Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Use The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs takes the classic tale of the Big Bad Wolf and turns it on its head. In this version, the wolf tells the story from his perspective as a wrongfully punished criminal. Students will thoroughly enjoy comparing and contrasting this new take on a familiar tale while also practicing retelling and summarizing, making inferences, and asking questions at a more sophisticated level.

Explore lesson plans and activities to help you teach with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs in the drop down below.

Asking Questions with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Asking Questions with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

This story offers a unique opportunity for students to experience a very familiar tale from a very different perspective. This will naturally prompt readers to ask questions they've never asked before about the characters, setting and plot.
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Determining Importance with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Determining Importance with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is a smart choice for readers who are becoming more sophisticated at determining importance while reading. Readers will need to recognize how the text structure and character descriptions in this version tell us something new and important about this classic story.
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Making Connections with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Making Connections with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

In this lesson plan, readers will be encouraged to stop throughout the book to make text-to-text connections between this version of the story and the traditional version of the Three Little Pigs.
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Making Inferences with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Making Inferences with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

This is an ideal book for readers who are working to make inferences while reading. Students will apply what they already know about the characters from the original story along with recent new developments from this book to infer reasons for the emotions and actions of each character.
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Retelling & Summarizing with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Retelling & Summarizing with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

This book and lesson plan are a smart choice for practicing retelling and summarizing with advanced readers. At this stage, students will be quite familiar with the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. This lesson plan will challenge readers to think about the ways this version of the story compares to the original so they can accurately summarize the purpose of this story.
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Compound Words with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Compound Words with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka as a springboard for instruction focused on compound words.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how compound words are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with words.

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Vocabulary Connections with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Vocabulary Connections with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

This set of vocabulary development resources for The True Story of the Three Little Pigs highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

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Comprehension Assessment with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Comprehension Assessment with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.
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Running Record with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Running Record with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Cause and Effect Matching with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Cause and Effect Matching with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.
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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.
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Retelling and Summarizing with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Retelling and Summarizing with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Asking Questions with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Spanish)

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Determining Importance with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Spanish)

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Making Connections with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Spanish)

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Retelling and Summarizing with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Spanish)

  • Student Practice Page and Answer Key
  • Reader's Notebook Prompt
  • Graphic Organizer

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Title: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Author: Jon Scieszka
Genre: Fairy Tale
Themes: Laugh Out Loud
ISBN: 9780140540567
Publisher's Summary:
You may think you know the story of The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf - but only one person knows the real story. And that person is A. Wolf. His tale starts with a birthday cake for his dear old granny, a bad head cold and a bad reputation. The rest (as they say) is history.
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