- samples of straw, twigs, brick
- The Three Little Pigs (book)
- brick
- build
- folktale
- material
- straw
- stick
MA Standards:
Literature:RL.PK.MA.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud.
English Language Arts/Reading for Informational Text/RI.P.MA.3 With prompting and support, represent or act out concepts learned from hearing an informational text read aloud (e.g., make a skyscraper out of blocks after listening to a book about cities or, following a read-aloud on animals, show how an elephant’s gait differs from a bunny’s hop).
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 6 Listen to a wide variety of age appropriate literature read aloud.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 10 Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book.
Read Together: The Three Little Pigs #1
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STEM Key Concepts: Different materials are useful for making different structures and different parts of structures
ELA Focus Skills: Book Appreciation, Genre, Sequencing, Story Comprehension, Vocabulary
Read aloud The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone or retell the story as you remember it from your childhood. Tell children that The Three Little Pigs is a folktale—a story that has been told for many, many years.
Explain that in this story, each pig builds a house using a different material. Hold up a handful of straw, twigs, and bricks as you name each one. Ask, What material do you think is the best one to use to build a house? Why do you think that?
Now set a reading focus for children by asking them to listen to find out if they accurately predicted which material is the best one for building a house.