Teaching Common Core Standards Using Fables & Folk Tales

Giants, Trolls & The Big Bag Wolf 
Common Core Curriculum Essentials!
Featuring: The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood,
Jack & The Beanstalk, and The three Billy Goats Gruff

Land of the Giants! 

A Cooperative Art Activity.

Check out our new thematic unit featuring The Three Little Pigs, The Three Billy Goat's Gruff, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack and the Beanstalk.

Table of Contents

Songs/Fingerplays

This Little Piggy

The Big Bad Wolf 

Scripted Literacy Lessons With Independent Options:

Up the Beanstalk: Writing Simple Words

The Three Little Pigs: Decoding CVC Words

Shake Little Piggy: Reading & Writing Sight Words

Big Bad Bingo: Identifying and Matching Consonant Digraphs

Cross The Bridge: Relating Verbs & Adjectives to Opposites

Shared Reading Whole Group Activities:

Identifying Story Elements

Beginning, Middle, End: Story Structure

Scripted Math Lessons With Independent Options:

Measuring-- Tall or Short: Comparing Size By Length

Measuring Giants and Trolls: Comparing Size 

Giants, Trolls & Wolves, Oh My! Writing Numerals

Going To Grandma’s House: Counting Forward From Any Given Number 1-100

Art Projects

Cooperative Giant

Shape Giant

Billy Goat Hat

Puppets: Story Retelling

Science Projects

The Giant’s Eyes: Using Scientific Tools

Writing

Word Wall

If I Met a Giant!

Up the Beanstalk?

The Big Bad Wolf

Geading Books

The Little Pigs