Project

FOLKTALES PROJECT


In Language Arts, we have been exploring folktales and fables. We’ve been reading lots of these short stories together and discussing the lesson we can learn from them. We are comparing and contrasting different stories from around the world and working with summarizing. We’ve been focusing on a book called Zen Shorts, a picture book about a wise Panda named Stillwater. Here’s a quick overview of he project.

QUESTION-The ideas were exploring and pondering

What are folktales?
Why did people tell folktales?
What are morals?
What can we learn from these stories?

OUTCOMES- Things we have to prove by the end of the project.

We can compare and contrast stories from around the world.
We can recall stories with a beginning, middle and end.
We can write clear and descriptive sentences.


PRODUCTS-The work we’ll have when were finished

Letters to characters
Diorama
Fable Paragraph
Story Summaries


Written by: Patrick

THINGS WE NEED

Thanks for all the help in bring in all our supplies. We’ve got enough color pencil, markers, pencils and paper to last for a long time.

There are a few things we need all the time. When we say all the time consider this list like water. If we have it we’ll use it.

Glue sticks
Tape of all kinds
Recyclables-paper towel rolls, containers, water bottles, cardboard boxes, corks.
Blocks
Legos
Craft supplies-tissue paper, poster paints, beads, buttons, foam, feathers, felt, clothes ect.