Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Pigsty will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of taking ownership and responsibility, this Pigsty picture book by Mark Teague is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with Pigsty Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Pigsty. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with Pigsty reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
PIGSTY SUMMARY
Wendell Fultz’s room is a mess! When his mother pronounces his room a “pigsty” and sends him upstairs to clean it, Wendell finds a large pig lounging on the bed. Wendell doesn’t seem to mind. Instead, he rearranges the mess and joins in the fun. His mother gives up, and for the next week, Wendell happily spends his time with his new friends. Wendell and the pigs enjoy having pillow fights and playing Monopoly together.
Soon after, a second pair of pigs shows up and the four of them add to the mess in Wendell’s room. The pigs even start ruining Wendell’s toys, and he has to admit that the mess is getting to be too much. Wendell has the pigs help him clean his room and they move out.
PIGSTY LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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When it comes to writing lesson plans and finding activities for Pigsty, we’ve already done all of the heavy lifting for you.
We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Pigsty reading comprehension questions focus on:
- summarize/retell
- analyzing character
- making predictions
- plot (problem-solution)
- cause and effect
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- taking ownership
- responsibility
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- compound words
- articles
- antonyms
- time order words
PIGSTY ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for Pigsty?
- Lexile® Measure: AD590L
- Guided Reading Level: N-O
- DRA Level: 28-30
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3.2-3.3
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Mark Teague . It was illustrated by Mark Teague .
What genre is Pigsty ?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 32 pages long.
