Third Grade: Folk Tales




Date/Unit of Study Reading & Writing Strategies & Skills

Fables, Folktales
Fairy Tales


Ogres, Kings, Queens,
Once upon a time,
Long Ago
Teach a lesson
Happily ever after
Royalty, Moral
Evil, Magic, Legends
Goodness triumphs over evil
3 and/or 7
Reality & Fantasy

Folk Tales

Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book In this Mexican folktale, Grandma Beetle tricks Senor Galavera. Read-aloud for elements of a trickster tale.
This for That This Tonga tale involves a crafty rabbit and ending with a moral concerning right from wrong. This lends itself to a read-aloud.

Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest

Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon

Read-aloud with background information in author's note.
Anansi Does The Impossible Read-aloud trickster tale.