Princess and the Pea Fairy Tale Bilingual Reading

Princess and the Pea fairy tale bilingual reading is a wonderful story of a princess in an enchanted land. Besides reading this English and Spanish story, you can also engage bilingual students in various writing and reading activities. 

Princess and the Pea Fairy Tale Bilingual Reading

In this classic tale, your bilingual readers learn about sequence of events. On each page, there’s a parallel version of the story in English and Spanish.

Reading the story also motivates bilingual students to interact with the text. In this way, they become more active readers. Use these tips to encourage readers to learn from a fairy tale:

• Read aloud the story step-by-step. 
• Point to the pictures as you’re reading. 
• Develop teacher-directed questions by using the images. 
• Use posters or anchor charts to display transitions or images. 
• Add pocket charts with specific vocabulary like elements of a story or fairy tale. 
• Use videos of the read aloud story. 
• Incorporate puppets, characters, or other dramatic story elements. 

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Fairy Tale Writing Using Sequencing

After reading the Princess and the Pea fairy tale bilingual story, use the sequencing worksheet to develop more ideas. In this case, you can discuss how the story unfolds using the cut-outs or matching images.

When encouraging bilingual readers to write, you can motivate them by introducing a few techniques. For instance, you can begin by using prompts or interactive games.

The best engagement you can use is the pictures from the story. Since they’re already familiar with the story, point out to the sequence.

Use transition words such as first, next, later, after, and last to indicate as the bilingual story reads. As they become more familiar with the bilingual story, then add writing prompts to summary the story.

Or, you can use beginning sentences to encourage them with ideas. The Princess and the Pea fairy tale bilingual reading is one many fun stories to read and begin to develop writing skills. 

Summary

The Princess and the Pea fairy tale bilingual reading is a classic tale that you can use to encourage readers with learning elements of a story. Along side reading a fun story, you can use this structure of a story to develop writing skills too.

Sometimes writing may not come easy for most bilingual readers. Consequently, use writing prompts, interactive reading, or matching games to develop writing skills. 

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