How is the fairy tale study shaping up? I have been using the book, Fairy Tales in the Classroom: Teaching Students to Write Stories With Meaning Through Traditional Tales by Veronika Martenova Charles http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tales-Classroom-Teaching-Traditional/dp/1554550203 this year. The author lays out a very concrete path of symbols that take the reader through the common moves(elements) found in fairy tales. After the class builds a "path of symbols" for a tale that was read aloud, they create their own version using the same symbols (elements). These lessons have provided the most powerful sense of story to my first graders. Lastly, while my students are engaged in these lessons they are hitting all the bases - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing!
I wanted you to see some of the sweet Valentine Pattern Cards based off of Honey I Love.
I have posted the lesson on the Corestand site http://corestand.com/valentine-pattern-book-cards.html
Next, I will be posting more about retelling (promise)and I have been thinking a lot about what it might mean to "round out" the curriculum.
Lara
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