Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Pig The Pug 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 sharing and taking turns, this Pig The Pug picture book by Aaron Blabey 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 Pig The Pug Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Pig The Pug. 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 Pig The Pug reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
PIG THE PUG SUMMARY
The story, Pig the Pug, is about a dog named Pig. Pig is selfish and greedy and does not like to share. Whenever Trevor, the other dog in the house, suggested that Pig share his toys, Pig would yell at him. Pig would say that he never ever will share his toys and that they are all his.
One day, Pig loses his mind when Trevor suggests he share his toys. Pig gathers all of his toys into a pile, and stands on top them of yelling down at Trevor. He tells Trevor that now Trevor will never have any toys and all the toys belong to him.
Unfortunately, the pile of toys wobbles and Pig falls out the window. He ends up hurting his entire body and being in a full body cast. Now that he is the cast, he can’t stop Trevor from playing with the toys. Pig learns that it would have been a lot less painful if he had just shared his toys to begin with.
PIG THE PUG LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Pig The Pug reading comprehension questions focus on:
- summarize/retell
- point of view
- analyzing character
- cause and effect
- identify the main idea
- rhyme, rhythm and repetition
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- sharing
- taking turns
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- contractions
- synonyms
- ellipses
PIG THE PUG 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 Pig The Pug?
- Lexile® Measure: AD500L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 24
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.7
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Aaron Blabey. It was illustrated by Aaron Blabey.
What genre is Pig The Pug ?
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.
