Children will get a load of this fractured fairy tale. This will be a good read for children from grades 1st - 3rd. These children can make up a fractured fairy tale of their own. The teacher can come up with a list of fairy tales and children can pick and choose which fairy tale they would like to twist and turn around. Children will have lots of fun with this :)
Another cool teacher idea is to compare and contrast the Cinderella story to that of Bubba the Cowboy prince, the similarities and differences of each story. A Venn Diagram would be helpful.
This tale is funny and cute and I think it will make the children giggle and laugh because of the fairy godcow. (giggle). I hope to the readers out there that you will pick this book out for your children to read or for teachers, you can read this book to your class!
Ketteman, H.,(1997) Bubba the cowboy prince. Scholastic Press. Singapore.
I love this book! Dr. Higden read it to us last semester! The activity she did, which any teacher could do with their students is show the book cover and ask them to draw out a prediction of what they think the book will be about. Then read a little, find a good stopping point, and ask the students to predict what happens next and so on and so forth. I loved it and I am 24, so I know the kids will love it!
ReplyDeleteAnother activity you can do with the students is let them act out the this version of the book and also the regular version of the book. They can then do a compare and contrast chart on each story and with that chart they can make posters around the room about each book and their genre, plot, etc.