Thursday, April 20, 2017

The Three Pigs


Author: David Wiesner

Illustrator: David Wiesner

Genre: Traditional Literature

Annotation
Three pigs collect materials and build houses. One is made of straw, the other is made of sticks, and the third pig made his out of bricks. The big bad wolf huffs and puffs and tries to blow the houses down.


ELA Content Standards
Key Ideas and Details- Grade 3
3.) Describe characters in a story (eg., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

How it Connects: Students can discuss the traits of the three pigs and the wolf. They can also talk about the pigs motivation while building their houses and the wolfs motivation for wanting to blow them down.

Craft and Structure- Grade 1
4.) Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feeling or appeal to the senses.

How it Connects: Students can pick out the words and phrases in the story that show how the pigs feel while building the houses, and how they feel when the wold blows it down.

Tier 3 Vocabulary
materials, build, tough

Classroom Usage
Independent Reading: Students can read the story silently to themselves. After they are finished they can design their own houses out of whatever materials they want to use.

Differentiation
This story would be good for ELL because it opens up the readers imagination while helping them work on their reading skills.

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