► Build Background
► Language & Grammar
Retell a Story
Use Forms of the Verbs Be and Have
► Prepare to Read
Learn Key Vocabulary
Learn a Reading Strategy
Monitor Your Reading
► Read and Write
Focus on Genre
Modern Fairy Tale
Apply the Reading Strategy
Monitor Your Reading
Critical Thinking
Reading Fluency
Read with Intonation
Vocabulary Review
Write About the Guiding Question
► Connect Across the Curriculum
Literary Analysis
Analyze Characters and Plot
Vocabulary Study
Relate Words: Cognates
Media/Speaking
Make a Comic Book
Viewing/Speaking
Plan a Community
Language and Grammar
Retell a Story
Writing and Grammar
Write About a Folk Tale
What makes an old story new? Author Patricia Santos Marcantonio uses fresh ideas to retell an old favorite.
What If? How would the story of “The Three Little Pigs” be different if it happened in your town today? How would the story be different if it was on TV, in a movie, or in a graphic novel? Work with a partner to think of ideas. Share them with the class.
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A scene from “The Three Little Pigs”