Fairy Tale Sights
Elements of a Fairy Tale
Find out about the seven ingredients that make a story a fairy tale. http://www.geocities.com/ljacoby_2000/fairytale.htm
Mrs. Jesse's 2nd Grade class gives examples of fairy tale elements using the story "The Fisherman and His Wife."
http://putnamvalleyschools.org/FT/02Elements.html
Use this chart when being fairy tale "element detectives." http://www.geocities.com/ljacoby_2000/fairytalechart.html
Read Some Fairy Tales
Stories of Cinderella
http://childhoodreading.com/Edmund_Dulac_and_Gus/Cinderella.html
Read Cinderella stories from around the world.
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~ptk1nc/cinderella/
Read the story "Sleeping Beauty."
http://childhoodreading.com/Edmund_Dulac_and_Gus/Sleeping_Beauty.html
Read several fairy tales from around the world. http://raspberry.forest.net/FMPro?-DB=whootie.fp5&-Format=/whootie/results.htm&type=fairytales&-Find
Fairy Tale Unit
Fairy Tale Activities
This site has a variety of activities related to fairy tales, including play formats of fairy tales.
http://www.storiestogrowby.com/
Read some fractured fairy tales at this site before writing one of your own.
http://www.tooter4kids.com/Classroom/fractured_fairy_tales.htm#CinderfellaT