Vocabulary
Does someone comfort you when they are hurting you?
No, someone comforts you to help you feel better.
I spin straw into gold.
Rumpelstiltskin
A princess falls into a deep sleep for a hundred years in this fairy tale.
Sleeping Beauty
Are fairy tales fiction or nonfiction?
Fairy tales are fiction.
True or False? Many fairy tales have magical and/or royal characters.
True.
Does having wisdom mean you make good choices and do what is right?
Yes.
I was angry at my son for trading our cow, Milky White, for beans.
Jack's mom
A boy and a girl are lost in the forest in this fairy tale.
Hansel and Gretel
What is the "when" part of the setting in most fairy tales?
"Once upon a time"
True or False? Fantasy events can happen in real life.
False.
Answers vary. (Food, drink, cup, plate, bowl, silverware, etc.)
I help my brother escape the witch's house by pushing the witch into an oven.
Gretel
A queen must guess the name of a man in this fairy tale.
Rumpelstiltskin
Fairy tales end in "happily ever after." What does that mean?
"Happily ever after" means that everything turned out OK. The problems were solved, and it was a happy ending.
True or False? The solution is when things go wrong.
False. A solution is the way a problem is fixed.
What does it mean if something is precious to you?
It is important or valuable.
I asked a frog to retrieve my ball from the well.
The princess in The Frog Prince.
In this fairy tale, a prince and a girl find each other and get married after wandering alone for many years.
Rapunzel
When there is a problem, what does that mean?
A problem is when things go wrong for the characters.
True or False? Stuffed animals that can talk are considered enchanted.
True.
I fell from a tall tower into a thorn bush and became blind.
This fairy tale ends happily when a princess becomes friends with someone who has been under a witch’s spell.
The Frog Prince
Tell something that is special about fairy tales.
Answers will vary. May include -- "once upon a time," "happily ever after," enchantments, fantasy events, etc.
True or False? All fairy tales have talking animals as characters.
False.