Tall Tales Thematic Unit


Book Description

Focus on 5 favorite American tall tale heroes, Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett, Sally Ann Thunder, Paul Bunyan & John Henry.




Poetry and Fairy Tales


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The CLEAR curriculum, developed by University of Virginia's National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, is an evidence-based teaching model that emphasizes Challenge Leading to Engagement, Achievement, and Results. In Poetry and Fairy Tales: Language Arts Units for Gifted Students in Grade 3 students will read and analyze various forms of poetry and write their own poetry anthology. They will learn how to identify and use figurative language to create concrete images from abstract ideas. In the fairy tales unit, students will study fairy tales and folklore to understand how and why societal norms and mores are culturally transmitted. These units focus on critical literacy that includes reading diverse sources, understanding bias and cultural contexts, and creating informed consumers of information. Grade 3




Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett


Book Description

On the day she is born this amazing baby proudly announces she can out-talk, out-grin, out-scream, out-swim, and out-run any baby in Kentucky. Within a few years Sally is off to the frontier, where she stuns a hungry grizzly bear, makes a lasso out of six rattlesnakes, and is more than a match for the mighty Mike Fink. And when Sally Ann rescues Davy Crockett from a pair of ferocious eagles, even her hornet's-nest bonnet and skunk perfume don't stop him from proposing marriage. You won't find Sally Ann in any history book, but that hasn't kept her from becoming an authentic American frontier legend and the unforgettable heroine of Steven Kellogg's most delightfully rip-roaring tall tale.




Teaching Fairy Tales


Book Description

Scholars from many different academic areas will use this volume to explore and implement new aspects of the field of fairy-tale studies in their teaching and research.




Multicultural Fables and Fairy Tales


Book Description

Recounts 24 fairy tales with accompanying teaching suggestions and activity sheets.




Marvelous Cornelius


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A man known as the "Trashcan Wizard" sings and dances his way through the French Quarter in New Orleans, keeping his beloved city clean, until Hurricane Katrina's devastation nearly causes him to lose his spirit.




African Folk Tales


Book Description

Entertaining stories handed down from generation to generation among tribal cultures include "The Magic Crocodile," "The Hare and the Crownbird," "The Boy in the Drum," 15 others. 19 illustrations.




Weather Thematic Unit


Book Description

Lesson ideas in this thematic unit are based on the whole language approach which encourages cooperative learning.




The Paper Bag Princess


Book Description

Princess Elizabeth is beautiful and rich and about to marry Prince Ronald. That is, until a dragon destroys her castle, burns all her clothes and carries off her prince But Elizabeth's not easily beaten and sets off to get Ronald back.




Fairy Tales


Book Description

Includes activities based on: The jolly postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg; and The talking eggs by Robert D. San Souci.