A guide for using our resources

Children will identify the features of a fairy tale.

Vocabulary: personajes

Literacy Focus: genre

  1. Watch a Video:

    ¿Qué es un cuento de hadas?

     

  2. Read the Issue:

    Érase una vez

     

  3. Review Vocabulary Words:

    personajes

     

  4. Play a Game:

    Juego de memoria de los cuentos

    Skill: memory, matching

     

  5. Complete Skill Sheets

    Demuestra lo que sabes

    Skill: comprehension

     

    Mi libro favorito

    Skill: writing and drawing

     

    Feroz comienza con F

    Skill: alphabet knowledge

     

  6. Lesson Boosters

  • Paired Text: 365 cuentos clásicos

     

  • Shared Writing:

    ¡Un revoltijo de cuentos!

     

  • Scavenger Hunt: Pages 2-3

     

  • Hands-on Activity:

    Haz una varita mágica

     

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.K.1 key details, RI.K.4 vocabulary, RI.K.5 text features, RF.K.3.A letters and sounds, W.K.8 writing

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

Paired Text: 365 cuentos clásicos

  • This collection of fairy tales will keep your students enchanted with many of the stories featured in the issue.

Shared Writing: ¡Un revoltijo de cuentos!

  • Write a mash-up fairy tale as a class. Make a list of kids’ favorite fairy tale characters that you want to include. Then write what happens when they meet up!
  • As you write your story, invite kids to come up and write words they know.

Scavenger Hunt: Pages 2-3

  • Use pages 2-3 of the issue to do this scavenger hunt as a group.

1. Encuentra el titular. Subráyalo.

2. Encuentra la imagen con la rana que habla. Márcala con un ✔.

3. En el recuadro azul, encuentra la palabra que significa las personas en el cuento. Rodéala.

4. Mira la barra al final de la revista. ¡Encuentra el guisante en la cama de la princesa!

Hands-on Activity: Haz una varita mágica

Skill: art, writing

Materials: Haz una varita mágica skill sheet; markers and crayons; glue; straws, dowels, or chopsticks; decorations such as glitter, sequins, and curly ribbons (optional)

  • Give each child a copy of the skill sheet. Have children complete the sentence "Mi varita mágica puede: ______" on the back side of the star with anything they like, for example: limpiar mi cuarto, pasear al perro, or convertir el brócoli en dulce. 
  • Next have kids cut out both stars and decorate them with markers and crayons. They can also add sparkly decorations like glitter and sequins. If you like, you can also have children paint the handle of the wand (a drinking straw, wooden dowel, or chopstick).
  • When everything is dry, have kids glue the front and back sides of the star together, sticking the handle in the middle. You can also tie a thin, curly ribbon around the handle just beneath the star. Invite kids to use their wands for fairy tale-themed dramatic play.