Folktales 4th 5th Grade Harmony Day Cultures Around the World Paul Bunyan +

Explore cultures around the world through folktales, theme, main idea, and teach morals with this 4th & 5th Grade CCSS standards-aligned resource. It includes an anchor chart and 3 multicultural folktales. Each folktale has 11 corresponding no-prep worksheets with answer keys! For easy reference, the standards addressed are listed on the bottom of each worksheet.

This resource includes:

→ An Anchor Chart

→ 3 Folktales (Paul Bunyan - American, Anansi the Spider - African/ Caribbean, & The Tale of the Rabbit & the Lion – Seminole )

→ 33 Common Core Standards Aligned Worksheets

→ Bonus Page: compare & contrast in the same genre

→ Answer keys (when applicable)!

→ A list of aligned Common Core Standards

Standards addressed in this resource:

4th Grade Reading Literature:

RL 4.1 Quote Accurately When Explaining & Inferencing

RL 4.2 Determine Theme & Summarize

RL 4.3 Describe: Characters, Settings, & Events

RL 4.4 Meanings of Mythological Words

RL 4.5 Genre & Story Structure

RL 4.6 Point of View

RL 4.9 Compare/Contrast Topics/Events/Themes

4th Grade Reading Informational Text:

RI 4.2 Determine Main Idea, Details, & Summarize

RI 4.3 Explain Events (Sequential & Cause and Effect)

RI 4.4 Determine Meaning of Academic Vocabulary

RI 4.5 Describe Text Structure

RI 4.6 Compare/Contrast Multiple Points of View

RI 4.9 Use Information From Several Texts

5th Grade Reading Literature:

RL 5.1 Quote Accurately When Drawing Inferences

RL 5.2 Determine Theme & Summarize

RL 5.3 Compare/Contrast: Characters, Settings, & Events

RL 5.4 Determine Meaning Using Figurative Language

RL 5.5 Story Structure

RL 5.6 Point of View & Influence

RL 5.9 Compare/Contrast the Same Genre

5th Grade Reading Informational Text:

RI 5.2 Determine Main Idea, Details, & Summarize

RI 5.3 Explain Character/Event Interactions

RI 5.4 Determine Meaning of Academic Vocabulary

RI 5.5 Compare/Contrast Story Structure

RI 5.6 Analyze Multiple Points of View

RI 5.9 Use Information From Several Texts

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