The Three Little Pigs By James Marshall
About Book
Title: The Three Little Pigs
Author & Illustrator: Retold & Illustrated by James Marshall
Genre: Traditional Literature; Fable, Fiction, Folktale
Major Book Awards: No book awards for this specific retell
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Author & Illustrator: Retold & Illustrated by James Marshall
Genre: Traditional Literature; Fable, Fiction, Folktale
Major Book Awards: No book awards for this specific retell
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Appropriate Grade Levels: Pre-k to 2nd grade
Summary
The popular and classic story of The Three Little Pigs, retold by John Marshall is about 3 pigs that goes out on their own and build their own houses. The first pig made a house out of straw, the second pig made its house out of sticks, and the third pig made a house out of bricks. All three pigs has to eventually face a big and hungry wolf. The wolf was able to blow down the first 2 pigs' house and gobbled them up, but was unsuccessful in doing the same thing with the house made out of bricks. It tried and tried but failed over and over again in trying to capture the pig. At the end, the wolf became impatient and decided to enter the house through the chimney, where it then meets its demise in the pot of boiling water set up by the 3rd pig.
Evaluation - Would I Incorporate this in the Classroom?
I really liked reading this book, I can never get tired of reading such a classic story! Although this book was published back in 1984, the illustrations were nice and had a modern feel to it, which is perfect for students today. I would definitely introduce this book in a pre-k to 2nd grade classroom. It would for sure be entertaining for the kids because it involves animals, but at the same time teaches them a life lesson, which in this case is hard work. This would be a good story to read to kids who has never heard of it before. I can also do comprehension activities where the students can create sequencing cards about the story. Cards can be easily used to help students have a visual display of the story for the purposes of being able to summarize or retell the story in their own words, either orally or written. For students to have that kinesthetic learning, we can use the 3 materials the three pigs used to create houses or students can also draw the house materials on paper and shaping it into a house instead.
I really liked reading this book, I can never get tired of reading such a classic story! Although this book was published back in 1984, the illustrations were nice and had a modern feel to it, which is perfect for students today. I would definitely introduce this book in a pre-k to 2nd grade classroom. It would for sure be entertaining for the kids because it involves animals, but at the same time teaches them a life lesson, which in this case is hard work. This would be a good story to read to kids who has never heard of it before. I can also do comprehension activities where the students can create sequencing cards about the story. Cards can be easily used to help students have a visual display of the story for the purposes of being able to summarize or retell the story in their own words, either orally or written. For students to have that kinesthetic learning, we can use the 3 materials the three pigs used to create houses or students can also draw the house materials on paper and shaping it into a house instead.
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