winoelle Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Does anyone know a good fairy tale unit study for a 3rd Grader? We have been discussing her goals for this year and what she is really interested in and she wants to learn about fairy tales and fantasy creatures and the like. I looked at the Veritas Comp Guide and it is a possibility, but I would love some more suggestions. Noelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Has she read the Lang fairy tale books yet? There's a whole series of them, and they're AMAZING. Has she read the Chronicles of Narnia? Personally, I wouldn't get a comprehension guide for them. I'd just get her piles and let her enjoy. :) PS. Harper Audio has unabridged, wonderful recordings of all the Narnia books. We do them both ways, audio and reading, and love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winoelle Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 We have done the Lang series and the Chronicles are on our list this year (one of my favorites so I am very excited to do them). I guess I would like to find something that allows us to incorporate fairy tales and fantasy (which she loves and is interested in) into her writing and reasoning activities which she does not love. And I would like it to be laid out so I don't have to do it all myself, I have BTDT and it was too labor intensive to do the way I wanted (I have perfectionist tendencies). Noelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 IEW has a fairy tales book, Imitations in Writing Fairy Tales. She's also ready for Writing Tales, which is a step up from that. It uses quality fairy tales and retellings. So absolutely you can connect her writing to fairy tales. She can write book summaries of fairy tales. She can read them, retell, and illustrate. Have you done ancients for history yet? (mythology, etc.) My dd is very keen on Alan Lee's illustrations. Turns out he did a number of the Rosemary Sutcliff books (Black Ships before Troy, etc.) as well as Lord of the Rings and some arthurian stuff. Not sure if it's the art or the fantasy appealing to her, but it's another direction to take it, more toward the history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winoelle Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 Thanks for those tips, I like the IEW Thematic Unit, that might work well for us. I really like the MBTP Lit Units so we will do a couple of those that have fantasy elements (Lion, Witch , Wardrobe and the BFG). I guess part of what was interesting to me with the Veritas Guide was the comparison and contrasting between Grimm and Andersen. But I haven't seen any of their guides in real life so I am not sure if it will be what I am looking for. Maybe someone who has used it will chime in :) Noelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Have you looked at this lesson plan? http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/fairytales_discovering.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I've bought various VP guides, and they always fell into the category of nice intention for us. :( You might just google fairy tale study guides. I found a really terrific online Hobbit guide that way. It's surprising what all is floating out there. Compare/contrast is a dialectic stage activity and not something she needs to do now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Homeschool Share always has some lesson ideas, lapbooks, notebook pages, etc. Sleeping Beauty: http://www.homeschoolshare.com/sleeping_beauty.php Cinderella: http://www.homeschoolshare.com/cinderella.php The Magician's Nephew http://www.homeschoolshare.com/magicians_nephew.php The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe http://www.homeschoolshare.com/lion_witch_wardrobe.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 What about either Globetrotting w/Cinderella, or Globetrotting w/Folktales by Intellego? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piraterose Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 (edited) If you are looking for history of Fairy tales, I haven't read this one yet (it's on my wish list) so I don't know how appropite it is for 3rd graders, but this book came out last year: Fairy Tales: A New History by Ruth B. Bottigheimer. It seems like a good spine for where fairy tales came from and how they spread. http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tales-History-Excelsior-Editions/dp/1438425244/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 A couple other good ones: The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm by Jack Zipes http://www.amazon.com/Great-Fairy-Tale-Tradition-Straparola/dp/039397636X/ref=pd_sim_b_2 The Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar (This one takes a handful of famous stories and compares versions across geography and time.) http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Fairy-Norton-Critical-Editions/dp/0393972771/ref=pd_sim_b_1 These are probably good is your up for some reading and developing a unit study on your own. I would be aware, that if you go this route, you will come up the gritter versions of the stories and not the white washed versions that most kids read/watch today. Edited July 9, 2010 by piraterose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winoelle Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 What about either Globetrotting w/Cinderella, or Globetrotting w/Folktales by Intellego? Thank you so much for this! I just looked at Globetrotting with Cinderella and it looks like the sort of thing I was looking for. I had in mind something with more stories, but the projects are the kind of thing that get my daughter excited about school. Noelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clane Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'm trying to get an elementary book club off and running--thank you for the resources for our first segment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 ... the Chronicles are on our list this year (one of my favorites so I am very excited to do them). You might also enjoy doing the year-long unit study program "Further Up, Further In" to accompany your study of the Narnia books. It is for grades 4-8, but best for gr. 4-6. It incorporates projects for science, history, art and cooking, some writing assignment ideas, Bible study, and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 We used the Intellego Cinderella http://www.intellegounitstudies.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=31 just for fun in the afternoons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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