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Play with Words: Rhyme & Verse
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this unit of six lessons, from EDSITEment, students use their senses to experience poetry. Students listen to poems and rhyme...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fairy Tales Around the World
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: History-Social Science, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this unit of six lessons, from EDSITEment, students become familiar with fairy tales. They read and learn to understand fairy...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Comparing Tales through Performance
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Visual Arts, Theatre, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students identify the similarities and differences between a traditional and a contemporary version of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Jane Yolen
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on author Jane Yolen, whose love of birds and nature is conveyed in many of her books. A cl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Masks and Aesop's Fables
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Visual Arts, Theatre, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis ARTSEDGE lesson is based on a study of Aesop's Fables. Although Aesop's fables are over 2,600 years old, the stories--and t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the concepts of beginning, middle, and end by reading a variety of stories and t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Counting Crows
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Visual Arts, Theatre, Literature, Mathematics, English-Language ArtsThis ARTSEDGE lesson blends math and art with literature using Aesop's fable "The Crow and the Pitcher." The class discusses the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Engaging Students in Read-Alouds Using Fractured Texas Tales
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, involves read-alouds of traditional fairy tales and their Wild West counterparts to engage stu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Children of Indian Folklore
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis lesson, from the Educator s Reference Desk, is part of the Crossroads: K-16 American History Curriculum. In this lesson, st...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Cornerstones Literacy Units
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis resource, found on the PBS Kids Between the Lions Web site, provides information and resources for the Cornerstones liter...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0First Grade Lesson 1: Children of Indian Folklore
Grades: 1Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the Educator s Reference Desk, students explore legends and engage in creative-writing activities based on ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Discovering Fairy Tales
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis page, presented by Scholastic, explores the appeal of fairy tales and explains how some authors still like to retell and in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0How to Act Out a Story
Grades: TK/K to 3Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Theatre, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language ArtsHelp a child make a more personal connection with a book by acting out the story and exploring different characters' perspectives.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0