Bring fairy tales and comprehension together with Princess Hyacinth by Florence Parry Heide. This engaging Rooted in Reading unit helps students learn the key characteristics of fairy tales while identifying the problem and solution and summarizing the story.

Through interactive lessons and meaningful discussions, students will strengthen comprehension skills while building vocabulary and grammar knowledge.

Skills Covered

Reading Comprehension

• Characteristics of a Fairy Tale
• Problem and Solution
• Writing a Summary

Vocabulary

• unusal 
• dreadful
• impossible
• firmly
• bobbed
• notify

Grammar

• Contractions

This week-long resource includes 5 days of comprehensive lesson plans featuring comprehension instruction, vocabulary activities, mentor sentence lessons, assessments, anchor charts, and an original nonfiction reader titled Medieval Moments. Students will respond to text through writing, discussion, and engaging hands-on activities designed to deepen understanding.