Three Little Pigs: 5 W's Reading Comprehension

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Create a 5 W's story map for the class to see, using the whiteboard, a projector, or an interactive whiteboard.
• Read the Story of the Frog Prince to your class.
• Tell your class that it is helpful to ask questions after reading a text to gather more information about the story and clear up any confusion about the sequence of events or details in the story.
• Ask your class 5 W questions about the story. For example, "Who is in this story? Where does it take place?"
• As the students answer the questions, fill in your 5 W's chart.

Guided Practice

• Read the story The Three Little Pigs to the class.
• As you read, pause periodically to ask questions that will help you gauge student understanding of the story and clear up any confusion. Some great examples include, "What did the first pig build? What happened to the pigs’ homes? Who wanted to blow down the pigs' homes?"
• After asking a few questions, tell students to turn and talk to a partner to ask their partner a question about the story. Note: you should be close to the end of the book by the time students ask questions to give them time to see your modeled questions.
• Choose volunteers to share their questions with the class.

Independent working time

• Pass out a copy of the Three Little Pigs Story Map to each student.
• Explain to the class that they will be answering the 5 W's about the story that you just read. For each box, they should draw a picture illustrating the who, what, where, when, and why of The Three Little Pigs.
• When they complete their drawings, tell students to share the questions they had about the story in pairs.