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Magic is in the Air   This is a literature unit based on second grade students understanding the concept of different fairy tales in different cultures. In this unit second graders will be reading a variety of fairy tales and readers theaters. They will be working with each fairy tale in a different way, trying to understand how they are alike and how they are different. The final product will be for each student to create their own fairy tale (some being modified and working in a small group while the other higher thinkers will develop their own.)  **Grade Level or Subject**: Second Grade/ Literature/Social Studies   **Curriculum Framing Questions**: Why are folktales important to our culture? Why are the folktales different and how are they similar in the US than in other countries? How are they created and continued to be told today? What are the elements of a fairytale? What is point of view?
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 * **Essential:** How do stories form our perspective of life?
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