Teaching Ideas on "If You Give a Pig a Party"
Laura Numeroff's "If You Give a Pig a Party" takes kids on a fun journey as Pig gets ready to host a party. When Pig sees the party preparations underway, she immediate wants balloons. The trouble is those balloons make her want to decorate the entire house. Then she wants her favorite dress. Students will delight as Pig races around town finding her friends only to come back home, see the balloons and ask for a party again. Continue Pig's party fun in your classroom with these party inspired activities.
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Word Matching Game
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Laminate pictures of items Pig wanted, such as balloons, a dress, bumper car rides, roller coaster rides, ice cream cones, pajamas, pillows and blankets on index cards. Then write the corresponding words on sentence strips. Invite students to use a pocket chart to place the pictures next to the matching words. Have students read the words. Encourage students to use their finger to point out the beginning, middle or ending sounds in the words, depending on their skill level.
Party Patterns
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Invite student to create party patterns based on items in the book. Have students use construction paper to cut out different colored balloons. Ask students to create a pattern with their balloons and glue them on a piece of paper. Give students a large circle cutout to decorate with dots, stars, stripes or other patterns. Cut a line from the edge to the middle of the circle. Shape the circle cutout into a cone hat for students to wear. Allow students to make paper ice cream cones with alternating colors of ice cream scoops on top.
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Bumper Car Numbers
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Print off bumper car outlines for each student in class. Invite students to decorate their bumper cars. Encourage students to draw themselves driving the bumper cars. Create a bumper car for Pig as well. Have students number their bumper cars starting with 1. . End with Pig having the last bumper car number. Invite students to put the bumper cars in order during math exploration time.
Hide-and-Seek
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Play of game of hide-and-seek like Pig and her friends. Take students outside to the playground and establish boundaries for the game. Choose a base where students return after hiding. Start off with the teacher being the seeker. Count to 50 then try to find students. The last person found becomes the seeker for the next round. After the game, bring students together to share their strategies for hiding. Highlight students displaying good sportsmanship. Ask students to share other favorite party games.
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