Title/Author: All Pigs are Beautiful by Dick King-Smith Suggested Time to Spend: 4 Days (Two sessions daily, twenty minutes each) Common Core grade-level ELA/Literacy Standards: RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.4, RL.1.7; RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.3, RI.1.4, RI.1.7; W.1.2, W.1.8; SL.1.1, SL.1.2, SL.1.6; L.1.1, L.1.2, L.1.4, L.1.6 Lesson Objective: Students will actively listen to the Literary Nonfiction picture book in order to learn more about the ALL PIGS ARE BEAUTIFUL behaviors and physical characteristics of pigs. This book study can easily be paired with other books and articles about pigs. Teacher Instructions Before the Lesson Read the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis below. Please do not read this to the students. This is a description to help you prepare to teach the book and be clear about what you want your children to take away from the work. Big Ideas/Key Understandings/Focusing Question Do you think we as humans have anything in common with pigs? One key takeaway is that actually, pigs are animals with many of the same characteristics and behaviors as humans. Synopsis We will learn about how pigs and their characteristics and behaviors relate to humans as we learn about the world around us.
Title/Author: All Pigs are Beautiful by Dick King-Smith Suggested Time to Spend: 4 Days (Two sessions daily, twenty minutes each) Common Core grade-level ELA/Literacy Standards: RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.4, RL.1.7; RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.3, RI.1.4, RI.1.7; W.1.2, W.1.8; SL.1.1, SL.1.2, SL.1.6; L.1.1, L.1.2, L.1.4, L.1.6 Lesson Objective: Students will actively listen to the Literary Nonfiction picture book ALL PIGS ARE BEAUTIFUL in order to learn more about the behaviors and physical characteristics of pigs. This book study can easily be paired with other books and articles about pigs. Teacher Instructions Before the Lesson Read the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis below. Please do not read this to the students. This is a description to help you prepare to teach the book and be clear about what you want your children to take away from the work. Big Ideas/Key Understandings/Focusing Question Do you think we as humans have anything in common with pigs? One key takeaway is that actually, pigs are animals with many of the same characteristics and behaviors as humans. Synopsis We will learn about how pigs and their characteristics and behaviors relate to humans as we learn about the world around us.
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