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!
 Lesson Plans, Writing Activities, Book Resources American Folktales and Tall TalesGrades: 3–5 Explore American tall tales and their elements. |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources Books to Compliment The Tale of DespereauxGrades: 1–2 Lists books that compliment a reading of The Tale of Despereaux. |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Books and Resources About Myths, Folktales, & Fairy TalesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Books and resources about myths, folktales, and fairy tales. |
Lesson Plans, Extension Activities, Writing Activities A Tale to Tell!Grades: 3–5 Requires students to choose characters and settings, and use them to create scenes for a story. Students organize events into sequence then write... |
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Articles, Authors and Illustrators, Book Resources The Making of Tales from ShakespeareGrades: 6–8 Publisher and Senior Vice President of Scholastic, Inc. Jean Feiwel discusses working with the award-winning theater company Shakespeare &... |
Articles, Book Lists Books to Complement The Tale of DespereauxGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Lists books that compliment a reading of The Tale of Despereaux. |
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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans, Book Resources Little Story About a Big Turnip Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Children love A Little Story about a Big Turnip, by Tatiana Zunshine. I like to read it along with other variations of this classic Russian folk... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans, Book Resources Cook-A-Doodle Doo! Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! is a great book for a play on folk tales. It is a updated tongue-in-cheek Little Red Hen. It can be used for the play on words... |
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Lesson Plans, Writing Activities, Book Resources Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students feel such empathy for Trixie in Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, it's easy for them to produce writing to go along with this activity.... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans Giant Carrot Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 The Giant Carrot is yet another version of the classic Russian folk tale that children love. I like to read it along with other variations... |
Activity Plan 4-5: Folktale FunGrades: PreK–K Children will discuss the concept of a folktale and create their own folktale to develop creative-thinking, language, and writing skills in this... |
Articles, Book Lists Festive Tales for Independent ReadersGrades: 3–5, 6–8 From whimsical encounters with St. Nick to enthralling and enduring folktales, these books invite your students to celebrate diverse festivals of... |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Activity Plan 3-4: Folktale PuppetsGrades: PreK–K Children will develop cooperation, literacy, and creative-thinking skills as they work in small groups to develop a puppet show based on favorite... |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources Activity Plan 5-6: Bug TalesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Children will create their own insects using art materials. |
Finding FolkloreGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 These three categories define places and groups where you can look for different types of folklore. |
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Retelling a Traditional FolktaleGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Writing and telling folktales is another way to remember our histories, and keep family stories and traditions alive in each generation. |
 What is Folklore?Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 This resource will help you and your class take time to think about how and why folklore is woven into our lives. |
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Multicultural Folktales ListGrades: In this learning activity students learn to write and tell stories. Images and audio show how Gerald Fierst uses gesture and intonation to tell... |
