Fairy/ Folk Tales Lesson Plan

Grade Level:
Pre-School
Standards:
Listening and Speaking
Language Use and Conventions
1.4: Use language to construct short
narratives that are real or fictional.
Reading
4.0 Comprehension and Analysis of AgeAppropriate Text
4.1 Demonstrate knowledge of main
characters or events in a familiar story (e.g.,
who, what, where) through answering
questions (e.g., recall and simple
inferencing), retelling, reenacting, or
creating artwork.

Subject:
Prepared By:
Listening and Speaking / Reading
Isabel Garcia
Objective: As a class SWBAT to Single / Multi-Day Lesson:
create their class own fairy tale
Multi-Day: 5-7 days
while using their knowledge of
what makes a fairy tale.
Language Objective: SWBAT
interact by retelling their favorite
fairy tale and explaining why it is
their favorite in their own word.

Description:
This multiday lesson plan will give the students the opportunity to talk about their favorite fairy tale in a whole
group, with smaller groups and individually. Students will retell their favorite tale and create a new fairy tale as a
class. They will also be able to use their oral language to communicate their thoughts and reactions to the fairy tales
they have been exposed to.
Materials:
Fairy Tale story books
* Markers
Once Upon a Timeweek prop bag
* Props ( that relate to a story)
Time to dedicate to storytelling
* Story Sequence Cards
Large size Post Pads
Instruction:
Children naturally love to tell stories, so why not harness that love into an educational but fun classroom
environment. Teacher will introduce that parts that make up a story (beginning, middle, and end). Teacher will also
explain how many fairy tales/ folk tales have a problem to solve and a moral at the end. In order to harness a
childs love for storytelling the teacher will have to scaffold the situation so that the children will orally discuss
using complete descriptive sentences what story is their favorite. The children will also have to retell their story to
the class and share his/ her personal thoughts.
Directed Lesson:
Teacher will begin lesson by having a Once Upon a Time prop bag. The bag will contain props that describe a
certain fairy tale or folk tale. The students will have to discuss among each other and decide what the story it is or
the students can also work as a class to try to figure out the sequence of events. Once the children have figured out
the answers then the teacher will proceed by reading that story book. Next the teacher will introduce the story
telling sequence. The teacher will also introduce that it is common for tales to have a problem to be solved and a
moral lesson. After these ideas are introduced the teacher will model the activity of explaining why this particular
story is his/ her favorite and what part he/she likes/ dislikes.

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Guided Practice:
Depending on what fairy tale or folk tale is their favorite, the students will be placed into groups. Each group will
be composed with the children that like that tale. So there could be a Three Little Pigs group, Little Red Riding
Hood group, and so on. Once the students are in their groups they will orally share the reasons why this particular
story is their favorite. They will also be able to discuss which part of the story they like and which part of the story
they dont like. Each group member will listen respectfully and participate in the discussion while waiting for their
turn to talk. Students will be able to share their thought and receive feedback. This will help the students see that
they have things in common with others and they will also be able to develop their idea better with the help of their
peers.
Independent Practice:
Students will be able to go home and have the family help read them their favorite fairy tale, so that they can
practice the story sequence and be able to retell the story to the class. The students will also have time during circle
time to individually think about what story is their favorite while getting ideas from their peers. Individually
students will independently share/ think why a particular story is their favorite. This will give them time to think of
what they want to say.
Assessment:
Assessment will be ongoing. Students will have the whole year to practice their language skills to orally present
their favorite fairy tale or folk tale. Teacher will check for proper story sentences (Once upon a time, the end, etc.)
and record the students progress. When students create their own tale as a class teacher can check for good story
sequences and speaking skills.
Differentiation:
Teacher, Aids, English proficient peers, and perhaps family members will help second language learners to be able
to orally share their favorite fairy tale or folk tale with the class and in groups. ESLs will be able to use home
language if the tale is difficult to translate, but teacher will try his/ her best to find an English translation to share
with the rest of the class. If possible the child could also invite a family member who speaks both the home
language and English to help retell the story.
Accommodations for Culturally Diverse Learners:
Teacher will explore famous fairy tale/ folk tales of the different cultures in the classroom and introduce the rest of
the students to them. Then as a class they can compare the story line of the fairy tales we already know to the new
ones and find similarities. This will show that different cultures can share common features.
Extensions:
Multicultural: Have students retell their family folk/fairy tales and possible have a family member visit the
classroom to tell or read the class their family tale.
Science: Create Jack in the Bean Stock Lima Bean plants in a cup.
Math: Use Goldilocks and the Three Bears bear-counters to learn to count.
Make a chart/graph with the different amount of groups that likes each fairy tale.
Art: Draw the sequence of event that takes place in the story. Make a felt story board. Make puppets, Reenact the
story.
Snack: bring in food that is related to the story. Ex: prepare porridge (oatmeal) like in Goldilocks. Have bread for
The Little Red Hen, etc

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