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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Eugene Triviza's children's picture book, The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, is provided on these pages. Fifteen character roles are needed in this activity.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Story of the Three Little Pigs by Mc Loughlin Bros.

For Students K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Story of the Three Little Pigs by McLoughlin Bros. (1892), an illustrated story of "Three Little Pigs" fairy tale.
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eBook
Children's Books Online

Children's Books Online: Three Little Pigs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"Three Little Pigs", published circa 1931 by McLoughlin Brothers, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 11 page book is appropriate for pre-readers.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Character Expression Using the Three Little Pigs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will use the character lineup strategy in collaborative groups to retell the story of the Three Little Pigs. Each group will be assigned a different character or emotion and then compare the differences between each group....
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Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: The Three Little Pigs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are asked to use the engineering design process to construct a house for the third pig in The Three Little Pigs story that can withstand the huffing and puffing of the wolf.
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eBook
Children's Books Online

Children's Books Online: The Three Little Pigs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"The Three Little Pigs", published in 1918 by M. A. Donohue & Company , has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 27 page book is appropriate for pre-readers.
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Paired Text Questions: "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs"

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Compare and Contrast two versions of "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs". Lesson plan and student questions are included.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Three Little Pigs by Raphael Tuck & Sons

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Three Little Pigs by Raphael Tuck & Sons (1890) a picture book of the titled fairy tale.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Costs and Benefits of 'The Three Little Pigs'

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Find out what the definition of a cost and a benefit is in terms of the economy when using this site. "When making a decision, students should consider the costs and the benefits of that decision."
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Fourth Little Pig [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Teresa Celsi's young adult book, The Fourth Little Pig, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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eBook
Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A video of the book "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig", written by Eugene Trivizas, and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic)...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting Two Stories Using a Double Bubble Map

For Teachers 1st Standards
In this lesson, 1st graders will look at two texts with the "The Three Little Pigs" story. Students will compare the approach that each of the authors takes.
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eBook
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read these beloved classic stories with their original illustrations. 23 books for children, including The Three Little Pigs and Denslow's Humpty Dumpty. 6 novels for teens, including Poe's The Raven and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. All...
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eBook
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read these beloved classic stories with their original illustrations. 23 books for children, including The Three Little Pigs and Denslow's Humpty Dumpty. 6 novels for teens, including Poe's The Raven and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. All...
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Resources and the Environment: Humans Design Their Homes

For Teachers K - 1st
After hearing and discussing the story of The Three Little Pigs, students work in groups to construct houses using craft sticks. They then decide how well their house would serve as a living space and in what climatic conditions it would...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Library of Congress: read.gov: The Story of the Three Little Pigs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Book cover of the children's book The Story of the Three Little Pigs.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering for the 3 Little Pigs

For Students 3rd - 5th
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate the importance of rocks, soils and minerals in engineering and how using the right material for the right job is important. The students build three different sand castles and test them for...
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Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 2, Issue 2: Fractured Fairy Tales [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This magazine article explains the difference between the older fairy tales like the Three Little Pigs and how that fairy tale would be changed to teach a different lesson today.
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Professional Doc
Other

L in C Online: Three Little Pigs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An energy transfer project for junior high school students is presented and described. Takes the form of a teacher lesson plan. Students may be able to extract some ideas for a project or experiment.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Camp Paws and Claws & Farm Animals

For Teachers K
Students will visit centers about farm animals. The tradebooks Mrs. Wishy Washy, The Little Red Hen, The Three Little Pigs, and Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type will be featured at the centers. Students will record their observations in...
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Website
Sacred Text Archive

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated collection of fairy tales that includes Jack and the Beanstalk, Henny-Penny, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears, this also includes a very helpful Notes section that advanced readers will want to check out. While some of...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Deeper Reading Response a Template for Teachers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach students to express and perform responses to reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Heart: Fairy Tale Lessons & Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Geared toward grades K-3--offers objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions and evaluations. Online lesson plans for introducing and teaching basic literary criticism skills.