Fairy Tales and Tall Tales: Supplemental Guide | Introduction 1This introduction includes the necessary background information to be
used in teaching the Fairy Tales and Tall Tales domain. The Supplemental
Guide for Fairy Tales and Tall Tales contains eight daily lessons, each
of which is composed of two distinct parts. Even-numbered lessons
(with the exception of Lesson 4) contain Supplemental Guide activities,
while odd-numbered lessons feature extension activities related to the
stories read. All lessons may be divided into smaller chunks of time and
presented at different intervals during the day.
Even-Numbered Lessons
Even-numbered lessons contain two parts (60 minutes total), which are
to be covered at different intervals during the day.
Part A (40 minutes) includes:
- Introducing the Read-Aloud
- Presenting the Read-Aloud
- Discussing the Read-Aloud
If necessary, Part A can be divided into two sessions; fifteen minutes
for Introducing the Read-Aloud up to—but not including—Purpose for
Listening and twenty-five minutes for Purpose for Listening, Presenting
the Read-Aloud, and Discussing the Read-Aloud.
Later in the day, Part B (20 minutes) should be covered and includes the
activities unique to the Supplemental Guide:
- Multiple Meaning Word Activity
- Syntactic Awareness Activity
- Vocabulary Instructional Activity
Each activity may take up to five minutes to complete. The Multiple
Meaning Word Activity helps students to determine and clarify the
different meanings of words. The Syntactic Awareness Activity calls
students’ attention to sentence structure, word order, and grammar.
The Vocabulary Instructional Activity focuses on building students’
general academic, or Tier 2, vocabulary. Part B concludes with an interim
assessment opportunity called an End-of-Lesson Check-In; this is a dual
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