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Fairy Tales
Item	Description
Bar Graph (create): Favorite Fairy Tale	Create a bar graph to show information about favorite fairy tales.
Book Report Form: Fairy Tale (primary/elem)	Book report form to go with any fairy tale.
Book: Cinderella (elementary)	A great accompaniment to the 1955 Caldecott winning version by Marcia Brown. Enhances comprehension and vocabulary.
Book: Yeh-Shen (upper elementary)	A great accompaniment to Ai-Ling Louie's retelling of this Chinese "Cinderella" story. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Character Report: Fairy Tale	Report on a fairy tale character.
Coloring Page: Castle	Color this drawing of a medieval castle or trace and cut out for a shapebook.
Coloring Page: Crystal Ball	Color this picture of a castle seen in a crystal ball or trace and cut out for a great shapebook!
Coloring Page: Fairy
Coloring Page: Fairy	Color this flying fairy carrying a large bell.
Coloring Page: Fairy - Toadstool
Craft: Fairy Tale Diorama	Make your own fairy tale diorama.
Crossword: Jack and the Beanstalk	3 ACROSS: Jack traded the family __ for some beans.
Dot to Dot: Fairy (to 25)
Experiment: Beanstalk Record Page	Record the growth of a bean plant with this form.
Experiment: Grow Jack's Beanstalk	Grow your own beanstalk with this experiment.
Journal Cover: Beanstalk	Great "Jack and the Beanstalk" journal cover.
Line Graph (create): Beanstalk	Plot data on beanstalk growth on this line graph form.
Memory Game: Fairy Tales	Fun fairy tale pictures make these flashcards useful for activities.
Paper Roll Pal: Fairy Tale - Prince
Paper Roll Pal: Fairy Tale - Princess
Paper Roll Pal: Fairy Tale - Queen
Poetry Prompts: Fairy Tales (upper elem)	An introduction to some basic poetic structures, including alliteration, similes, and acrostics, using fairy tale themes.
Reading Comprehension: Jack and the Beanstalk (elem)	Cloze exercise, true/false comprehension, story sequencing, and an art and writing activity to go with almost any version of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Rubric: Fairy Tale	Use this rubric to help assess your fairy tale. Do you have all the elements?
Story Planner: Fairy Tale	Plan your own fairy tale.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Cinderella (elementary)	Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from Cinderella, to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Survey: Favorite Fairy Tale	Keep track of people's favorite fairy tales with this survey.
Unscramble the Words: Fairy Tales	[member-created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "elf" to "quest".
Venn diagram: Cinderella and Yeh Shen (upper elementary)	Use this Venn diagram to compare Cinderella and Yeh Shen.
Word Search: Fairy Tales	[member-created with abctools] Find the words from "dragon" to "wolf" in this dragon-shaped puzzle.
Word Search: Jack and the Beanstalk	Find the words, from COW to WIDOW, in this castle-shaped word search.
Word Wall: Fairy Tales (pictures)	From "bad wolf" to "unicorn". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.
Worksheet: Depicting a Fairy Tale	Draw the setting of a fairy tale based on the description in the text.
Worksheet: Homophones - Tail or Tale?
Writing Prompt: Fairy Tale Similes	Briefly explains similes and encourages students to write their own on the theme of fairy tales.
Writing Prompt: Good vs. Evil Plots	Write about the common fairy tale plot of "good vs. evil".
Writing Prompt: New Fairy Tale Announcement	Writing prompt and cover for a new fairy tale written by students.
Writing Prompt: Once upon a time and other beginnings...	Ten fairy tale story starters, and more!

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Item	Description
Paper Roll Pal: King	Follow the simple pattern to make a king for use with a unit on fairy tales, royalty, or the letter K.
Color and Write Prompt: Castle (elem)	A picture to color and space to write a very short story with theme words from a word bank.
Color and Write: Castle (primary)	Picture of a medieval castle to color, and wide lines to write about it.
Color and Write: Castle (elem)	Picture of a medieval castle to color, and lines to write about it.
Book: Golden Goose (elementary)	Enhances vocabulary and comprehension. A great accompaniment to Diane Paterson's retelling of the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Goldilocks (elementary)	A great accompaniment to the classic fairy tale, as retold by Lorida Bryan Cauley. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: Little Red Riding Hood (elementary)	Enhances vocabulary and comprehension. A great accompaniment to Ben Mahan's retelling of the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Rumpelstiltskin (elementary)	A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Snow White (elementary)	A great accompaniment to Paul Heins' translation of the Grimm Brothers' classic. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: The Elves and the Shoemaker (elementary)	A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: The Ugly Duckling (elementary)	A great accompaniment to the Hans Christian Andersen classic.
Book: The Three Wishes (elementary)	A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic, as retold by M. Jean Craig. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Goldilocks and the Three Bears (elementary)	Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from the tale of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Hansel and Gretel (elementary)	Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "Hansel and Gretel", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Little Red Riding Hood (elementary)	Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from Little Red Riding Hood, to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Rumpelstiltskin (elementary)	Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "Rumpelstiltskin", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Snow White (elementary)	Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "Snow White", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - The Elves and the Shoemaker (elementary)	Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "The Elves and the Shoemaker", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - The Golden Goose (Elementary)	Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from the fairy tale of "The Golden Goose", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - The Three Wishes (elementary)	Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from the fairy tale "The Three Wishes", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tale - The Ugly Duckling (elementary)	Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from Hans Christian Andersen's classic "The Ugly Duckling", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Mini-Unit: Fantasy and Reality (elem/upper elem)	Several activity suggestions, as well as practical worksheets, to help students understand the difference between fantasy, realistic fiction, and reality.
Unit: Fairy Tales - The Three Pigs PLUS (primary/elementary)	Write and illustrate an alternate version (or a faithful rendition) of the Three Pigs. Following directions, practicing word sounds, reading comprehension, basic graph skills, and more are included in this engaging multitask unit.
Comprehension: The Frog Prince (elementary)	The complete text of the Grimms' fairy tale is included, with two pages of vocabulary and comprehension questions.
Paper Bag Puppets: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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abcteach has an ever-widening selection of book units, specially designed to enhance student reading, with comprehension (story sequencing) and vocabulary building (word scrambles, crossword puzzles) exercises. Our fairy tale units are perfect for elementary grades.