Reading Enrichment Lesson Plan

Title: Factors of Fairy Tales

Grade: 3rd

Curriculum Area: Language Arts and Reading

Time Frame: 3 1-hr sessions

Developed By: Joyce LyAnne Polk

CCGPS Standards

ELAGSE3RL2: 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.
ELAGSE3W8: Recall information from experience or gather information from print and
digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

ISTE Standards
Skills Indicator(s):
2.1.6 Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create
products that express new understandings.
3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge
and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess
Benchmark(s):
2.1.6 Experiment with text and visual media to create products.
3.1.4 Use a variety of media and formats to create and edit products that
communicate syntheses of information and ideas
I Can Statements
I can identify the characteristics of a fairy tale.
I can identify the theme or message of a fairy tale.
I can recall information from a story to classify it as a fairy tale.
Segment 1 Genre Study/Read Aloud
Opening:
Initiate a conversation with students about fairy tales by having them retell stories that
they consider to be fairy tales. Next, have students explain why the stories are or are
not fairy tales.
Lesson/Work Session:
Share poster of Fairy Tale traits (attached) with students and discuss each one.
Instruct students to listen for examples of these traits as they listen to the story Prince
Ivan and the Firebird
Read Prince Ivan and the Firebird aloud and stop to discuss fairy tale traits as they
arise.
Summarize the theme or lesson of the story and have various students state evidence
that proves it is a fairy tale.

Closing:
Ticket-out-the-door - As the class exits the library, have each student name one trait of
a fairy tale as they walk out the door. If they cant they must return to the end of the
line and try again.

Segment 2 Fairy Tale Treasure Hunt

Opening:
Prior to class, have a chart with the following categories labeled: special wording, good
vs. evil, royal characters, magic/superpowers, special setting.
Photocopy a fairy tale and cut out small passages that show evidence of one of the
above categories.
Give each student a passage as they enter the library and instruct them to tape it
under the heading that it best matches.
Lesson/Work Session:
Review the Fairy Tale Traits chart from the opening and correct any
misunderstandings.
Introduce directions for Fairy Tale Treasure Hunt: students will work in small groups of
2-3 students to read and explore their choice of a fairy tale. Each group will choose a
book from a crate of teacher-selected titles. Group members will take turns reading
the fairy tale aloud. Next, they will work together to locate evidence from the story to
support their answers to a Fairy Tale questionnaire.
Demonstrate what is expected using one question from the questionnaire (attached)
and details from Prince Ivan and the Firebird from the previous lesson. Stress that
all responses should offer evidence that the book is classified as a fairy tale.
Each group member should record answers on their individual handouts, though the
group should collaborate to locate the answers.
Closing:
Each student will locate a partner from a different group. The two partners will give a
brief summary of their fairy tale and the traits that classify it as a fairy tale (answers
from the handout.)
Segment 3 Integrating Technology
Opening:
Prepare for the lesson ahead of time by gathering a list of quotes from popular fairy
tales.
Read the quotes one at a time and have the students guess the title of the fairy tale
that the quote came from. (Have students shout out if you are comfortable with the
noise; if not, have them raise their hands.)
Review the poster of Fairy Tale Traits.
Lesson/Work Session:
Instruct students to logon to Chromebooks and access their Google Classroom
accounts, where they will find a link for ThingLink. (ThingLink was taught to the
students in a previous lesson by Mrs. Riggs.)
Next, students should recall the fairy tale that their group studied in the previous

lesson and locate a picture from the story using Google Images.
They should copy the link for the image (right click, copy image address) and paste it
into their ThingLink account.
To complete the task, each student should add at least 5 tags to the image to support
its classification as a fairy tale.
Closing:
Select 3-4 students to share their ThinkLink presentations with the class on the big
screen.