Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for The Three Billy Goats Gruff 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 gratitude, courage, and mindfulness, this The Three Billy Goats Gruff picture book by Paul Galdone 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 The Three Billy Goats Gruff Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. 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.
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THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF SUMMARY
Once upon a time, there lived three billy goats of various sizes. They all were named Gruff. The goats were hungry, and there was not enough grass to graze. So, they knew they would have to travel to the hillside with all the daisies.
The billy goats began to walk to a bridge. Under a bridge lived a troll. When the smallest goat walked across, the troll wanted to eat him, but was spared because he told the troll the next goat was even bigger.
The second billy goat walked across the bridge, but similarly to the first billy goat, he was spared as he told the troll the next goat was even fatter.
Then, it was time for the biggest goat to pass. When the troll went to gobble him, the goat used his horns and hooves to throw the troll into the rushing river. The troll was not seen again, and the goats got to enjoy the new pasture!
THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF 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 The Three Billy Goats Gruff reading comprehension questions focus on:
- asking and answering questions
- point of view
- visualizing
- identifying theme, message, and moral
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- gratitude
- courage
- mindfulness
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- contractions
- quotation marks
- comparative adjectives
THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF 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 The Three Billy Goats Gruff?
- Lexile® Measure: 500L
- 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 Paul Galdone. It was illustrated by Paul Galdone.
What genre is The Three Billy Goats Gruff ?
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.
