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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.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this worksheet.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Traits in Fairy Tales.

This social emotional worksheet helps students develop an understanding of the word "integrity." Students will reflect on what it means to be honest with ourselves and with others by keeping promises and making healthy choices.

Let your kid's knowledge of leaf vocabulary climb as high as a tall, tall tree with this fun word search.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Traits in Fairy Tales

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

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.

How tall do you think your friends or classmates are? Practice making predictions with this graphing exercise.

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.

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

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.

How tall is this giraffe? Pick up a ruler and help your child measure Geoffry the Giraffe in inches. They'll even get a little intro to fractions.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to reflect and re-imagine story endings with characters from their favorite tales.

Read Vasilisa the Brave, one of Russia's most famous folk tales, with your child this Halloween, then help her answer the comprehension questions at the end.