Welcome to Our Fun with Fairy Tales Homeschool Language Arts Course

Getting Started with Our Fun with Fairy Tales Homeschool Language Arts Course

These bite-size Fun with Fairy Tales homeschool language arts lessons teach important concepts, such as identifying parts of a story and figurative language, through the world of fairy tales, making it a perfect introductory unit for younger elementary homeschool students. Almost any stories can be used for most of the homeschool language arts lessons, and links are provided to find many fairy tales online as well.

Overview

•   9 weeks, 4 days a week
•   Includes reading assignments, notebook pages and definition posters, and links to online resources
•   Grades 2nd-4th

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; dictionary; (optional) corresponding resources on SchoolhouseTeachers.com

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan, lesson file, and (optional) resource files. Start with the Day 1 reading assignment. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.

Course Sample for Our Fun with Fairy Tales Homeschool Language Arts Course

Week 1

Objective:

• Define a fairy tale.
• Identify the characteristics of a fairy tale (characters, plot, and setting).

Supplies Needed:

• Dictionary
• Two to three short fairy tales (or one or two that you will reread each day to identify parts)

Optional:

• Notebooking pages
• Definition posters

Day 1:

Using a dictionary, look up the words fairy tale, character, plot, and setting.

Optional:

Print the definition posters and use as a reference.

Use the notebooking pages to define and understand these terms.

Day 2:

Read one or two short fairy tales and identify the characters.

Optional:

Use the notebooking page to create a character description.

Day 3:

Read one or two short fairy tales and identify the setting.

Optional:

Use the notebooking page to illustrate the setting.

Day 4:

Read one or two short fairy tales and identify the plot.

Optional:

Print the plot chart to help identify the parts of the plot.

Use the notebooking pages to explain the plot.

Course Outline for Our Fun with Fairy Tales Homeschool Language Arts Course

Nine Fun with Fairy Tales homeschool language arts lessons are divided into bite-size sections to teach homeschool elementary students about story structure and literary devices.