Read and Write About Folktales, Fables and Fairy Tales 2nd and 3rd Grade

Teach the similarities and differences in folktales: fairy tales, fables, tall tales and legends. Use for close reading or guided reading lessons with a focus on
Retell
Determine Moral
Compare and Contrast
Write Your own Folktale

The unit can be taught as individual topics or taught as a whole. Activities supplement your classroom instruction while while students learn to compare and contrast two fairy tales from two different cultures. (RL2.9) Additional lessons focus on retelling folktales or fables and on identifying the moral or lesson in the story. (RL 2.2)
Plan and Write your own Folktale" templates are included. (W2.3)

I have included a digital friendly version which you can change to fit your needs. For the fairy tales and fables I have chosen the shorter version of each text for digital use. However, you can make changes as you need for your students. Teacher notes, lesson ideas and answer keys are downloadable in the PDF but not included in the digital one you would use with students.

Included:

Classroom and student posters: What is a Folktale? Fairy Tale? Fable? Tall Tale?
Legend?

Worksheets, Vocabulary Lists, Story Maps, Text-Dependent Questions and
Assessments; Blank copies to use with any story

Eight Stories: Eight original or adapted stories

+ 5 additional shorter and less complex versions of fairytales and fables for classroom differentiation.

A Folktale: The White Wolf (A folktale from the southwest)

Fairy Tales: Two Cinderella Stories

Fables: A Lion and the Mouse fable

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse

The Diamond and the Dragon(An original fable)

A Tall Tale: Johnny Appleseed

A Legend: The Legend of King Arthur Text-dependent questions are provided and can
be used as assessments.

Three additional assessments: What Kind of a Story is it?

Answer Keys provided when applicable.

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