The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (student technology wordle)

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

By Jon Scieszka

Illustrated By Lane Smith

This is the world that my third grade students created. The students came up with words that described the wolf from the book. They had a great time making the list and using the words to create the Wordle. I allowed they to select the colors and layout, which added to their excitement and engagement during the activity.

Shiloh (Realistic Fiction/Chapter Book)

By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

This book is the first of a trilogy that introduces you to a boy and his new friend. Now what he must go through to keep him. Marty has found a puppy Beagle that has been beaten and abused. After returning the puppy, Shiloh, to his original owner, Judd, Shiloh keeps running back to Marty. Judd is a drunk who abuses all of his hunting dogs and kills game out of season. Marty is faced with many ethical and moral decisions. He knows that legally the dog belongs to Judd, but is in love with the dog and can't keep sending him back to be neglected. Marty must decide if he must follow the law or make the moral decision to keep Shiloh and give him a loving and affectionate home. After making a deal with Judd to trade work for Shiloh, Marty must still work so he can provide food and supplies for his new best friend. This book could be used to discuss with students morals, ethics, and legal issues.

Walk Two Moons (Realistic Fiction/Chapter Book)

By: Sharon Creech

This book was about a young teenage girl, Sal, and her adventure to understand her life without her mother. She doesn't see her life the way she planned it and is looking for answers. She goes on a road trip with her grandparents to visit her mom, who suffered a miscarriage after carrying Sal when she broke her leg. Sal tells of many stories on the road as they face many obstacles along the way. While her Gram is in admitted to the hospital for a snake bite, Sal completes the trip to find her mom on her own, driving without a license. This is when the truth is revealed and connections are made to the stories she told on the road. The reader finds out that Sal's mom was killed in a bus wreck a few years earlier on a trip to find her own self. After a police officer confronts Sal about the car and no license, he takes her to her mom's grave site. He then takes her back to the hospital where she finds that her Gram had passed away. At the end of this long trip, Sal is finally able to make peace with living without her mother and move on with her life. This story could be used to discuss how to react when unexpected events happen and you have to readjust to the new result. This book would also be a great way to discuss the saying "don't judge someone until you walk in their shoes". After reading the entire book, students could go back and find passages that show us that Sal's mom is no longer alive. It would be easy after reading the end of the story.

The Three Little Pigs (Fairy Tale)

By: Steven Kellogg

This is not the traditional story of the three little pigs. The three pigs (Percy, Pete, and Prudence) get the family waffle business when their mom decides to retire and move to the Gulf of Pasta. When the mean wolf, Tempesto, wants bacon, ham, and sausage for breakfast the three little pigs need help. When a paper airplane with a message of help flies through the window and lands in her food, she heads home. When she gets there, she helps her three little pigs put the waffle machine in the fireplace. When Tempseto comes down the chimney he burnt by the machine. The meanness is burnt out of him. The Pig family loads him into a cab and sends him to the Gulf of Pasta in Serefinia,s place. They all live happily ever after. I would use this book to compare and contrast different versions of the Three Little Pigs fairy tale. Students could see the similarities between the different versions of The Three Little Pigs.

Morning Girl (Historical Fiction/Chapter Book)

By: Michael Dorris

This book was about a little girl (Morning Girl) and her younger brother (Star Boy) who tell about events of their childhood. They discuss the customs of their people and the way they love and respect the earth. The chapters in the book alternate between Morning Girl and Star Boy. Morning Girl loves the early morning and the ocean. Star Boy loves the dark night and pretends to be trees, animals, and rocks. It seems like a normal time until visitors who speak a different language appear in a boat and Morning Girl tries to befriend them. I would use this historical fiction book as we were talking about world exploration. It shows an account for the native people of the island and their way of life. We see that they had a normal life until people who spoke a different language came to the island they live on. We can’t help but wonder what will happen next. I would use this in the classroom when we were learning about how people's lives can change when something new happens. This could be used when teaching immigration or migration. How do the lives of all parties change? How do they react to the change?