Theme Task Cards Printable/Digital (Grades 2-5)

Theme Task Cards: Fairy Tales, Folktales, and Legends

This digital and printable product offers multiple levels of reading differentiation and audio accommodations!

Aligns with State and Common Core Standards!

Students first learn theme vocabulary and topics before progressing to identifying the theme in a story.

These materials can be used for whole or small group instruction, remediation, centers, home school, summer school, and as individual assessments in person or through distance learning!

This product includes:

1 Printable PDF containing:

24 Theme Task Cards

Understanding Theme Vocabulary Activity

Understanding Theme Topics

2 Theme Posters

3 Theme Graphic Organizers

4 Levels of Differentiated Answer Sheets for Task Cards with Keys

4 Digital Interactive Task Card Sets

3 Versions of Each Task Card Set (With Audio, Without Audio, and Without Audio or Feedback)

Digital Task Card Instructions (IMPORTANT):

In the versions with and without audio, students click on the answer choices and are given immediate feedback with hints to encourage them to continue. The version without audio or feedback allows students to test their newly learned skills by dragging and dropping a circle over their answer for a more advanced option.

Here is how to get started with your new digital interactive task cards:

After clicking the link within the Teacher Instructions and Terms of Use PDF, Google will open up a folder containing all of the contents of this product. Before using or assigning each task card set, please follow these directions. When you open up one of the task card set slideshows, on the top left of your screen, click the tab beside the yellow Google Slides icon that says “File”. This will bring up a pop-up menu with several options. On the fifth tab, you will see something that says “Make a Copy.” Click on that tab. Once you make a copy of the slideshow, it will be stored in your Google Drive for you to access whenever you would like to. In order for the audio and quiz features to work correctly, you MUST complete this step for each slideshow.

Post your new copy to Google Classroom with these directions, or Canvas using the Cloud Assignment feature, to monitor the work of all of your students! 

Differentiation Guide for Printable Product:

Worksheet Option A:
This option is a standard multiple choice worksheet with four answer choices.

Worksheet Option B:

This option is a modified multiple choice worksheet with three answer choices.

Worksheet Option C:

This option is a modified multiple choice worksheet with two answer choices. Options B and C are best for students who require testing accommodations or remediation.

Worksheet Option D:

This option is the most challenging of the worksheets, with a written response format that asks students to craft their own responses.

Task Card Set 1:

1. Little Red Riding Hood (Brothers Grimm)

2. The Three Little Pigs (English Fairy Tale)

3. The Ant and the Grasshopper (Aesop)

4. The Lion and the Mouse (Aesop)

5. Beauty and the Beast (French Fairy Tale)

6. The Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Anderson)

7. The Tortoise and the Hare (Aesop)

8. The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Aesop)

9. The Three Wishes (English Folk Tale)

10. The Fox and the Crab (Aesop)

11. The Little Red Hen (Russian Tale)

12. Cinderella (French Fairy Tale)

13. Goldilocks and the Three Bears (English Fairy Tale)

14. Why Bears Have Short Tails (Iroquois Legend)

15. The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Norwegian Fairy Tale)

16. Hansel and Gretel (Brothers Grimm)

Task Card Set 2:

1. The Legend of Beaver and the Muskrat (Ojibwe Folktale)

2. Lion in Love (Aesop)

3. A Fable of Love and Time (Author Unknown)

4. Two Fellows and a Bear (Aesop)

5. How the Deer Got his Antlers (Cherokee Legend)

6. The Story of Urashima Taro (Japanese Legend)

7. The Crocodile and the Monkey (Indian Legend)

8. The Lion and His Fear (Aesop)

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Theme Task Cards Set 2 Genre: Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, and Science Fiction

This is set of two theme task cards that focuses on theme in three different genres: realistic fiction, science fiction, and historical fiction.

A great companion to Teaching Theme Task Cards: Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends!

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A Step by Step Modified Approach to Teaching Theme: A Great Introductory Unit

A fantastic introductory theme unit - great if you are new to teaching theme! Great for Grades 2 through 4, and can be easily adapted for special needs students. Teaches theme and supporting detail using realistic fiction, legends, and folk tales. Theme task card sets 1 and 2 are great follow-up activities after teaching this theme unit!