What is a folklore????

Literature and the Child

Eighth Edition

By: Lee Galda, Lawrence Sipe, Lauren Liang, Bernice Cullinan

How to incorporate in the classroom:  I love teaching about folklores to my 1st graders through the ELA domains.  My students love when I read them the different folklores which include: Thumbalina, Tomb Thumb, and The Girl with the Red Slippers.  Students are very engaged when they are reading about follklores. 

Folklores began as stories and poems told across the generations and passed down for centuries.  I learned that folklores help us understand other cultures and how they live. My students love listening to different folklores and comparing them to how people lived back then to how they live now.  This is a great way to introduce a venn diagram.  Students can compare and contrast different folklores. 

Folklores are included in the Common Core for Domain 3.  After reading folklores to students it important to complete a story map with students.  The story map can include the title, author, setting, characters, and solution.  This can be used as a reading comprehension assessment. 

Cullinan, B. (1989). Literature and the child (2nd ed.). San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.