The Three Little Pigs Finger Puppets Play

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Read the The Three Little Pigs on your computer, tablet, or interactive whiteboard.
• Ask the students questions to assess their reading comprehension throughout the reading. Ask questions such as:
  • "Who are the characters in the story?"
  • "Where does the story take place?"
  • "What is the problem in the story?"
• Write the questions on the board as you ask them.
• Allow students to continue the conversation through multiple exchanges with their partners. Have them ask each other the questions again and share their answers. Then, choose volunteers to share their own or their partner's thinking with the whole class.
• Prompt your students to identify patterns found in the story. Encourage them to notice where the pattern in the story is broken (e.g. when the wolf is unable to blow the third pig's house down).

Guided Practice

• Hand out The Three Little Pigs Finger Puppet Show worksheets.
• Have the students color and cut out the finger puppets by themselves.
• After they have finished making the puppets, students will use the puppets to engage in a conversation about the story.
• Let the students work in small groups to reenact the story. Listen that all students are participating and building on one another's comments through mutiple exchanges by playing different characters.

Independent working time

• Ask students to draw and write in their journals about their favorite character in the story. Remind them to include details from the story in their drawing and writing.