Tell A TALL Tale

(Grades 4 - 7)

Classroom Materials

Copy of the following books (if needed)

• American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne & Michael Mccurdy
• Johnny Appleseed - by Steven Kellogg
• Pecos Bill – by Steven Kellogg
• Paul Bunyon - by Steven Kellogg
• Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett - by Steven Kellogg
• Slewfoot Sue DVD played by Shelley Duval
• The Teacher in the Patriotic Bathing Suit - By Bil Lepp
• Dear Peter Rabbit by Alma Flor Ada
• Anansi Does the Impossible - Verna Aardema and Lisa Desimini
• The Legend of Slappy Hooper - John Sandford
• Armadillo Recon - Bil Lepp
• Swamp Angel - by Anne Isaacs and Paul O. Zelinsky

More tall tales:

• John Henry by Ezra Jack Keats
• Mike Fink, Paul Bunyan, or Pecos Bill by Steve Kellogg
• John Henry by Jerry Pinkney
• Old Stormalong, John Henry, or Paul Bunyan by deLeeuw
• Read two poems- "Paul Bunyan" and "Pecos Bill" (These will be in a folder.)
• Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox by Gleiter and Thompson
• The Bunyans by Audrey Wood
• Larger than Life (an anthology) by San Souci
• American Tall Tales (an anthology) by Stoutenberg
• Pecos Bill and the Long Lasso by Carmer
• John Chapman by Greene
• Paul Bunyan by Sabin
• The Story of Paul Bunyan by Barbara Emberly
• Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
• Big Men, Big Country (an anthology) by James Bernardin
• From Sea to Shining Sea (an anthology) by Amy Cohn
• Slappy Hooper: The World's Greatest Sign Painter by John Sandford
• Anansi the Spider : A Tale from the Ashanti (An Owlet Book) by Gerald McDermott
• Anansi Does The Impossible! : An Ashanti Tale (Aladdin Picture Books)  by Verna Aardema and Lisa Desimini
• Arrow to the Sun : A Pueblo Indian Tale (Picture Puffin)  by Gerald McDermott    
• Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa by Gerald McDermott
• Anansi the Spider, Apt. 3, Flossie and the Fox, & Goggles! (Unabridged) by Keats, McKissack, Gerald, Ezra, Patricia Jack McDermott
• Armadillo Recon Unit – Bil Lepp

Handouts

• A Mighty Tall Tale PowerPoint presentation
• Elements of a Tall Tale
• Activity Sheet 2 – Summarizing
• Activity sheet 3 – Venn diagram
• Activity Sheet 4 – U.S. map labeled
• Activity sheet 5 – Newsflash Planner
• Activity Sheet 5.2 - Newsflash model
• Activity Sheet 6
• My Favorite Tall Tales PowerPoint model
• Activity Sheet 9 – Visual Organizer
• Tall Tale rubric

• Zip Archive of ALL Handouts

Teacher Materials

• Lined Paper
• Plain White Copy Paper
• Pencils
• Poster Paper/Poster Board
• Butcher paper
• Colored Pencils
• Colored Markers
• Crayons
• 3 Ring Binders
• 3 Section Carboard Storyboard
• Blank Burnable CDs

Technology Needs

• District Online Databases
• United Streaming Online Resource - (subscription based)
• Kidspiration Software®
• Inspiration Software®
• Kidpix Software®
• PowerPoint Software®
• Photostory 3 for Windows®
• Timeliner Software®
• Computers
• LCD Projector