Teaching with folktales

I love Fairy Tales.  I also like folktales, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff is one of my favorites.  Since my second year teaching, I've always done a 1-2 week unit with the story at the end of the year.  I created many of the ideas I still use a few years ago, and in the final week my students do a play (this year we did a simple puppet show).  I like teaching with this unit because you can do so much with it- character traits, cause and effect, theme, and develop fluency with the repeated phrases throughout.  In fact, I enjoy this unit so much that I created a 45 page companion to it for sale in my TpT store.

 Here is an example of one of the activities.  HA! The trolls are quite unpleasant looking!

 Click on the image below to see just SOME of the activities included with this fun mini-unit.

Have a great one!  Enjoy your summer!