Day 2: Johnny Appleseed for Little Ones Theme Unit Day 2 – Introduce Johnny Appleseed LARGE GROUP ACTIVITIES Song – sung to “This Old Man” Four red apples, on the tree Two for you and two for me So-o shake that tree and watch them fall One, two, three.Wonders 2020 for Grade 2 includes high-quality anchor texts that encompass a broad array of text types and genres placed at the appropriate level of complexity for the grade.

we are going to have an assembly, sing, and make a “circle of pride”.

September 11th 9-11 Teaching Ideas and Activities These ideas were originally shared at the A to Z Teacher Stuff Discussion Forums Posted by Upsadaisy… In the a.m.

Have teams find an item they can share with the class, or. Earth Day Teaching Ideas Here are some ideas posted the A to Z Teacher Stuff Forums over the years… Miss W: Go on a nature hike, even if it’s around the playground.The format for a letter is very important and also addressing an envelope can also be taught if time permits. Folktale Unit: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs To help kids create their own versions of stories and learn to write a letter.Folktale Unit 7 lessons for learning about folktales: What is a Fairy Tale or Folk Tale?, The Princess and the Golden Shoes, The Emperor and the Kite, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, and Johnny Appleseed.Three Bears Pudding (instead of porridge), Castle Cupcakes, Red Riding Hood’s Basket of Sandwiches…. At the end, make a graph of which folk tale was the favorite among the students.(principal, librarian, parents, teachers, other school staff) Invite guest readers in to read folk tales to the students.Put up a world map and label the countries where folk tales you have read originated.Example: Cinderella’s sisters went to the ball at 6:30. Can be set up as a center using a clock stamp. Students then set clocks to show the correct times. Then make up approximate times that she did them. Make a list of all the things Cinderella did in a day. “How far is it from the Pig’s house of sticks to the Pig’s house of bricks?” Then ask students to measure and tell what certain distances are. Using inches, set up a scale for the map. Put dots on the map to make measuring easier. Look at the map and ask students questions such as: “To go from (blank) to (blank), you must go ?” The (blank) are ? of the (blank). Use the folk tale maps to practice directions (North, South, East, West).On the following page, students draw a picture showing who said the quote and label it. Write a quotes on a sentence strip to be glued onto a page. Choose familiar quotes from stories you have read. Make a “Who Said It?” big book of character quotes.This can be done in smaller groups with each group doing a different story map. Manipulate the pieces on a large piece of paper until the group agrees on a layout. Have students make maps showing folk tale settings.Then have the student explain how the item relates to the story. Let a student choose something from the bag. After reading a story, use a kit to motivate students to talk about the tale. Gather items that relate to stories and place them in bags. Rewrite a folk tale into a class big book.Read The Enormous Turnip by Kathy Parkinson and compare/contrast it to The Mitten.Read The Pancake Boy by Lorinda Bryan Cauley and compare/contrast it to The Gingerbread Man.Example: Goldilocks (hungry, curious, tired, rude, blond hair) Write the character’s name on the banner, draw a picture, and write descriptive words on sentence strips to be glued onto the banner. Every time you read a folk tale, have a group of students work on making a colorful banner of a character from the story.Many years ago my daughters were treated to one provided by the PTA and he was excellent! It would be great if your school could get a storyteller to come in. In the days before radio and TV, people used to sit around and listen to storytellers. Explain to students how folk tales were stories that were never written down, but that were passed along orally over the years.Make a class graph of folk tales and fill in a box each time a new version of a story is found. The students will soon realize there are several versions of certain tales. Set up a classroom display “Our Favorite Folk Tales” and encourage students to bring in folk tale books from home to share.

I would love any other ideas anyone has to pass along! These activities are not intended to be used in any particular order. The activities include reading, writing, graphing, map skills, measurement, and time. Therefore the two terms are used interchangeably here. A fairy tale is a story (as for children) involving fantastic forces and beings (as fairies, wizards, and goblins). A folktale is usually an anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people.

Folktale examples for 2nd grade