I have many folktales that I enjoy. As a child I love The Three Billy Goats Gruff and as a preschool teacher it became one of my favorite books to read to students. My dad use to read us folktales from a book called Gormless Tom and other Tales From the British Ises. They had no illustrations, but that never bother me because of the way my dad would read them. He lived in Canada and taught on an Indian reservation for a while so he would also tell us Inuit folklore he had picked up there. Fractured Folktales have also been some of my favorites. I remember discovering The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs in 4th grade and loving it.
For my thematic unit I am focusing on Native Americans during the westward expansion. So I am looking at a few options for Native American folktales. I like the book The Story Telling Stone because it is a collection of Native American folktales that I could choose from. The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush is also one I would like to use. The Mud Pony is another great Native American folktale that I would use.
I LOVE The Three Billy Goats Gruff! The school I work at did that as one of the plays and it was adorable!
ReplyDeleteGreta, your Thematic Unit sounds great! Love the Westward expansion idea.
- Cadi
Greta,
ReplyDeleteI worked as a summer school special education aide for several summers in the Rice Lake School District. One year I worked with a little guy who has Down's Syndrome. In one of his classes they were doing the play, "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." When it was his turn to be the troll, he laid down on the floor and hid behind the bridge. He made me go with him and say all his lines for him. But at the very end when the troll says, "Then I'm going to eat you up!" he made one really loud crunching sound. The whole class burst out laughing and I was so proud:)
I have a great memory of this piece and think it's a GREAT choice! Thanks for sharing!
I like your topic and it is so related to our country. You can find a lot of great books to go along with this topic. Love the Three Billy Goats Gruff!! One of my all time favorites!!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush!" Great illustrations. This is one that I remember from elementary school so it's obviously a memorable story. When reading to my kids, I like to read books that are meaningful to me from my own experiences. I think it's a good sign that it could someday be meaningful for someone else:)
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