Come on! Line Up Everyone.
Come
on!
Come
on! Line Up Everyone.
Catch
the Bus and click it!
ReADING
LAB AND BOOK REVIEW,
Let's
Pick at Something to Read:
Resources
to Help You
There are many good books on the book display rack in Your classroom and in the library. Check them out! Here are a few titles:
Counting
Crocodiles by Judy Sierra
How
to Draw Fairy Tale Characters by Jocelyn Schreiber
The
Good Witch by Mary Lewis Wang
Twelve
Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer
Egyptian
Cinderella by Shirley Climo
Rumpelstiltskin
by
Paul O. Zelinsky
Two
of Everything by Lily toy Hong
Papa
Gatto by Ruth Sanderson
The
Golden Goose by Uri Shulevitz
The
Enchanted Wood by Ruth Sanderson
The
King's New Clothes by Pat McKissack
Mufaro's
Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
The
Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop
The
Korean Cinderella by Shirley Climo
Tales
From Grimm Brothers by Wanda Gag
Internet Resources:
Whootie Owl's Stories to Grow By - read folk and fairy tales from around the world that tell tales of courage, friendship, kindness, and love. Site includes word games and coloring pages.
Paul
Bunyan Trail Tall Tale - animated tale of Paul Bunyan and Babe, his
blue ox.
Videocassettes:
Jack
and the Robber from Pied Piper Media
Little
Mermaid from Family Home Entertainment
CinderEller
from Strand VCI Entertainment
Yen-Shen:
A Cinderella Story from China from CBS, Inc.
The
Selfish Giant: An Animated Fairy Tale from Family Home Entertainment
Thumbelina
from
Turner Home Entertainment
The
Ugly Duckling from Turner Home Entertainment
Rapunzel
from
Turner Home Entertainment
The
Steadfast Tin Soldier from Turner Home Entertainment
The
Emperor's New Clothes from Turner Home Entertainment
Introduction
You are going to be presenting a folktale to a group of preschoolers or
kindergarteners. It will be fun to find a folktale that you think
young children would enjoy. You will be reading through folktales
from different lands to choose your favorite!
Your Task
You will work with a partner to choose a folktale to present to young children.
You must also decide how to present it so the children will enjoy it. Will
you become a storyteller? Will you use pictures to help you"tell
your tale?" Puppets? Different voices? Other props? What
exciting ideas do you have?
The Process
1. Meet
with the partner to whom you have been assigned. Explore some of
the resources to see what they have to offer.
2.
Read at least five folktales with your partner. Print out and fill
in a Folktale review
form for each story you read.
3.
With your partner, decide which folktale you would like to present to younger
children. Put a star on this book review, then turn all of the bookreviews
in to your teacher.
4.
Look at the class list of ideas that we brainstormed. Discuss with
your partner how you would like to present your folktale. You may
use an idea from the list, or you may come up with your own idea. Discuss
your idea with your teacher.
5.
Gather your supplies. Will you need paper? Puppets? Pictures?
Anything else?
6.
Prepare your presentation materials.
7.
Practice! Practice! Practice! Tell your folktale to your
friends, your family, your pets, your stuffed animals, anyone who will
listen. You might want to tape record yourselves to see how you sound.
Perhaps you will want to use different voices for the different characters.
8.
It's the big day - Presentation time! Come to school ready to share
your folktale. Remember all of your supplies!
9.
Fill out your self evaluation and think about what you did well and what
you could improve on next time.
Evaluation
We will be discussing what you feel is important in evaluating your presentations.
Please be thinking about criteria. We will be coming up with a rubric(scoring
guide) as a class part way through these projects, so be thinking about
it!
Conclusion
Now that you've completed your presentation, you are an experienced storyteller!
You have learned how to evaluate folktales and how to present them in an
interesting and creative manner. Good for you! May you live
happily ever after!
THE
END, or IS IT THE Beginning?
By D. Smith