Let me start by saying, I normally teach 5th grade. This year I am teaching 3rd grade. As part of our state's curriculum, I have to teach fairy tales and fables, so I started this last week by reading a different fairy tale each day. On Thursday, I read Puss in Boots. I would have never been able to read this to my 5th graders and say the main character's name 15 different time without hearing snickers and giggles. The 3rd graders were enthralled, without so much as a strange look or a giggle.
On Friday, I read Rapunzel. It talked about how the prince climbed up Rapunzel's hair, they fell in love, and performed their own marriage ceremony. After a few months Rapunzel's dress began getting tight around the middle and her step-mother became angry with her and cut off her hair and threw her out of the tower. One little boy looked at me and said,"I don't get why was her step-mother so angry?" Holy cow! I didn't know that sex-ed was part of Fairy Tales 101.
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