Folktale Unit

We are finishing up or Folktale Unit in language arts, and students are really enjoying comparing and contrasting the different versions of some of our favorite stories.   Folktales have stood the test of time and people have retold them over and over throughout the centuries.  Therefore, the primary focus of our Folktale Unit has been retelling.  Students should be able to identify the characters, setting, problem, and solution of a story.  Along with retelling, we had a few other goals in teaching this unit...

RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

RL.1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

RL.1.6 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

W.1.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

Here are some examples of student work for this unit.

Students examined story elements through a variety of projects.  Thank you Amanda Terhune from Teacherspayteachers.com for the Breaking News templates.

Students made puppets for most of the stories and retold the tales to classmates in a puppet show.

After reading various versions of The Three Little Pigs, students were asked to create their own versions.  They used a template to write their own version, illustrated it, and then recorded themselves reading the version with pictures on the iPad.  Mrs. Riccomini will send your child's recording to you in a link via email within the next week.

In a character study, students were asked to create wanted posters for the villains in the folktales.  The Wolf sure is infamous!  Thank you Amanda Terhune from Teacherspayteachers.com for the Wanted Poster.

Students tried to persuade the villains to make better choices.

  

  

This week, students are reading Little Red Riding Hood in reader's theater.  Students are enjoying pretending to be the characters, practicing their parts, and performing the informal play in front of classmates.