Fairy Tale Kit

Grades 3-5

Fairy Tale Kit (Grades 3-5) Introduce your children to three classic fairy tales: Cinderella Snow White Jack and the Beanstalk This kit includes multiple versions of each fair tale, extension activities, and craft for your and your child. Check this kit out, take it home, and enjoy learning with your child!

What: The Fairy Tale Kit includes multiples versions of three different classic fairy tales When: Anytime you can make it to the library Where: 1234 Main Street Anytown Time: Monday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday: Closed

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Tables of Contents Introduction/Goals........................................................................... 3 Annotated Bibliography of Books...................................................4 Webliography (Web Resources)......................................................6 Activities/Extensions....................................................................... 7 Fairy Godmother Craft....................................................................10 Budget Breakdown..........................................................................17 Content Sheet...................................................................................18

Introduction/Goals
The goal of this fairy tale kit is to introduce your child to three classic fairy tales: Cinderella Snow White Jack and the Beanstalk In this kit, there are different versions of each fairy tale. Each title includes one traditional version and versions that include some variations. As you and your child read each version, discuss the similarities and differences between each version. Give your child practice in retelling the story. Discuss the plot, setting, and characters of each book.

Common Core Standards Covered

3rd Grade CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7 Explain how specic aspects of a texts illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting) 4th Grade CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.9 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures. 5th Grade CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reects upon a topic; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specic details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.9 Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Bibliography
Versions of Cinderella Jeffers, S., Ehrlich, A., & Perrault, C. (1985). Cinderella. New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers. This is a gentle retelling of the classic story of Cinderella. This is the traditional tale that most know with some great illustrations that enhance the story. In the end, Cinderella forgives her stepsisters and invites them to live in the castle with her. Jacobs, J., & Tomes, M. (1989). Tattercoats. New York, NY: Putnam. This variation of the Cinderella is similar to Cinderella, but is intended for older audiences. There are many similarities, but many differences as well. Tattercoats is the granddaughter of a rich lord. The lord as vowed to never see her face because his favorite daughter died during her birth. When the king comes to throw a ball, Tattercoats is not allowed to go. She ran off to tell her friend the gooseherd about her sorrows, he plays a note on his pipe. As they are dancing and having fun, they run into a handsome stranger who asks them how to get to the kings ball. As the gooseherd keeps playing, he falls madly in love with Tattercoats and asks her to marry him. At midnight, they rode into the ball and the stranger (who was the prince) asked the king if he could marry the loveliest girl in all the land. Louie, A., & Young, E. (1982). Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella story from China. New York, NY: Philomel Books. This is a story of a young girl who is orphaned at a young age and is raised by her stepmother. Yeh-Shen grows into a very beautiful and kind woman, despite the workload given to Yeh-Shen because of her stepmothers jealousy. Her only friend is a golden sh that talks, but her stepmother catches the sh and eats it for dinner. An old sage tells Yeh-shen that if she prays to the sh bones, the bones will make her hearts desires come true. When she is forced to stay home from a festival, Yeh-Shen prays to her sh bones, and her dress is magically transformed into a beautiful gown. Yeh-Shens beauty is greatly admired at the festival, but upon leaving, Yeh-Shen loses her golden slipper. The slipper is presented to the king who is entranced by its delicate beauty. He says that he will marry the person for whom the shoe belongs. In the end, Yeh-Shen and her king live happily ever after. Tang, Y. (2001). Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella. Auburn, CA: Shen's Books.

Rather than a fairy godmother, the Spirit of the Forest comes to Abadehas aid, rst in completing the impossible tasks her stepmother has set out for her and ultimately in arranging her marriage to the prince. At one point the Spirit gives Abadeha a sarimonok, a brilliantly colored chicken with long, owing tail feathers. However, when Abadeha takes the bird home, her stepmother kills and roasts it for dinner. Devastated, Abadeha buries the birds feet near her mothers grave in the forest, and at this site grows an enchanted tree laden with gold and jewels. The son of the island chieftain discovers the tree while hunting and takes a ring from it. Later, he cannot remove the ring as his nger swells with pain. In a dream a sarimonok reveals to the prince that a certain young maiden can remove the ring from his nger. When he tells his father, it is decreed that the girl who can remove the ring will marry him. Versions of Snow White Grimm, J., Grimm, W., & Garcia, C. R. (2012). Snow White. New York, NY: Harper Design. This version is different from the classic Disney version of Snow White. In Grimms version, the Wicked Queen wants Snow Whites lungs and liver. When the boars insides are brought to her, she eats them thinking they are Snow Whites. In this version, the dwarfs do put Snow White in a cofn, but the prince wants the body because he thinks shes beautiful (he does not come and kiss her). When his servants drop the cofn, the apple is dislodged from Snow Whites throat reviving her. In the end, the Wicked Queen is invited to the wedding and is forced to where hot iron shoes and dance until she dies. Razzi, J., Guell, F., & Marvin, F. (1993). Walt Disney's Snow White and the seven dwarfs. New York, NY: Disney Press. This is the classic version of the tale that most people know. In this version, Snow White is forced to live with the dwarfs because the Wicked Queen is after her. She eats the poison apple of brought to her by the Wicked Queen and a spell is cast onto her. The spell is broken when a handsome prince comes and kisses her. Versions of Jack and the Beanstalk Polette, K., & Dulemba, E. O. (2008). Paco and the giant chile plant. McHenry, IL: Raven Tree Press. This is an adventurous twist on the classic tale. Paco and his mother have no food left and Paco is forced to sell their cow. Paco sells la vaca for some semillas de chile. When he gets home he plants them in the ground. Eventually, an enormous plants grows up to the heavens.

When Paco climbs the plant, he discovers la casa grande and la gigante terrible. When the giant grabs Paco and his bag of golden chiles, the bag bursts open, spraying chile juice into the giants eyes letting Paco escape. Faulkner, M. (1986). Jack and the beanstalk. New York, NY: Scholastic. In this more traditional version of the talk, the giants wife protects Jack from the giant. Each time Jack climbs the beanstalk, he steals something else to take back to his home (golden coins, a golden goose, and a golden harp). On his last trip, the giant chased Jack down the beanstalk and tumbles to his death. Jack and his mother live happily ever after. McCallum, A. (2006). Beanstalk The Measure of a Giant. Charlesbridge Publishing. In this mathematical version of the tale, Jack climbs an enormous beanstalk and comes across a very lonely boy giant. They try to play ball, but the ball is almost as big as Jack. They try to play with Jacks games, but the perfect size for Jack is far too small for the giant. By using ratios and proportions, Jack makes toys that are the right size for each of them. Osborne, M. P., & Potter, G. (2000). Kate and the beanstalk. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. The version is about a spunky girl named Kate who lives wither her mother on a farm. They are poor and starving so Kate is sent to the market to sell the cow so they will have money for food. She runs into a beggar who trades her cow for magic beans. Kate returns home to show them to her mother who throws them out the window in anger. The beans grow into an enormous stalk that stretched into the heavens. Kate climbs up three times to steal a hen that lays golden eggs, a bag of gold, and a magic singing harp but on the third way down the giant catches her and chases her. She escapes and kills the giant by chopping down the tree, then meets the queen of the fairies who explains she is the lost daughter of a knight who is now worthy of her inheritance.

Webliography
- Fairy Tale Land. (n.d.). Fairy Tale Land. Retrieved from http://www.lancsng.ac.uk/curriculum/ literacy/lit_site/html/ction/fairytale2/fairytale.htm This site offers extension activities for Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk. Activities include reading the book online, crossword puzzles, how to put in quotation marks, quizzes, and many other activities. The site is designed for teachers who are teaching the stories in their classrooms, but it provides parents with many resources as well. - 1000s FREE Primary Teaching Resources & Printables - EYFS, KS1 and KS2 - SparkleBox. (n.d.). Fairy Tales and Traditional Tales Resources. Retrieved from http:// www.sparklebox.co.uk/literacy/fairytales/#.UbZXGvb70U7 This site offers resources for Cinderella, Snow White, and Jack and the Beanstalk (as well as many other tales. Resources include story cut-outs, display banners, invitations for the ball, word mats and other activities. One of the best resources is the sequencing sheets available for each story. Children may color and cut out each sheet and they place them in the correct order. - Primary Treasure Chest. (n.d.). HIGH Quality Primary School Teaching Resources. Retrieved from http://www.primarytreasurechest.com/once-upon-a-time.html This site includes resources for Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Snow White. Activites include mask templates, ashcards, writing paper, picture frames, and posters. The les that one can download are editable so that one can customize them for their needs. - Jack and the Beanstalk. (n.d.). LearnEnglish Kids. Retrieved from http:// learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/ This site is dedicated to the tale Jack and the Beanstalk. The site offers a short movie of the story. There is also a print version of the story available for download as well as other activities. - Jack and the Beanstalk. (n.d.). Jack and the Beanstalk. Retrieved from http:// www.jackandthebeanstalk.ca/ This site is also dedicated solely to Jack and the Beanstalk. There are coloring pages, wallpapers, and animated gifs for download. One can also read the story, play games, and even send e-cards to friends. - Children Story - Children's Stories - Fairy Tales - Nursery Rhymes. (n.d.). Children Story Children's Stories Fairy Tales - Nursery Rhymes. Retrieved from http:// www.childrenstory.com/ This site offers resources for Cinderella and Snow White as well as many other classic tales. The site offers a print version of each story. There are also many links to other resources for each tale on the site.

Activities/Extensions
Na m e_________________________________ Da te________________

Ja ck a nd the Bea nsta lk

Cloze Exercise Complete the sentences using the words from the text boxes. pla nt seeds widow 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. ca stle clouds cow coins ma gic bea ns hen gold bea nsta lk ha rp golden gia nt

The g ia nt lived in a _____________. The b ea nsta lk w ent a ll the w a y up to the _____________. Ja c k stole a b a g of g old ____________ from the g ia nt. The g ia nt ha d a _____________ tha t la id g old en eg g s. Ja c k s m other w a s a p oor _____________. Ja c k tra d ed the fa m ily _____________ for som e b ea ns. The _____________ w ere m a g ic . The g ia nt ha d a _____________ tha t p la yed b y itself. The eg g s a nd the ha rp w ere b o th _____________. At the top of the b ea nsta lk lived a _____________. The b a g Ja c k stole w a s full of _____________. The b ea ns w eren t ord ina ry! They w ere _____________. Ja c k s m other threw the _____________out the w ind ow . Ja c k c lim b ed up the _____________. A b ea nsta lk is a kind of _____________.
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Story Sequencing

Put the events from the story in order. ____ He sa w a g ia nt s c a stle a t the top of the b ea nsta lk. ____ He took a hen tha t la id g old en eg g s from the g ia nt. ____ He took a ha rp tha t p la yed b y itself. ____ Ja c k lived w ith his m other, a p oor w id ow . ____ Ja c k took the c ow to sell it. ____ Ja c k tra d ed the c ow for m a g ic b ea ns. ____ Ja c k c lim b ed the b ea nsta lk. ____ Ja c k took a b a g of m oney from the g ia nt. ____ Ja c k w ent up the b ea nsta lk a sec ond tim e. ____ Ja c k w ent up the b ea nsta lk a third tim e. ____ Ja c k c hop p ed d ow n the b ea nsta lk. ____ Ja c k a nd his m other ha d p lenty of m oney. ____ Ja c k s m other w a s a ng ry a b out the tra d e. ____ She threw the b ea ns out of the w ind ow . ____ The b ea ns g rew into a g ia nt b ea nsta lk o vernig ht. ____ The b ea nsta lk stretc hed up to the c loud s. ____ The g ia nt c ha sed Ja c k d ow n the b ea nsta lk. ____ They lived ha p p ily ever a fter.
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Crossword: Jack and the Beanstalk

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Across 3. Jack traded the family _____ for some beans. 6. The eggs and the harp were both _____ 7. A beanstalk is a kind of _____. 10. Jack climbed up the _____. 11. At the top of the beanstalk lived a _____ . 12. Jack's mother was a poor ____ _

Down 1. The bag Jack stole was full of __ ___. 2. The giant had a _____________ that played by itself. 3. The giant lived in a _____. 4. The giant had a _____ that laid golden eggs. 5. Jack stole a bag of gold _____ from the giant. 8. The beanstalk went all the way up to the ______. 9. The beans weren't ordinary! They were _____. 10. Jack's mother threw the _____ out the window.

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Pre-Reading Jack and Ray, the giant, encounter several problems when they try to interact in each others worlds. Can you predict what some of these problems might be?
*Oh no! First, the two boys try to play hoopball but find that Rays hoop is too high for Jack. Then, when Jack invites Ray to his house, the two boys find that the beanstalk is too weak to support Rays weight. They have to build a ladder. But, how long will it be? Have students discuss several pictures in the book. What do you see? What is the problem? How could you solve the problem to make things fair? Next.What do you know about the fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk? What are some character traits for the Jack of the traditional story? For the giant? List these and refer to them after the story. Which were accurate for the characters in Beanstalk: The Measure of a Giant? Which were not?

Math Connections Math Vocabulary: size, relative size, comparison, measurement, ratio, proportion

Here are some of the problems that Jack and Ray experienced as they tried to be friends. Discuss the pictures that correspond with each problem. Introduce critical vocabulary. 1. Playing hoopball (p. 11) Vocabulary: hoop, tall, short, high, low

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2. Making a giant-sized checkerboard (p. 18) Vocabulary: measure, inches, parallel, perpendicular, diameter 3. Measuring the height of the beanstalk (p. 28) Vocabulary: height, feet, ratio, proportion

Problems 1 and 2
Summarize the issue in these first two problems: The boys need to measure the small size of things in Jacks world and compare them to the large-sized things of Rays world. What do they do to solve the problems? (They compare the two items and build a fair replica using proportion.) Before getting into the math elements, it might be valuable to make estimates about relative sizes. For instance, the teacher could bring in a dollhouse chair.

How much larger is a regular chair? chair?

Make a chart: How high is the dolls chair? How high is your chair? Have students write their guesses under each heading. Then, use a ruler to measure the height of the doll chair, say 3 inches, and the measure of the real chair, say 33 inches. Establish relative sizes before discussing ratio and proportion.

Writing a ratio
In the book, the issue of comparing sizes is first explored with the problem of the hoopball baskets. When you compare Rays height to Jacks, Ray is 20 feet tall and Jack is four feet tall. The height of the hoopball loop is 60 feet. The question is: How high should Jacks basket be to make the game fair? This leads to the ratios 20: 60 and 4:?. The number in the second ratio can be found by writing a proportion.

20 x3 4 x3

60 feet 12 feet

The Checkerboard
The second problem dealing with relative size involves making the checkerboard. Again, students will compare the height of each boy. Jack looks at the relationship between his height and Rays. Since he is 5 times smaller than Ray, ( 4 feet x 5 = 20 feet), the checkerboard must also be 5 times as big. Again, set up a proportion. If a checker is one inch across for Jack, it must be 5 inches across for Ray.

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Fairy Godmother Paper Craft

Supplies Needed
Construction paper OR cardstock (cardstock is preferred) Fairy Godmother Template (below) Craft knife Scissors Liquid glue Double-sided table

Directions
1. 2. Print the template on regular paper or cardstock. Cut out each piece with a craft knife or scissors. Do not cut along the dashed lines -- this is where you will fold the paper. Line up the Fairy Godmothers back with her torso. Use glue or double-sided tape to secure the pieces so the design is two-sided. Fold the bottom of her torso toward you along the dashed line. Fold her face away from you along the dashed line across her shoulders. Cut two slits along the solid black lines on the Fairy Godmother's chest (next to tabs F and G). Make folds along all dashed lines. Secure the F and G tabs to the back, white side of the Fairy Godmothers chest.

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Spread glue on the H tab of the Fairy Godmothers chest and press it into place on the H area on her torso. Make sure her shoulders are lined up correctly. After the glue dries, add glue to the I, J, K, and L tabs and press them into place. Hold the pieces together until the glue dries. You may need to use a pen or pencil inside her chest area to position the tabs just right. Attach the arms to each side of the Fairy Godmothers body under each shoulder by gluing the D tabs to the D areas and E tabs to the E areas. Glue the front of the arms to the back of the arms at the hands, wand, and top of the sleeves. You dont need to glue the arms together at the bottom of the sleeves -- that area can stay separated. Cut slits in the top of the skirt along the solid blue lines next to each A tab. Make all folds along dashed lines. Starting from left to right with the purple side of the skirt facing you, glue each A tab to the back of the skirt piece next to it to create pleats. When you are nished gluing the A tabs you may nd it easier to glue the C tab to the inside of the skirt before gluing the nal B tab pleat. Attach the Fairy Godmothers completed torso to her skirt by gluing the white side of the tabs at her waist to the top of the skirt over the areas labeled M and N. The crease on the skirt should be in the back.

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Budget Breakdown
Item Printer paper Craft knife Scissors Liquid glue Double-sided table Cardstock Cinderella Tattercoats Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella story from China Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella Snow White Walt Disney's Snow White and the seven dwarfs Kate and the beanstalk Paco and the giant chile plant Jack and the beanstalk Beanstalk The Measure of a Giant Cost 9.99 6.00 9.99 1.60 8.35 11.99 18.99 29.99 7.99 19.96 9.99 3.99 7.99 16.95 29.99 7.95 Total 201.71

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Kit Contents
Printer paper with Fairy Godmother Template printed on it. Cardstock with Fairy Godmother Template printed on it. Craft knife Scissors Liquid glue Double-sided tape Cinderella Tattercoats Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella story from China Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella Snow White Walt Disney's Snow White and the seven dwarfs Kate and the beanstalk Paco and the giant chile plant Jack and the beanstalk Beanstalk The Measure of a Giant Please place all books and tools in the kit to return to the library. Any consumables that were not used (glue, tape, etc.) please place back into the kit to return. We hope you enjoyed the Fairy Tale Kit!!!

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