Thursday, August 7, 2014

Fairytale Town Literature Study

Not far from us is a cool theme park called Fairytale Town.  Every play area is based on a folktale, fairytale, or nursery rhyme.  This year for our literature curriculum, Secundus and Tertius are going to study every story that is represented in the park. 

I searched through the stuff I already own, all over the web for free resources, added some of my own ideas, and have pulled together what I hope will be a really fun curriculum.  When we're all done (I'm not sure if that will be at the end of this year or sometime next school year) we'll gather some friends and schedule a field trip.  I can't wait!  I haven't told the kids yet and I'm sure they will be super excited!


Humpty Dumpty’s Bridge
the following activities from nursery rhyme pack bought from here
color rhyme page
cut/paste sequencing page
label it page
writing prompt
retell using puppets (made using graphics from nursery rhyme pack)

King Arthur’s Castle
the following worksheets found here
history vs fantasy
Tales of King Arthur

Mary’s Little Lambs
the following activities from nursery rhyme pack:
color rhyme page
cut/paste sequencing page
label it page
writing prompt
retell using puppets (made using graphics from nursery rhyme pack)

The Old Woman in the Shoe
craft:make paper shoe (2 identical sides, stapled together to make pocket) and fill with paper chain children

The Tipi (Hiawatha)
make Venn diagram: our culture vs. Native American culture in story
discussion questions found here under "Lesson Plan"

The Crooked Mile
craft: attach extra long string between two opposite ends of long paper. Then make it crooked, tacking it down with glue
write another verse: what else could be crooked?

Owl’s Tree House and Pooh Corner (Winnie the Pooh)
Wise Old Owl rhyme found here (we recently read the old Winnie the Pooh books so I wanted to do something different)
Discuss: Why is listening wiser than speaking?
Owl handprint craft found here 

Farmer Brown’s Barn
read various “farmer brown” stories
writing prompt for Click Clack Moo found here. “Use a story starter (one of these examples or your own) and have the students illustrate. Farmer Brown walked by the pond. He looked into the water and saw… Farmer Brown ran to the pond. All the ducks were furious! Farmer Brown couldn’t believe his eyes! …”
sequencing pictures of wool from sheep to sweater found here
“in the barn there was a ….” book found under Day 3 here

Three Blind Mice
crossword puzzle and mouse bag puppet found here

Sherwood Forest (Robin Hood)
activity sheets found here
(I going to just get a book from the library and not use the one these activity sheets were designed for.  So we'll only use pg 1, 3, 5, and 9)

The Three Little Pigs
retell using felt board characters bought from Lakeshore Learning 
activities from Literature Pockets, Folktales and Fairytales for grade K-1 

The Three Billy Goats Gruff
retell using felt board characters bought from Lakeshore Learning 
activities from Literature Pockets, Folktales and Fairytales for grade K-1

The Cheese Stands Alone (Farmer in the Dell)
sequencing activity found here
dance/game directions found here under Day 1

Jack & Jill Hill
crossword puzzle found here
puppet slider craft found here

Mother Goose
information about the origins of mother goose found here
watch the old Disney video “The Truth about Mother Goose" link found here
make book of favorite nursery rhymes (staple pages together with words typed up and kids draw one picture for each)
mother goose coloring page found here

Jack and the Beanstalk
activities from Literature Pockets, Folktales and Fairytales for grade K-1

Cinderella’s Coach
My Wonderful Wish writing prompt found here
watch Disney version and do venn diagram story vs. movie
“How Cinderella Changed" watch craft found here

The Little Engine that Could
discussion questions and Word Family Train booklet found here under Day 1 and 4
make an illustrated book of things that were hard but you were able to do
conductors cap craft found here

Rabbit Hole Slide (Alice in Wonderland)
mome raths craft found here
cheshire cat smile puppet found here

The Dish & Spoon Cafe (Hey Diddle Diddle)
the following activities from nursery rhyme pack:
color rhyme page
cut/paste sequencing page
label it page
writing prompt
retell using puppets (made using graphics from nursery rhyme pack)

Hickory Dickory Clock
crossword puzzle found here
mouse and clock craft found here

Peter Rabbit and His Sisters and Mr. McGregor's Garden (Tale of Peter Rabbit)
paper vegetable garden collage
letter to Mr McGregor found here
coloring page found here
discussion questions found here

The Tortoise & the Hare
activities from Literature Pockets, Aesop's Fables for grade 2-3

The Alphabet Garden
abc garden collage craft: long strip of green paper, glue long blue sky on top, glue on small brown paper stems. Draw green letter shrubs on top of stems.

Urashima Taro (The Fisherman and the Turtle)
read online here
paper plate sea turtle craft found here

Toadstools
paper plate toadstool craft found here
leaf rubbing fairy to sit on it found here
paint rocks to look like toadstools tops (red with white spots) for garden

Pirate Ship and Pirates' Cove (Peter Pan)
draw map of Neverland using imagination
make Hook's hook with tin foil
discussion questions and pirate hat craft found here

Yellow Brick Road (Wizard of Oz)
the following activities found here
Kansas and Oz maps
character mini books
writing assignment/craft: which character are you most like?

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