close we can get them to their goal.
You've found the perfect Fairy Tales Emergent Readers for your Preschool, Kindergarten, or First Grade kids. These easy to read books will go right along with the other activities, ideas, & crafts you have planned for your little readers. They are a perfect way to practice high frequency words. Download The Little Red Hen FREE!
Today, Rosamund Hodge (author of Cruel Beauty and the upcoming book, Crimson Bound) is sharing her favorite fairy tales retellings!...
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Coming soon! OK - soon-ish, in May. (I'm always excited about Jane Yolen releases. :) And it has selkies - or in this case selchies. Magical transformations, enchanted mirrors, talking animals, familiar tales in unfamiliar guises, all these and more are found in the pages of The Last Selchie Child. Retellings of archetypal myths and fairy tales and the nature of storytelling itself are explored in this new collection of poems by Jane Yolen. If you're not really a poetry fan but love fairy tales I suggest you at least give Ms. Yolen's poetry a try. Here's an excerpt from one of the works in the book title The Storyteller: He unpacks his bag of taleswith fingers quickas a weaver's picking the weft threads, threading the warp.Watch his fingers.Watch his lipsspeaking the old familiar words: And HERE's another, older one which has stayed with me ever since I read it on the Endicott Studio website. It's titled Beauty and the Beast: An Anniversary. Another I love is Undine which you can read HERE and you can check the Endicott Studio poetry archive for even more fairy tale poetry, including quite a few by Ms. Yolen. As far as I can tell, Ms. Yolen's fairy tale poetry is scattered across publications and various books, so I'm thankful Endicott Studio has been able to post some of her works so we can read them there. There's a good chance they otherwise might be lost (at least to most of us) in out of print/unavailable publications. I'd snap up a fairy tale poetry volume containing all these gems by Ms. Yolen in a second if it were available. For now we are to be treated with new fairy tale works instead. (Selkies!) That's a very good and happy thing. And if the idea of reading about selchies/selkies appeals but you'd rather a novel, she has one of those too. It's titled Greyling and I most definitely recommend it. Though it's out of print you can still find copies without too much difficulty. The Last Selchie Child will be available on May 15 and is available now for pre-order HERE and HERE.
In honor of Mother Goose Day on May 1.
Fairy tale writing can be such a fun unit! Students love reading and writing their own fairy tales. Grab a pre-writing freebie to use with your students.
For several years I've thought about the distinction between myth and fairy tale. It's an interesting conversation and this is just a blog post on ...
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Fairy Tales STEM Blog Series What are STEM Tales? STEM Tales are a way to integrate literacy and STEM/STEAM activities for kids in first through third grade. The stories engage the kids, and as they read through the story they are seamlessly lead through the Engineering Design Process. Click any of the images below to read more about the STEM challenge, read this post about how to run a STEM tale challenge, or visit my Teachers pay Teachers shop where you can purchase one STEM tale, sets of 3, or 12 altogether. Goldilocks and the Three Bears Robin Hood Rapunzel Hansel and Gretel Beauty and the Beast Jack and the Beanstalk The Ugly Duckling The 3 Billy Goats Gruff The 3 Little Pigs Snow White Little Red Riding Hood The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Greetings, Champions! I have some new fanart to share (Jess created another beautiful picture of Briar Rose when she is in the middle of setting off her curse. Bonus points for putting her hair in a complex braid like I mentioned it was!!) I think she did a beautiful job–thanks again, Jess! My new assistant, […]
Part of the Fairy Tale Fridays series, the Fairy Tale Summaries with Cinderella! And finding the Christianity that’s hidden in plain sight
{Click Here to Download} If you need a fun way to teach the Common Core Standards for English-Language Arts, this unit is the one for you! This fairy tale unit includes tales for both boys and girls. Through reading, writing, and higher order thinking, you and your students will work your way through 10 Common Core Standards using 25 different activities! The students will write newspaper articles, create posters, publish invitations, write police reports, and more! While aligned to the Common Core for 2nd Grade, this unit can be used in Grades 1-4 with little to no modifications. The following literature will be used in this unit: Cinderella (The Original Story) The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin The Three Pigs (The Original Story) The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf by Jon Scieszka Goldilocks and the Three Bears (The Original) Somebody and the Three Blairs by Marilyn Tolhurst Little Red Riding Hood (The Original Story) Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prarie Tale by Lisa Campbell Ernst After reading the fairy tales and fractured fairy tales, students will create their own fractured fairy tales using graphic organizers and their choice of seven writing papers to publish their work! Click the picture below to enlarge and see all the contents! I know your students will LOVE the higher order thinking included in this unit and the humor involved in each of the fairy tales! I hope you like it too! :) {Click Here} to a FREE download of one activity included in this pack! It's a Police Report that the students complete after reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It assesses Common Core Standard 2.RL.1. Enjoy! :)
