Teaching Themes
Folktales and Folklore: Everything You Need
Use these resources to teach students about folklore, have them analyze folktales that have been passed down from one generation to the next, and tell one of their own!
Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities
Folktale Writer's Workshop
Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Share the magic of writing folktales. This activity offers tips, challenges, and guidelines to help you write and publish your own folktales.
Lesson Plans, Unit Plans, Extension Activities, Teaching Guides, Writing Activities
Tell Us a Tale: Teaching Students to Be Storytellers
Grades: 3–5, 6–8
Follow a step-by-step lesson to help even shy students find their voice and make a story their own.
"The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales"Grades: "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales" |
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 Writing Activities Myths, Folktales, and Fairytales: A Writing With Writers ActivityGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Scholastic’s rich resource for learning about and writing in these genres fires up students’ imaginations. Includes workshops by the pros. |
Extension Activities The Three Billy-Goats Gruff Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activity for The Three Billy-Goats Gruff by Ellen Appleby. |
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Extension Activities, Writing Activities The Three Little Javelinas Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activity for The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell. |
Booktalks Midnight Magic BooktalkGrades: 6–8 Ghosts, magic, mayhem, and murder haunt the castle late at night. Do Mangus the Magician and his assistant, Fabrizio, have the power and the skill... |
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Articles, Computer Lab Activities, Readers Theater Scripts, Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities Folktales on the WebGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 This content resource includes links to various children's author sites. Teachers may use this to gather information for a classroom study on... |
Discussion Guides, Book Resources Flossie and the Fox Discussion GuideGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 In this multicultural folktale, Flossie takes a joyful and comic journey through fox-haunted woods as she carries her basket of eggs to Viola. "... |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources Flossie and the Fox Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activity for Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack. |
 Discussion Guides, Book Resources Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 Guide students in recognizing cause and effect with Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema. |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Extension ActivitiesGrades: 3–5 Extension activities for Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema. |
Discussion Guides, Book Resources The Mud Pony Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 Discussion guide for The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen. |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources City Mouse-Country Mouse Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Invite children to close their eyes and visualize a busy, noisy city with tall buildings. Then have children draw a picture of a city scene and... |
Discussion Guides, Writing Activities, Book Resources The Folk Keeper Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 As the Folk Keeper of Rhysbridge, Corinna Stonewall's job is to appease the malicious Folk. Until, on a visit to a seaside estate, Corinna wonders... |
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Discussion Guides, Book Resources Clockwork Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 In the fading light of a snowy winter's evening, with church bells and timepieces sounding the hour, a story has been set in motion by turns... |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 "A rhythmic and evocative retelling of an Indian legend that explains the origin of the Indian paintbrush flower. An engaging tale of strength,... |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Midnight Magic Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 A servant boy who knows more than his master, a mischievous princess, and a magician who doesn't believe in magic team up to confront a mysterious... |
Activity Plan 4-5: Word PlayGrades: PreK–K Children listen to a silly poem then use their imagination and language skills to create their own. |
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Extension Activities, Writing Prompts, Writing Activities Tale of Despereaux Extension ActivityGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat... |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources Teaching With Pourquoi TalesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Pourquoi tales are used thematically to make many subject connections through different activities. Provides a bibliography of sources and a... |
