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    Fairy Tales – Masks, Scripts, Writing and Phonics

     Fairy Tales are well proven vehicle for Readers’ Theater, but the engagement and learning increases significantly when you also incorporate masks and interactive play.

    Here’s how we explore fairy tales in my class.

    Working with fairy tales for literacy using readers theater and masks

    Character Masks


    Creating masks is a fun way to incorporate art into your literacy activities. They are so fun, and sometimes I almost can’t recognise the students underneath!

    Fairy Tale Masks

    I love that there’s lots of laughing when the kids walk around with these on!

     Fairy Tale printable masks and readers theater, along with no prep printables for lots of different tales

    Letter Writing

    Letter writing to the fairy tale characters is also a big favorite every year. My students seemed compelled to give the Wolf some ”friendly” advice about life skills and attitude, as you can see in the following letters…
                         Writing letters to fairy tale characters is one of our favorite activities! It's a great way to integrate writing and character development! Read about how we explore fairy tales and literacy with letters, masks, readers theater and more.

    Partner Plays

    Partner plays and small group reader’s theatre can be as complex or as simple as you like. Sometimes we practice and present to other small groups all at once, and other times we present the plays in front of the class, or even other classes! Regardless, it’s a meaningful way to practice reading aloud and fluency. Some years my students even wrote their own scripts!

    Readers Theater presentation

    S.T.E.M. Integration

    Fairy Tale reader’s theatre is a big part of our S.T.E.M. explorations. We begin our STEM lessons by reading fairy tale partner plays. The plays we use end with a STEM challenge, so students are prompted to help the fairy tale characters by inventing and building with purpose.

    Fairy Tale STEM challenge

    In the pictures below, you can see students building and writing as part of the STEM challenges for Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Little Pigs, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, and the Gingerbread Man.

    Fairy Tale STEM projects begin with partner plays

    Fairy Tales Resources

    You can see ALL available STEM challenges exploring fairy tales by clicking HERE

    STEM challenges for 8 fairy tales with workbooks and partner plays

    To get an idea of the fun activities packed into the STEM bundle, you can take a look at this free STEM flip book for use with any version of Little Red Riding Hood. Just click the blue button below!

    Growth Mindset Flip Books for Little Red Riding Hood

    You can see ALL fairy tale sets including printable masks and literacy prompts by clicking HERE.

    Fairy Tales reader's theater using masks and puppets with literacy writing prompts

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    Fairy Tales are my favorite vehicle for teaching literacy! We made these cute little stand up figures to use with our partner plays and letters to characters - so fun!

    Fairy Tales are the perfect way to explore literacy in the classroom. Reader's Theater with masks, letters to characters, and exploring setting and plot - the possibilities are endless!

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