Reading Tall Tales: Pecos Bill

Leap into the wild tale of Pecos Bill in this unbelievable two-page passage! Students will read about how Pecos Bill was lost during a family move and raised in the wilderness by coyotes. They’ll learn about Pecos Bill’s encounter with a cowboy, which reminded him that he was human and convinced him to become a cowboy himself.

This version of the classic tall tale is geared toward third and fourth graders working on their reading fluency and comprehension. Students can enjoy the strange, exciting adventures of Pecos Bill while also building vital reading skills such as following a sequence of events and using context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Discover more fascinating folktales in Read and Understand Folktales: Two Goats on a Bridge and Read and Understand Folktales: An Ant's Voice.