Folktales activities

Folktale anchor chart

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I love teaching fables in the classroom. They're fun and teach a valuable lesson, but finding fable activities is tough. Well, I believe I can help!

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The best world folktales for kids. Includes stories, myths, legends and fables from diverse cultures and traditions.

Our next genre is Traditional Literature. We just finished studying theme in various stories and literature circle groups now are moving into folktales. I found a few different resources for studying the different types of traditional literature but I wanted some way for my students to keep them all organized. I created this Interactive Tab Book to keep straight the different types of folktales when we were discussing them. It gives definitions, characteristics, and examples along with…

This week we began our “Testing As a Genre” unit. The CRCT (Georgia’s standardized test) is just around the corner. On day 1, the goal was to review the different types of genres categorized under fiction and non-fiction, and discuss how to make a plan for reading them. As teachers we do all we can to ensure our darlings retain everything we teach them. However, after removing the rose-colored glasses, we must recognize they are only 8-year-olds (my 3rd graders) and they are going to forget…

Traditional Literature Folktales Fables Fairy Tales Myths and Legends

Elements of Folktales anchor chart