Friday, March 28, 2008

Wrapping Up Folk Tales

Thanks to Mrs. Lagace for helping us learn about the seven different kinds of folktales! There are Ladder Tales, Beast Stories, Noodlehead Stories, Pourquoi Tales, Trickster Stories, Fairy Tales and Tall Tales. After reading a tale, the children discussed the characteristics of that particular tale. In writing, the children would individually respond to the question, "Write an explanation of how you decided what kind of Folk Tale you read. Use details from the story and the definition chart to explain your answer." Throughout the unit children practiced including information from the definition as well as examples from the text to make their answers thorough.

Today we will write about our favorite Folk Tales. Ask your child this weekend which they enjoyed the most! :o)

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