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Review the classic American tall tales with this character map! Use your knowledge of setting in a story to show where each of these tall tales originated.

Who is your favorite larger-than-life character? Help your young reader understand story structure with this tall tales activity.

It's storytelling time! Bring the magic of tall tales closer to home by creating a tall tale based on someone your child knows and admires.

Exaggeration in storytelling is no big secret. Help your child write a story about himself with this exercise in telling tall tales.

Color in Casey Jones, a brave engineer from Tennessee with a tall tale to tell.

Get to know some of the most famous larger-than-life characters from our traditional oral folklore with this tall tales worksheet!

Think back to your favorite tall tale characters and talk with your little reader about the different traits that made them hyperbolic legends.

Meet the legendary John Henry, a famous character from a classic tall tale! Learn the difference between fact and fiction with this fun reading sheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

This colorful worksheet will help your child practice writing numbers, using a ruler, measuring and even counting.

Your child will practice measuring and writing numbers, fine motor skills, counting and identifying objects.

Your child will practice measuring and writing numbers, counting and identifying money by coins on this worksheet for preschool math.

Can your child tell fact from fiction? Boost reading comprehension with this story sheet featuring a famous tall tale character: Paul Bunyan!

Some say Pecos Bill was tall enough to ride a tornado, others say he could reach the stars. What do you think he looks like?

Is a giraffe more likely to be 15 feet tall or 25 inches tall? You probably don't need to get out your ruler to get to the correct answer. Assess student understanding of inches, centimeters, feet, and meters with this estimation check-in.

Is the tale of Johnny Appleseed fact or fiction? Perhaps it's a bit of both! Introduce your child to a famous figure from a classic tall tale.

This measurement worksheet will let your child learn to measure objects, practice counting, identifying colors and recalling objects.

This colorful printout lets your child practice measuring, counting, and even identify colors and objects, boosting his math and thinking skills.

What if Paul Bunyan stepped into the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story? Make writing practice creative and fun for your child with a coloring page story starter.

How tall are the picnic tables at Parker City Park? This worksheet requires your students to use their measuring skills.

What's going on here? The knight is being attacked by a fire-breathing horse! Get out those crayons and give some color to this wacky scene.

Which is taller? Introduce kids to concepts of height and measurement with this beginner's worksheet!

Encourage your second grader to help Geraldine keep track of how tall her sunflower grows with this fun addition worksheet.

Is the opposite of something tall something small, giant, or big?

The mighty quetzalcoatlus cast a large shadow on the ground as it flew overhead. The giant glider could stand as tall as a giraffe!

Cheetahs are fast, but not too fast to be colored on this cheetah coloring page! A pair of tall wildebeests look on with interest.

Do you know how long your scissors are or how tall your glue bottle is? Give it your best guess in this measurement worksheet!

John Henry has been a character used in American stories, folk tales and folk songs for many, many years. Color him in!

Big chair, small chair, long chair, tall chair! Ask your students to measure and record yard height of the different types of chairs.