Teaching Themes
Fairy Tales: Everything You Need
Guide students through a fairy-tale genre study. By immersing themselves in the genre, students will determine why people tell such magical tales!
Book Resources, Lesson Plans
Gigantic Learning with Giants
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Fairy-tale themed activities involving reading, identifying story elements, acting out stories, writing poetry and rhyming chants, finding synonyms, and playing a card game.
Book Resources, Lesson Plans
Once Upon a Pop-Up Book
Grades: 3–5
Students compile all their writing responses to fractured fairy tales and apply them towards making their own pop-up books.
 Discovering Fairy TalesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 This article describes the elements of fairy tales and makes a claim about why so many people tell them. |
 Articles, Writing Prompts Cinderella Writing PromptGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Writing prompt for Cinderella by |
 Activities and Games, Book Resources, Lesson Plans The Gingerbread Man "Erase-a-Rhyme" Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students will enjoy a picture book before playing an interactive rhyming game. |
 Writing Activities, Book Resources, Unit Plans Once Upon a GenreGrades: 3–5 Presents a comparative study of traditional fairy tales versus fractured fairy tales in which students identify and practice writing in different... |
 Quizzes, Writing Activities, Lesson Plans I Hate to Complain but your Cheese StinksGrades: 3–5 Suggests a lesson plan on comparing and contrasting fractured fairy tales with an exercise involving writing a letter of complaint in response to... |
 Computer Lab Activities, Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities, Book Resources, Lesson Plans Y'all Are Invited to a Hoe Down WeddingGrades: 3–5 Have students respond to the fractured fairy tale Bubba the Cowboy Prince, with this lesson requiring the class to create wedding invitations and... |
Hans Christian AndersenGrades: No collection of fairy tales would be complete without the works of the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, author of The Ugly Duckling and... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans Fairytale Cake Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 The Fairytale Cake a fun combination of various fairy tales. Students love finding the different characters in the book and then trying to... |
Fractured Fairy Tales & FablesGrades: 3–5 Explore Fractured Fairy Tales with Jon Scieszka, write your own fractured fairy tale, and publish it online. |
Writing Activities, Book Resources, Lesson Plans Tell It to the Judge - Persuasive EssayGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Describes a lesson in which students learn about fractured fairy tales through a multi-step literary response to The True Story of the Three... |
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Computer Lab Activities, Writing Activities, Book Resources, Lesson Plans Slimy Advertising and a Wicked ResumeGrades: 3–5 Offers a lesson on fractured fairy tales requiring students to write ad copy and a resume in response to "The Frog Prince Continued" by Jon... |
Activity Plan 4-5: Fairytale HomesGrades: PreK–K Children will develop literacy, language, and problem-solving concepts as they create block structures related to specific fairy tales in this... |
Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Fairytale HomesGrades: PreK–K Children develop literacy, language, and problem-solving concepts as they create homes for the fairy tale characters they are reading about. |
Book Resources, Discussion Guides Ella Enchanted Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. |
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Extension Activities Ella Enchanted Extension ActivityGrades: 3–5, 6–8 In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. |
Quizzes, Book Resources, Lesson Plans Ella Enchanted Lesson PlanGrades: 3–5 In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. |
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Writing Activities, Writing Prompts, Discussion Guides Just Ella Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5, 6–8 In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating... |
Writing Activities, Writing Prompts, Extension Activities Just Ella Extension ActivityGrades: 3–5, 6–8 In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating... |
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Writing Activities, Writing Prompts, Discussion Guides Discussion Guide and Literature Circle Guide for Just EllaGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Discussion Guide or Literature Circle Guide to Just Ella |
Writing Activities, Writing Prompts, Extension Activities Sisters Grimm: Fairy-Tale DetectivesGrades: 3–5 After eleven-year-old Sabrina and seven-year-old Daphne learn they are related to the famous Grimm Brothers, they join their grandmother on a... |
