Thank you to all who replied! I think I found what I'm going to do :)
Some of you requested a hit - so here you go! Happy Holidays!
I used to dress up as a chef, complete with toque, apron and mixing
bowl and we would talk about the different "ingredients" for folks and
fairy tales (e.g.-fairy tale-elements of three folk tale-set in a
particular country or culture, etc.). Also used the song "Look for
398.2" from Judy Freeman (from "Hi-Ho Librario")
Last year I did a lesson using "The Uglified Duckling" (book with CD)
by Willy Claflin (he performs as Maynard Moose.) It was such a hit, I
ended up using Maynard Moose cd's for grades 3-6 and they all still
ask for more Maynard Moose. I highly recommend this, if you can
handle the moose grammar!
I've taken small groups and we review fairy tale titles/stories then we
make 4 lists:
good characters, bad characters, settings, plot/problem
I cut the lists up, we draw one slip from each list and we have to create
a group story with what we drew from each of the 4 lists. They can turn
out pretty creative. Some groups take it and run with it. I can't type
fast enough to keep up with their thoughts. Other groups I have to prod
along....but the end result is fun.
Depending on how many kids there are in the group I divide the story up
into that many pages and each child gets to illustrate one part of the
story.
I make a cover with the title they create, a picture, names of
authors/illustrators, copyright year and make a group book.
I'd just recommend two of my favorite books: one the well-known Jon
Scieszka book The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and two, a book
called Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra.
we have a whole kit built around the Three Pigs
http://www.mrsd.org/departments.cfm?subpage=66014#pigs for contents-
We
start by reading/remembering the original 3 pigs story and then share
variants over a couple of weeks. I create a huge graph for comparison
and we talk about where the "fracture" happened. At the end the kids
vote for their favorite and we act it out - very fun!
I read a normal fairy tale, like Cinderella and then read a
fractured version, Bigfoot Cinderrrella, we go through the differences
in the characters, setting and problem. Then we take a normal fairy tale, like Jack
and the Beanstalk or 3 Little Pigs and break it apart, change either the character,
setting or problem and then put it back together. Like a jigsaw puzzle.
This may be a bit advanced for individual kids, but could be done as a
group. I have them write their own story. The take one of the fairy
tales we've studied and adapt it to fit another location, time, or
situation. I usually read The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of
the Three Little Pigs to give them some ideas of how to proceed.
Rachel Kerr
Library Media Specialist
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School
Cheektowaga-Sloan UFSD
2495 William Street
Buffalo, NY 14206
rkerr@csufsd.org
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