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Fairy Tales

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Acrostic: Fairy Tales Write about fairy tales using this acrostic form, illustrated with a picture of a medieval castle.
Bar Graph (create): Favorite Fairy Tale Create a bar graph to show information about favorite fairy tales.
Biography Form: Fairy Tale Character Targeted questions in a "biography form" for a fairy tale character.
Book Report Form: Fairy Tale (primary/elem) Book report form to go with any fairy tale.
Book: Cinderella (elementary) A great accompaniment to the 1955 Caldecott winning version by Marcia Brown. Enhances comprehension and vocabulary.
Book: Yeh-Shen (upper elementary) A great accompaniment to Ai-Ling Louie's retelling of this Chinese "Cinderella" story. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Clip Art: Baby Dragon (coloring page) coloring page showing a cute baby dragon
 Clip Art: Baby Dragon B&W fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Baby Dragon Color fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Baby Dragon Grayscale fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Jack and the Beanstalk 1 Color fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Unicorn Grayscale fairy tales illustration
Color and Write: Cute Dragon (elem) A cute dragon picture to color and wide lines to write.
Color and Write: Dragon (primary) Color the cute dragon, and then write sentences describing your dragon.
Coloring Page: Castle Color this drawing of a medieval castle or trace and cut out for a shapebook.
Coloring Page: Crystal Ball Color this picture of a castle seen in a crystal ball or trace and cut out for a great shapebook!
Coloring Page: Fairy Color this flying fairy carrying a large bell.
Coloring Page: Puss in Boots Coloring page of Puss in Boots.
Craft: Paper Roll Pal - Fairy Tale Prince  
Craft: Paper Roll Pal - Fairy Tale Princess  
Craft: Paper Roll Pal - Fairy Tale Queen  
Crossword Puzzle: Sleeping Beauty [member-created document] This sample was made with the abcteach crossword puzzle tool.
Crossword: Jack and the Beanstalk 3 ACROSS: Jack traded the family __ for some beans.
Dot to Dot: Fairy (to 51)  
Draw and Write: Fairy Tale Draw the setting of a fairy tale based on the description in the text.
Experiment: Beanstalk Record Page Record your data and draw a picture for each observation.
Fairy Tale: Jack and the Giant Pepper (middle school) The tale of a boy who trades a panda for a pepper (??) is available at four different levels, with increasingly advanced vocabulary and activities. The middle school level includes reading comprehension, inference questions, metaphor and simile work, and exercises in understanding appropriate for middle school readers.
Fiction: Princess Easter (upper elementary) The Princess Easter needs eggs for the Easter party, but someone has stolen the chickens. What will she do? A modern "fairy tale" (and reading comprehension).
Flashcards: Fairy Tales (preschool/primary) Pictures with words make these six cards useful for a variety of activities: flashcards, picture prompts, etc. Print two sets for a memory game.
Poetry Prompt: Dragon Alliterations (elem) Briefly explains alliteration and encourages students to write their own tongue twisters on the theme of dragons.
Poetry Prompts: Dragons (upper elem) Our prompts for alliterations, similes, and an acrostic form, all in one download.
Poetry Prompts: Fairy Tales (upper elem) An introduction to some basic poetic structures, including alliteration, similes, and acrostics, using fairy tale themes.
Reading Comprehension: Jack and the Beanstalk (elem) Cloze exercise, true/false comprehension, story sequencing, and an art and writing activity to go with almost any version of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Sign: Fairy Tales  
Story Planner: Fairy Tale Plan your own fairy tale.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Cinderella (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from Cinderella, to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Starters: Fairy Tales (elem/upper elem) Ten fairy tale story starters.
Survey: Favorite Fairy Tale Use this form to record people's favorite fairy tales. Ten titles are suggested and blank spaces are also included. Good tallying practice.
Tally and Graph: Favorite Dragons Use the tally sheet and graph form to determine favorite dragons.
Tally and Graph: Favorite Dragons (with suggestions) Use the tally sheet and graph form to determine favorite dragons by culture. Several dragons, from the Bakunawa to the Yong, are suggested.
Unscramble the Words: Dragons [member-created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "tail" to "myth".
Unscramble the Words: Fairy Tales [member-created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "elf" to "quest".
Venn diagram: Cinderella and Yeh Shen (upper elementary) Use this Venn diagram to compare Cinderella and Yeh Shen.
Word Search: Dragons [Created with abctools] Find the dragon-theme words from "castle" to "wings" in this castle-shaped word search.
Word Search: Fairy Tales [member-created with abctools] Find the words from "dragon" to "wolf" in this dragon-shaped puzzle.
Word Search: Jack and the Beanstalk Find the words, from COW to WIDOW, in this castle-shaped word search.
Word Wall: Book - The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs [member-created with abctools] From "awfully" to "terrible". These vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls. Vocabulary from Jon Scieszka's popular take on a fairy tale classic.
Word Wall: Fairy Tales (pictures) From "bad wolf" to "unicorn". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.
Worksheet: Grammar - Sentences (upper elementary) This fairy-tale themed story is told in complete and incomplete sentences. Mark the differences.
Writing Paper: Dragon (elementary) Black-bordered lined and unlined paper with a picture of a cute b/w dragon at the top of the page. Great for poetry, reports, etc.
Writing Prompt: Dragon's Habitat Use clues from books about dragons to guess about a dragon's habitat.
Writing Prompt: Dragons (elem) "The cutest dragon lived in the enchanted forest. The dragon loved to..." Thirteen dragon-themed prompts on one page.
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Worksheet: Good, Bad, Magic (primary) Fairy tales always have 3 ingredients. There is something that is good, something bad, and something magic. Draw a picture of the good, the bad, and the magic in the story.
Coloring Page: Gingerbread House Color this picture of a gingerbread house, or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
Writing Prompts: Pumpkins (elementary) Five great writing prompts for pumpkin-themed fairy tales (from "Gourdilocks and the Three Hares" to "Jack and the Pumpkin Vine"). Creative fun!
Word Search: Rapunzel Find the words, from BRAIDS to WILDERNESS, in this castle-shaped word search.
Word Search: Cinderella [member-created document] This document was made with the abcteach word search puzzle tool. NOTES: Find the Cinderella theme words hidden in this castle-shaped word search.
Word Problems: Fairy Tale Money (elem) "Rapunzel had $10 to spend on hair ribbons. She spent $2.50 for a blue ribbon, $3.25 for a green ribbon and $1.99 for a pink ribbon. How much money did she have left over?" Eight money word problems with a fairy tale theme.
Word Problems - Fairy Tale Time (elem) "The ball started at 8:30 p.m. Cinderella came 90 minutes late to the ball. What time did Cinderella arrive?" Eight time-related word problems with a fairy tale theme.
Word Problems - Fairy Tale Fractions (elem/upper) "Snow White lived with the Seven Dwarfs. Grumpy and Sleepy went to visit friends. What fraction of the dwarfs stayed home?" Eight fraction word problems with a fairy tale theme.
Unit: Fairy Tales - The Three Pigs PLUS (primary/elementary) Write and illustrate an alternate version (or a faithful rendition) of the Three Pigs. Following directions, practicing word sounds, reading comprehension, basic graph skills, and more are included in this engaging multitask unit.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - The Three Wishes (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from the fairy tale "The Three Wishes", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - The Golden Goose (Elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from the fairy tale of "The Golden Goose", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - The Elves and the Shoemaker (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "The Elves and the Shoemaker", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Snow White (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "Snow White", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Rumpelstiltskin (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "Rumpelstiltskin", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Little Red Riding Hood (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from Little Red Riding Hood, to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Hansel and Gretel (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "Hansel and Gretel", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Goldilocks and the Three Bears (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from the tale of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tale - The Ugly Duckling (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from Hans Christian Andersen's classic "The Ugly Duckling", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Sign: Books by Genre - Fairy Tales  
Shape Puzzle: Castle (color) Cut out the shapes and arrange them into this shape of a castle.
Shape Puzzle: Castle (b/w) Cut out the shapes and arrange them into this shape of a castle.
Craft: Paper Roll Pal - Fairy Tale King Follow the simple pattern to make a king for use with a unit on fairy tales, royalty, or the letter K.
Paper Bag Puppets: Three Little Pigs Paper bag puppets for the twig pig, straw pig, brick pig, and the big bad wolf.
Paper Bag Puppets: Goldilocks and the Three Bears  
Paper Bag Puppet: Dragon  
Mini-Unit: Fantasy and Reality (elem/upper elem) Several activity suggestions, as well as practical worksheets, to help students understand the difference between fantasy, realistic fiction, and reality.
German: Word Wall - Fairy Tales Fifteen vocabulary words related to fairy tales, from DRACHE to ZAUBERER.
German: Word Search - Fairy Tales Find the fifteen words, from DRACHE to ZAUBERER, in this castle-shaped puzzle.
German: Unscramble the Words - Fairy Tales Fifteen words, from DRACHE to ZAUBERER
German: Picture Sentences - Fairy Tales "Ich sehe einen Riesen." Choose the sentence that best matches the picture.
German: Matching - Fairy Tales Two matching exercises: match German vocabulary words with color illustrations, and match German vocabulary words with their English counterparts. With answers.
German: Glyph - Fairy Tales "Wenn du in einem Schloss wohnst, male den Buchstaben 'M' blau an."
German: Flashcards - Fairy Tales Picture cards with vocabulary words in German, with no text, and flashcards with the words in German and English.
German: Crossword - Fairy Tales 1. ACROSS: a large pile of gold and jewels
German: Chart - Fairy Tales Three versions: one with pictures, English, and German; one with pictures and German; one with pictures only. These are great teaching tools and review worksheets.
German: Card Game - Fairy Tales "Hast du eine PRINZ Karte?" Match the "fairy tale" vocabulary cards in pairs in this vocabulary-building variation of Go Fish.
German: Bookmarks - Fairy Tales Fifteen bookmarks with color illustrations of fairy tale-related vocabulary words; English word above and German word below.
Game Board: Castle (30 spaces; color version) Folder game board.
Game Board: Castle (30 spaces; b/w version) Folder game board.
Game Board: Castle (20 spaces; color version) Folder game board.
Game Board: Castle (20 spaces; b/w version) Folder game board.
Fairy Tale: The Princess and the Pea (primary/ elementary) Put the sentences in this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's story in order. Then develop imagination and prediction skills by writing a different possible ending.
Fairy Tale: The Nightingale (primary/ elementary) A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's tale of a Chinese emperor and a nightingale, with review questions after each paragraph.
Fairy Tale: Jack and the Giant Pepper (upper elementary) The tale of a boy who trades a panda for a pepper (??) is available at four different levels. This unit includes detailed reading comprehension and inference questions, and more activities appropriate for upper elementary readers.
Fairy Tale: Jack and the Giant Pepper (primary) The tale of a boy who trades a panda for a pepper (??) is available at four different levels. The primary level includes reading comprehension questions, a word unscramble, and more activities appropriate for early readers.
Fairy Tale: Jack and the Giant Pepper (elementary) The tale of a boy who trades a panda for a pepper (??) is available at four different levels. This level includes reading comprehension questions, a word search, and more activities appropriate for elementary readers.
Fairy Tale Comprehension: Red Riding Hood (elem/upper elem) Cloze exercise, true/false comprehension, story sequencing, and an art and writing activity to go with almost any version of Red Riding Hood.
Fairy Tale Comprehension: Rapunzel (elem/upper elem) Cloze exercise, true/false comprehension, story sequencing, and an art and writing activity to go with almost any version of Rapunzel.
Desk Tag: Castle and Knight (color)  
Crossword: Rapunzel Rapunzel was locked in a high ___.
Creative Writing: The Gingerbread Man (primary/elem) "Stop!" cried the ____. I am hungry!" Write and illustrate an alternate version (or a faithful rendition) of the Gingerbread Man. In this version, the animal names are removed from the story.
Creative Writing: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (primary/elem) "The first chair was too _____." Write and illustrate an alternate version (or a faithful rendition) of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears. In this version, the adjectives are removed from the story.
Comprehension: The Frog Prince (elementary) The complete text of the Grimms' fairy tale is included, with two pages of vocabulary and comprehension questions.
Coloring Page: Mounted Knight  
Coloring Page: Medieval Unicorn  
Coloring Page: Medieval Shield - Unicorn  
Coloring Page: Medieval Queen  
Coloring Page: Medieval Knights Jousting  
Coloring Page: Medieval Knight's Helmet  
Coloring Page: Medieval Knight  
Coloring Page: Medieval King  
Coloring Page: Medieval Griffin  
Coloring Page: Medieval Dragon  
 Clip Art: Unicorn Color fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Unicorn B&W fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Rapunzel Gray fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Rapunzel Color fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Rapunzel B&W fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Little Red Riding Hood Grayscale fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Little Red Riding Hood Color fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Little Red Riding Hood B&W fairy tales illustration
Clip Art: Little Red Riding Hood (coloring page) coloring page
 Clip Art: Jack and the Beanstalk 1 Grayscale fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Jack and the Beanstalk 1 B&W fairy tales illustration
Clip Art: Jack and the Beanstalk (coloring page) coloring page
 Clip Art: Halloween Faces: Witch B&W holidays illustration
 Clip Art: Chinese Dragon B&W fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Chinese Dragon 2 Color 2 fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Chinese Dragon 2 Color 1 fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Chinese Dragon 1 Color 2 fairy tales illustration
 Clip Art: Chinese Dragon 1 Color 1 fairy tales illustration
Clip Art: Chinese Dragon (coloring page) coloring page
Book: The Ugly Duckling (elementary) A great accompaniment to the Hans Christian Andersen classic.
Book: The Three Wishes (elementary) A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic, as retold by M. Jean Craig. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: The Thief and the Beanstalk (elem/upper elem) One page of review questions to accompany P.W. Catanese's creative sequel to the classic tale of "Jack and the Beanstalk."
Book: The Little Match Girl (upper elem) This one page worksheet is a great review of Hans Christian Andersen's sad and beautiful Christmas story.
Book: The Gingerbread Man (primary/elem) Re-tell the story and map the route the gingerbread man takes with this one page review worksheet. This worksheet should work with any version of the classic story.
Book: The Elves and the Shoemaker (elementary) A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: The Brothers Grimm (upper elementary, middle) An introduction to the famous Grimm brothers, the source of their stories and their motivations for collecting them, and a reflection on the stories' resonance today are all presented in this reading comprehension.
Book: Snow White (elementary) A great accompaniment to Paul Heins' translation of the Grimm Brothers' classic. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: Rumpelstiltskin (elementary) A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: My Father's Dragon - Elmer and the Dragon (elem) Multiple choice and short answer comprehension questions, a writing prompt, and more to review the second book in Ruth Stiles Gannett's "My Father's Dragon" series.
Book: My Father's Dragon - Dragons of Blueland (elem) Multiple choice and short answer comprehension questions, a writing prompt, and more to review the third book in Ruth Stiles Gannett's "My Father's Dragon" series.
Book: My Father's Dragon (elem) Multiple choice and short answer comprehension questions, a writing prompt, and more to review the first book in Ruth Stiles Gannett's "My Father's Dragon" series.
Book: Little Red Riding Hood (elementary) Enhances vocabulary and comprehension. A great accompaniment to Ben Mahan's retelling of the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Grimm Stories (upper elementary/ middle school) This unit takes a different approach to Grimm. Starting with a straight reading of six stories (available in one download on abcteach), the unit then addresses deeper meanings (What does Cinderella's shoe symbolize?), and finishes with a humorous approach (what would a social worker say about Hansel and Gretel?)
Book: Grimm Stories (elem/upper elem) The texts for six of Grimm's stories (The Frog King, Bearskin, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, King Thrushbeard, and Cinderella), translated into English from the original German. Available to accompany our "Grimm Stories" unit, or just for entertaining reading.
Book: Goldilocks (elementary) A great accompaniment to the classic fairy tale, as retold by Lorida Bryan Cauley. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: Golden Goose (elementary) Enhances vocabulary and comprehension. A great accompaniment to Diane Paterson's retelling of the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Dealing with Dragons (middle/high school) Vocabulary, short comprehension, and essay question to review Patricia Wrede's fantasy novel about a girl who becomes a dragon's princess.
Book Report Form: Fairy Tale 3 Unlined book report form to go with any fairy tale.
Book Report Form: Fairy Tale 2 Narrow-lined book report form to go with any fairy tale.
Book Report Form: Fairy Tale 1 Wide-lined book report form to go with any fairy tale.
Board Game: Castle Shapes (primary/elem) color Spin the wheel and advance to the corresponding shape. This colorful castle-themed game is a fun way to master basic shapes.
Board Game: Castle Shapes (primary/elem) Spin the wheel and advance to the corresponding shape. This castle-themed game is a fun way to master basic shapes.
Color and Write: Castle (primary) Picture of a medieval castle to color, and wide lines to write about it.
Color and Write: Castle (elem) Picture of a medieval castle to color, and lines to write about it.
Color and Write Prompt: Castle (elem) A picture to color and space to write a very short story with theme words from a word bank.
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