What are Fairy Tales?  According to Merriam-Webster, a fairy tale is “a story (as for children) involving fantastic forces and beings (as fairies, wizards, and goblins) – called also fairy story”.  

Spark your thinking!

1. Set up your language arts mini spark recording page: #28: Fairy Tales

2. Have you seen Beauty and the Beast? Watch this short clip from the animated movie.

3. The original Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins. Read this article about this fairy tale. On your recording sheet record anything that is new to you, interesting, or sounds important.

4. Please visit this Wonderopolis entry: How Old are Fairy Tales?  Read the article, and take the wonderword challenge. Record your score on your recording page.

5. Go to this website and choose 2 more fairy tales to read. Record the title and a summary of the story on your recording page.

6. Share your language arts mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.