Author: aperlenf

Favorite Fairytale Chart Project

This chart was inspired by “Fairytale Song” by an unknown author.

Rational:

This chart is great for learning rhyming words! You can explain the structure of a poem because there are four stanzas that each have four lines. Every other line rhymes, and you can talk about rhyme scheme. Basic fairytales lend themselves to rhyme, and this is the perfect poem to blend multiple fairytales together.

Materials to create your own:

  • Fun cardstock paper
  • Colorful markers or pens
  • Glitter, Stickers, or Pictures can be an optional addition

Motivation

Let the kids know they will be talking about familiar stories like Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks. This will get the kids excited to view this mash up of characters. Remind them of how to find rhyme a build on their skills. If they are ready to learn about poems, introduce them to the structure of the poem and allusions.

Bibliography

VandenBerge, Nancy. “Cinderella. First Grade Wow, 1 Jan. 1970, http://firstgradewow.blogspot.com/2013/10/cinderella.html

real chart

Fairytale Math

Rational

This activity is great for student to practice their counting skills. It is an easy and fun project to do when the kids are starting to learn basic addition, and it provides practice on identifying shapes. If you choose to do so, you can introduce concepts such as: two triangles equals a square or three triangles makes a trapezoid.

Description

The kids will be making castles out of shapes that either you, or the students, cut out. For my project I have chosen to use circles, squares, rectangle, triangles, and trapezoids. You can add or subtract as many of these shapes as you wish. The kids will be given a worksheet to create their castle on. At the end of the worksheet they will be asked to count how many of each shape they decided to use, and how many shapes they used total.  They can find this number by counting all of the shapes again, or they use addition skills.

Motivation

Tell the students they have done a great job learning how to count and they are going to be able to practice on their own. They will get to be creative and use their art skills to come up with their “dream castle.” You can introduce new shapes if they haven’t learned them yet, and you can get them to start thinking about addition.

Materials

  • The worksheet attached below
  • Scissor and glue
  • Colored paper or pre-cut shapes

Steps

  1. Introduce the topic (counting and math)
  2. Hand out the worksheets
  3. Explain how to be safe with scissors, or explain how to share the shapes you pre-cut
  4. Let the students have time to create and glue their castles to the worksheet
  5. Ask them to count how many of each shape they used, then how many shapes they used total.
  6. Check their work and help anyone who is still struggling
  7. Collect their castles and hang them up in your room or in the hallway

Bibliography

Mandy, Pink. “Fairy Tale Unit.” Tickled Pink, 1 Jan. 1970, http://tickledpinkmandy.blogspot.com/2011/05/fairy-tale-unit.html

 

math project template