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Fairy Tales Unit Ideas
Submitted by Teacher-2-Teacher contributor Debbie Nelson. Read several fairy tales aloud. Find one or two to watch on video as well. List as many heros and princesses as they can think of (ie, Prince Charming, Cinderella). Writing: Do a short paragraph on a fairy tale character from the first person perspective....What it is like to be_________ (one of the characters). Each student takes on the identity of a fairy tale character and describes a typical day. Drama: Keeping the same character from the writing assignment, have each child dress up like their character and present their paragraph to the class. Talk about what a hero is. Talk about imagination....what is real and what is make-believe. Science: Introduce inventors/explorers who had ideas that most people thought were only imagination....Columbus, Wright Brothers, etc. Talk about how imagination sparks creativity and discovery. Talk about the types of housing that you find in each fairy tale. Make a graph of the findings. (Math) Geography: Where are castles located throughout the world? Where do you think each fairy tale might have taken place? How did the characters in the fairy tale travel from place to place? Graph the findings. (Math) Math: Compose word problems suitable for their level, using the fairy tale theme...(i.e.If Snow White and 5 Dwarfs took a nap, how many dwarfs would be awake?) Art: Construct castles from paper towel and toilet paper tubes and small boxes. Decorate. Spelling: Make a list of words found in the fairy tales. Go to puzzlemaker.com and make some games with these words. Alice in Wonderland Welcome to Wonderland! I hope you will linger awhile and visit some of my Wonderland friends. I have put together some interactive fun for you with characters from Lewis Carroll=92s books Alice=92s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass! even Try the Queen's secret recipe for The Queen of Hearts' Strawberry Tart! The Dynamic Text Edition of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland You probably already have the book, but this site is still worth the time. Please use Netscape 3.0 or above, or you won't get the full effect. Quite graphics intensive, but well worth the loading time. Each chapter has its own page, complete with graphics and a different piece of music. If you're not looking for an indepth study, just read the first fairy tale: "The Princess Who Stood on Her Own Two Feet." That one says it all. The book also includes a 36-page intro, and 90 pages of literary criticism. The movie, "Ever After," also empowers Cinderella. I love the scene where she and the prince are captured by bandits. They tell her she can leave and take anything she can carry. She picks up the prince and carries him off! Cinderella: a unit study Go to the library and check out every juvenile book they have on Cinderella and request half a dozen more. Most libraries these days have an online catalogue you can search. Language Arts
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