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One After Another!
In this numeral order instructional activity, students study the six pictures of 'The Three Little Pigs' story and the numbers in each one. Students use the numbers to put the pictures in order and glue them on a separate sheet of paper.
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Folktale Unit: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Students examine and discuss different perspectives of the Story of the Three Little Pigs. They write a friendly letter, from the wolf to any other character, using the proper letter format.
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The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth????
After listening to Jon Scieska’s The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, groups discuss whether they think the wolf is telling the truth, whether he deserves punishment, and if so what punishment he deserves. You might use this lesson early...
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Three Little Pigs - Venn Diagram
First graders orally compare and contrast "The Three Little Pigs" with "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" by using a giant Venn diagram drawn by the teacher.
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Construction and the Three Little Pigs
Pupils construct science experiments based on nursery rhymes and student stories, including: Humpty Dumpty, the Three Little Pigs and Charlotte's Web.
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The Three Little Pigs
First graders complete a fairy tales characteristics chart after listening to varoius fairy tales. Individually, they listen to three different versions of "The Three Little Pigs" and complete a separate chart comparing them as well....
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Three Little Pigs Story Comparison
First graders identify the characteristics of a fairy tale and share a fairy tale they are familiar with. They are read a story that is similiar to the "Three Little Pigs" noting the differences between the original and this story. ...
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Build a Sturdy Wall
Students read a version of "The Three Little Pigs" and then work in small groups to design a wall. They use Legos to build the wall and subject their design to a strength test.
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Through the Eyes of the Big Bad Wolf
Imagine how the wolf would tell the tale of Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs. Young writers re-imagine classic tales by adopting the point of view of another character in the story. After reading models like The True Story...
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The Three Little Pigs
Students participate in center activities related to the reading of The Three Little Pigs.
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Three Bears and Three Goats in the Morning Sun
First graders listen to the story Three Bears from the book, Three Tales of Three, focusing on the one-to-one correspondence while counting various items in the story. They create pages for the number 3 for their counting books.
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The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs: Rhyming Words
Readers explore rhyming words. They will use the story The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs to identify rhyming words. Then they will create their own lists of rhyming words. In the end, they will be able to come up with words that rhyme...
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This Little Piggy
In these nursery rhyme worksheets, students color the pictures to go with the story of the Three Little Pigs. Students use the pictures to help them learn the nursery rhyme.
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The Little Red Hen
No one will be saying "Not I" with a lesson that combines The Little Red Hen with the life cycle of a wheat stem! After reading the story in your class, pass out wheat stems to your learners and have them examine the plants closely,...
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Tradebook Activity
Young scholars listen to the story The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and explore a variety of questions related to conflict resolution. For this trade book activity lesson, students listen to the teacher ask a variety of higher...
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Comparing Tales through Performance
Students compare and contrast versions of The Three Little Pigs. In this fairy tale lesson, students read 3 versions of the fairy tale and dramatize them in order to analyze the similarities and differences.
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Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature
Introduce young learners to the subject of economics using their favorite stories and books. Including 24 separate lessons, this guide covers economic principles such as trade, scarcity, consumer goods and services, renewable and...
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Classic Storytelling with a Technology Twist
Students use technology to improve their knowledge of literary terms, math, and technology skills. In this technology storytelling lesson, students learn about character, plot, and setting in various stories by using technology like...
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Whole Language Approach in Solving Word Problems
Young scholars explore the concept of word problems. In this word problems lesson, students read a version of the Three Little Pigs. Young scholars discuss what math vocabulary words such as 'in all' and 'many more' meant in the story.
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Read with Expression
Students practice fluency in their reading. They practice reading smoothly and with more expression. Students read "Three Little Pigs." They read the book silently then choose a group member to read the book out loud. Students read the...
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Loving to Read While Learning to Express!
Pupils practice recognizing words more accurately, rapidly and automatically by assessing five major techniques and strategies: reading faster, reading with expression, reading smoother, reading silently, and reading voluntarily. They...
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Fluency: Connected Text, Express It!
Partners practice reading fluency by reciting sentence strips to each other with proper expression and intonation. Partner A chooses a strip at random and reads it silently, then aloud with expression. Partner B reads the same sentence...
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Things That are Pink
Pretty in pink! Share the color pink and build word recognition skills with your special-needs or autistic students. This resource includes nine different items to recognize, their corresponding words, and five questions which prompt...
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Quirky Pink Pigs
Students study the letters 'p' and 'q' and recognize the difference between them. They practice listening for the /p/ and /kw/ sounds and engaging in activities that deal with the letters 'p' and 'q'. They also have the opportunity to...