{"id":2837,"date":"2016-01-28T01:05:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T06:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2023-08-10T12:43:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:43:34","slug":"cinderella-for-upper-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=2837","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Strategies using Traditional Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In some ways, I guess you could say I have spoiled my students with great literature because on the days we don\u2019t read at least one chapter I see their disappointed expressions. I began to think about this \u201cproblem\u201d and decided that I could teach skills with short, traditional literature. These include well-known stories my students knew and loved. This way my focus could be on skill development and not comprehension.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Click here to go to Teachers Pay Teachers for this free unit.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching Strategies using Tom Sawyer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

One of the first projects I came up with was using the story of Tom Sawyer<\/em>. We read a very condensed picture book version of the story. Students became newspaper reporters and wrote articles about three of the events in the story: \u201cMurder in the Graveyard,\u201d \u201cMuff Potter Found Innocent at Trial,\u201d and \u201cChildren Lost in Cave.\u201d Each student created his\/her own newspaper. This project covered so many skills, namely non-opinion writing, text features, and technology. [Each student created a newspaper using Publisher.] My students were so proud of their finished newspapers. We displayed them on a hall bulletin board for other classes and parents to see.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Teaching Strategies using <\/span><\/strong><\/span>Beauty and the Beast<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

I began thinking about similar projects we could do that didn\u2019t include reading a novel. One idea I decided to try was teaching story elements with fairy tales. Pictured is the only surviving photo of the project. This activity took place years ago before I started an educational blog or was creating materials for Teachers pay Teachers. I didn\u2019t take near as many pictures then. Here again, my students loved the project.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Teaching Strategies using Cinderella<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Since these two projects were so successful, I created additional units based on picture books as well as short stories. I mix these in with my novel studies to \u201cshake things up a bit.\u201d They have been extremely popular with my students. This series of short stories with skill lessons is an expansion of those projects. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This free item is just a \u201ctaste\u201d of what the full units are like. The full units are 5 days long<\/strong> with approximately 1200 to 1500 words [about 10 minutes] of reading daily. The full units also contain 3 skill lessons<\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This \u201csample\u201d is not repeated in any unit. Instead, it is a 2-day version [one fairy tale and one skill] of the longer units. I hope your students enjoy the story, skill practice, and activity. Click here to go to Teachers Pay Teachers for this free unit.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In some ways, I guess you could say I have spoiled my students with great literature because on the days we don\u2019t read at least one chapter I see their disappointed expressions. I began to think about this \u201cproblem\u201d and decided that I could teach skills with short, traditional literature. These include well-known stories my … <\/p>\n

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