Students in grades 2/3 at Jepson participated in a genre-study unit about Fairy Tales. Students read a variety of Fairy Tales, shared observations and identified common characteristics and drew conclusions about what makes a story a Fairy Tale. Students searched for identified text features in other Fairy Tales as well as compared and contrasted different versions of the stories.

Students worked to identify common features and themes among the fairy tales as well as recurrent character traits. 2/3 were asked to apply their study and learning to write a fairy tale of their own with a group of classmates. After writing the fairy tale, they were asked to turn it into a script and perform it as a play.