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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.
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: 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.
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 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.
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.
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: 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: 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.
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Book: Golden Goose (elementary) Enhances vocabulary and comprehension. A great accompaniment to Diane Paterson's retelling of the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Goldilocks (elementary) A great accompaniment to the classic fairy tale, as retold by Lorida Bryan Cauley. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: Little Red Riding Hood (elementary) Enhances vocabulary and comprehension. A great accompaniment to Ben Mahan's retelling of the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Rumpelstiltskin (elementary) A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Snow White (elementary) A great accompaniment to Paul Heins' translation of the Grimm Brothers' classic. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: The Elves and the Shoemaker (elementary) A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
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.
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 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 - 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 - Rumpelstiltskin (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "Rumpelstiltskin", 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 - 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 - 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 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 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.
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.
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.
Comprehension: The Frog Prince (elementary) The complete text of the Grimms' fairy tale is included, with two pages of vocabulary and comprehension questions.
Paper Bag Puppets: Goldilocks and the Three Bears  
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.
ABC Order: Fairy Tale Words (write on lines) [created with abctools] Sort the fairy tale words into alphabetical order and write them on the lines.
ABC Order: Fairy Tale Words (number) [created with abctools] Sort the words in alphabetical order and write the number on the line.
ABC Order: Fairy Tale Titles (number, sets of five) [created with abctools] Sort the words in the groups of four or five into alphabetical order and write the number on the line.
ABC Order: Fairy Tale Titles (number, sets of five) [created with abctools] Sort the words in the groups of four or five into alphabetical order and write the number on the line.
Word Shape: Fairy Tale Words (ZB-style) [created with abctools] Write the fairy-tale words following the shapes of the boxes.
Word Shape: Fairy Tale Words (DN-style) [created with abctools] Write the fairy-tale words following the shapes of the boxes.
Word Shape: Fairy Tale Words (DN-style) 2 [created with abctools] Write the fairy-tale words following the shapes of the boxes. Then write the word on the line.
Unscramble the Words: Fairy Tale Words (hard) [created with abctools] Unscramble the letters to spell the fairy tale words.
Unscramble the Words: Fairy Tale Words (easy) [created with abctools] Unscramble the letters to spell the fairy tale words.
Word Wall: Fairy Tale Words (medium strips) [created with abctools]
Word Wall: Fairy Tale Words (small strips) [created with abctools]
Word Wall: Fairy Tale Words (small strips) - green [created with abctools]
Color and Write: Castle (elem) Picture of a medieval castle to color, and lines to write about it.
Color and Write: Castle (primary) Picture of a medieval castle to color, and wide lines to write about it.
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.
Circle and Spell: Fairy Tale Titles [created with abctools] Circle the correct spelling of each of the fairy tale titles.
Circle and Spell: Fairy Tale Titles (with word bank) [created with abctools] Circle the correct spelling of each of the fairy tale titles. Comes with the words correctly spelled in a word bank.
Circle and Spell: Fairy Tale Titles (in boxes) [created with abctools] Circle the correct spelling of each of the fairy tale titles in the boxes.
Circle and Spell: Fairy Tale Words (with word bank) [created with abctools] Circle the correct spelling of each of the fairy tale words. Comes with the words correctly spelled in a word bank.
Circle and Spell: Fairy Tale Words (in boxes) [created with abctools] Circle the correct spelling of each of the fairy tale words in the boxes.
Circle and Spell: Fairy Tale Words [created with abctools] Circle the correct spelling of each of the fairy tale words.
ABC Order: Fairy Tale Titles (write on lines) [created with abctools] Sort the fairy tale titles into alphabetical order and write them on the lines.
ABC Order: Fairy Tale Titles (number) [created with abctools] Sort the words in alphabetical order and write the number on the line.
ABC Order: Fairy Tale Titles (number, sets of five) [created with abctools] Sort the words in the two groups of five into alphabetical order and write the number on the line.
ABC Order: Fairy Tale Titles (write, sets of five) [created with abctools] Sort the titles in the two sets of five into alphabetical order and write them on the lines.
Missing Letters: Fairy Tale Titles (mixed) [created with abctools] Fill in the missing consonants and vowels using the letter bank to complete the fairy tale titles.
Missing Letters: Fairy Tale Titles (consonants) [created with abctools] Fill in the missing consonants using the letter bank to complete the fairy tale titles.
Missing Letters: Fairy Tale Titles (vowels) [created with abctools] Fill in the missing vowels using the letter bank to complete the fairy tale titles.
Spelling List: Fairy Tale Titles [created with abctools] Ten fairy tales to learn to spell, a page for copying the titles, and a blank page for testing.
Unscramble the Words: Fairy Tale Titles (easy) [created with abctools] Unscramble the letters to spell the fairy tale titles. Upper and lowercase letters.
Unscramble the Words: Fairy Tale Titles (hard) [created with abctools] Unscramble the letters to spell the fairy tale titles. Upper and lowercase letters.
Word Wall: Fairy Tale Titles (medium strips) [created with abctools]
Word Wall: Fairy Tale Titles (small strips) [created with abctools]
Word Wall: Fairy Tale Titles (large strips) [created with abctools]
Missing Letters: Fairy Tale Words (mixed) [created with abctools] Fill in the missing consonants and vowels using the letter bank to complete the fairy tale words.
Missing Letters: Fairy Tale Words (consonant) [created with abctools] Fill in the missing consonants using the letter bank to complete the fairy tale words.
Missing Letters: Fairy Tale Words (vowels) [created with abctools] Fill in the missing consonants using the letter bank to complete the fairy tale words.
Spelling List: Fairy Tale Words [created with abctools] Thirteen fairy tale words to learn to spell, a page for copying the titles, and a blank page for testing.
Word Search: Fairy Tale Words (castle shape) [created with abctools] Find the words, from BEAST TO WITCH.
Word Search: Fairy Tale Words (dolphin shape) [created with abctools] Find the words, from BEAST TO WITCH.
Word Search: Fairy Tale Words (dragon shape) [created with abctools] Find the words, from BEAST TO WITCH.
Word Search: Fairy Tale Words (frog shape) [created with abctools] Find the words, from BEAST TO WITCH.
Word Search: Fairy Tale Words (knight on horseback shape) [created with abctools] Find the words, from BEAST TO WITCH.
Word Search: Fairy Tale Words (seahorse shape) [created with abctools] Find the words, from BEAST TO WITCH.
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.
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