Title: Which Pig is Right?
Grade Level: 4
Subjects: Language Arts, Technology
Learner Outcomes:
Materials: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, The Three Little Pigs retold by Steven Kellogg, The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Helen Oxenbury, Easter grass (plastic or paper shreds), popsicle sticks, Lego building blocks, hairdryer, Venn diagram, drawing paper, crayons or markers, 3 large sheets of bulletin board papers cut into circles, overhead projector, computer, projection device, Microsoft PowerPoint
Technology Tools: Computer, projection device, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word
Teacher Notes:
There are many versions of The Three Little Pigs. You may choose the one that fits your needs.
Procedures:
Enrichment Activities:
State Standards:
Language Arts: 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.9, 4.1.12, 4.2.3, 4.2.8, 4.2.9, 4.2.10, 4.3.1, 4.3.2
Technology: 4.2.2, 4.3.3, 4.4.1
National Standards:
Reading
5. Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process
6. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts
Listening and Speaking
8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
Viewing
9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
Technology Standards
1. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems
2. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs
3. Understands the relationships among science, technology, society, and the individual
References: Venn Diagrams
Amy Loftis
J.E. Robins Elementary
Grade Level: 4
Subjects: Language Arts, Technology
Learner Outcomes:
- The students will read three versions of The Three Little Pigs and compare and contrast the story elements of each by using story pies.
- The students will create a floor plan for a home and present their blue prints to the class.
- The students will construct houses for the three pigs using various materials and testing the strength of each structure.
- The students
will work cooperatively to create story pies showing story sequence for
each version of The Three Little Pigs .
Materials: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, The Three Little Pigs retold by Steven Kellogg, The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Helen Oxenbury, Easter grass (plastic or paper shreds), popsicle sticks, Lego building blocks, hairdryer, Venn diagram, drawing paper, crayons or markers, 3 large sheets of bulletin board papers cut into circles, overhead projector, computer, projection device, Microsoft PowerPoint
Technology Tools: Computer, projection device, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word
Teacher Notes:
There are many versions of The Three Little Pigs. You may choose the one that fits your needs.
Procedures:
- Introduce
the stories by projecting the book covers on the PowerPoint slides on
the screen. Ask students to notice the differences in the titles and front
covers. (All Three Book Covers: The Three Little Pigs, The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs)
- Read aloud The Three Little Pigs retold by Steven Kellogg. Show book cover on projector while reading.
- The
student will design a floor plan, on drawing paper, of a house for one
of the three pigs . Use the blueprint planning sheet printout first.
Discuss the rooms you might find in a house and any special features
that the pigs may need (example: a video game room or a hot tub). Brainstorm,
on Microsoft Word
projected on the screen, a list of materials that could be used to build
a house.
- Each student will fill out a planning sheet about the house they would build. Give each student a piece of drawing paper and label each room and describe what kind of materials will be used. You could show an example on the overhead projector.
- Read aloud The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Helen Oxenbury. Show book cover on projector while reading.
- Tell students that they will be using materials to build houses for the three little pigs. Divide students into cooperative groups to work on building houses using Easter grass, popsicle sticks, and Lego blocks.
- Using
the above materials students will work together to construct houses. They
will test the durability of each house with the huffing and puffing of
a hairdryer. They will record what they observed on the observation sheet.
- Read aloud The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. Show the book cover on the projection screen while reading.
- Discuss the similarities and differences of the story using a Venn diagram (To create your own Venn diagram, see References)
Divide students into groups. Each group will use a different version of The Three Little Pigs. Using the large sheets of bulletin board paper, cut out large circles. Divide the circles into slices of "pie", number them and cut them apart. There should be 8 slices. Write down the 8 most important parts and put them in order from beginning to end. Write the event on each slice of the circle. Draw a picture of the event. Arrange the circle together on the wall in the correct sequence.Modifications: Students can work together in small groups.
Enrichment Activities:
Students can create a graph on Microsoft Word using the results of the blueprints and house building.
Students can create a PowerPoint of the sequence of each story.
State Standards:
Language Arts: 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.9, 4.1.12, 4.2.3, 4.2.8, 4.2.9, 4.2.10, 4.3.1, 4.3.2
Technology: 4.2.2, 4.3.3, 4.4.1
National Standards:
Reading
5. Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process
6. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts
Listening and Speaking
8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
Viewing
9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
Technology Standards
1. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems
2. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs
3. Understands the relationships among science, technology, society, and the individual
References: Venn Diagrams
Amy Loftis
J.E. Robins Elementary
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