Three Little Pigs - Day 3

Reading Core Standard  Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 9
Preparation
Materials
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Three Little Pigs
Teaching
1. Show your child the book Three Little Pigs. Ask, "Is the wolf a good guy or bad guy?"
2. Show your child the book The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and say, "The wolf wrote his own story about what happened. This is what the wolf said."
3. Read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.
4. Ask, "Does this story make the wolf seem nicer? What do you think of the wolf in this story? Did he still eat the pigs?  What happened to him at the end of the three pigs? What happened to him at the end of this story? Who do you believe?  Do you believe the wolf's story about getting sugar, or do you think he wanted to just eat the pigs? Is the wolf a good guy or bad guy?"


Phonics Core Standard Phonological Awareness 2.c.,d.,e
Preparation
Make a small flip book with 27 sheets of paper (see my video here of how I did it)
Cut book in half from bottom to fold at top
Write one of each of the following letters on each page of the first half of the book: b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,qu,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z, bl, st, sp, tr, gl, sn
Write one of each of the following rimes on each page of the second half of the book:
ack, ad, ag, am, an, ap, at, ed, ell, en, et, ick, id, ig, ill, in, ip, it, ock, og, op, ot, ub, ug, um, un, ut
Materials
book
Teaching
1. Using the book flip to any beginning sound (first half of book) and any rime (second half of book) have your child sound it out to create a word.
2. Keep this with other books and continue practicing sounding out the new words.

Writing Core Standard - Text Types and Purposes 1.
Preparation
Write on a piece of paper "The wolf is..."
Materials
Paper
Markers
Teaching
1.Ask your child whether they think the wolf  is good or bad and why.
2. Write, or help your child to write, their opinion on the piece of paper. 
3. Have your child illustrate their opinion.

Math Core Standard - Operations and Algebraic Thinking 3
Preparation
I have boxes of small items that I use for teaching this: stamps, beads, fake leaves, fake flowers, colored blocks, etc.
Materials
Small items
Teaching
1. Tell your child to make the number 7 (or chose a smaller number if 7 is too large) with the items.
2.Ask them to explain each time they create the number 7. For example, "I made three bunny stamps and four giraffe stamps." or "I have five blue beads and two red beads" or "I have one circle and six rectangles."
3. Write their creation as an equation.  Examples:
"I made three bunny stamps and four giraffe stamps."  Write 3+4=7
or "I have five blue beads and two red beads" Write 5+2=7
 or "I have one circle and six rectangles." Write 1+6=7
4. Say, "Just like words  say a story.  These numbers tell us what you made." Go through step by step how you created the equation.  ("You stamped five bunnies, so I wrote this five.  This '+' means you added more.  This two says you added the two giraffes."

Exploration
Preparation
Get some Legos or other interlocking blocks
Materials
Legos
Teaching
1. Have your child create a house made out of bricks with you.  Have fun making the sides and roof of the pig's house.  Talk about the colors you are using, the size of the house, how many bricks.  Make it a great learning and doing together experience.

Art
Preparation
Materials
Paper
Art Supplies (your choice of paint, crayon, marker, colored pencil, etc)
Teaching
1. Have your child draw (paint, etc) a picture of his house.