Fairytale elements anchor chart

First Grade Reading Fairy Tales Anchor Chart

Fairy tales are old stories told and retold again, but do they deserve a place in a modern language arts curriculum? Besides the fact that the Common Core standards require exposure to fairy tales, there

This resource creates a display of the most common elements in Fairy Tales. Print the different elements and assemble them on a display board to create a large castle shape. The display covers Story Structure, Plot, Settings, and Characters.

Time to get a little dirty while learning about how plants grow! After reading books about parts of plants and how plants grow, we of course had to plant our own seeds to witness this first hand. First we added soil to our cups... ...then the kiddos planted two lima beans, two pinto beans, and some grass seeds in a clear plastic Solo cup. (I like to consolidate!) The clear cups allow the kids to see the roots as the plants grow! (Which they think is really cool!) We also watched this awesome…

Fairy tales anchor chart

Fairytale Anchor Chart

Tall Tale Anchor Chart

An elements of fairy tales anchor chart :) Can't wait to introduce this to my 2nd graders!