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Literary Elements Fairy Tale Sorting Activity

  • Updated

    Updated:  05 Dec 2024

Explore literary elements with this fairy tale sorting activity in the shape of a castle.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  15 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  K - 2

Curriculum

teaching resource

Literary Elements Fairy Tale Sorting Activity

  • Updated

    Updated:  05 Dec 2024

Explore literary elements with this fairy tale sorting activity in the shape of a castle.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  15 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  K - 2

Explore literary elements with this fairy tale sorting activity in the shape of a castle.

Literary Elements in a Fairy Tale Sorting Activity

If you are exploring literary elements in a Fairy Tale – this castle-themed Fairy Tale sorting activity is exactly what you need for your small group activities. In this literary elements sorting activity, students need to sort different elements from famous Fairy Tales into the following categories:

  • Characters
  • Setting
  • Problem 
  • Solution

The following Fairy Tale stories are used:

  1. Little Red Riding Hood Sort (text only)
  2. Little Red Riding Hood Sort (text and images)
  3. The Three Little Pigs (text only)
  4. The Three Little Pigs (text and images)
  5. The Little Red Hen
  6. Jack and the Beanstalk
  7. Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Differentiated Literary Elements Activity

This literary elements activity includes 7 different sorts, Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs includes two different templates – one with text only, and one that also includes images. This is a great way for you to differentiate this small group activity and provide extra support to those students who may struggle with the reading aspect of this sorting activity. The images provide an extra scaffold to assist these students.

Download and Sort Story Elements Today!

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print PDF version of these sorts, or the editable Google Slides. 

Print on colored paper and laminate for a sorting activity that continues to give, alternatively, students can cut and paste this into their workbooks.


This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter Collaborator.


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