The Flying Pig

• Small group; whole group; independent reading

“The Pig Beach Mystery,” this issue’s Mini Read about real swimming pigs, pairs with this poem about a fictional flying pig.

Reading fluency (20 minutes)

• You can read the poem to the class first to model fluency and familiarize students with the language.
• You can also click the Read-Aloud button at the top of the digital issue to hear it read aloud by a professional voice actor.
• Now that the poem has been modeled for the students, you can read it aloud together as a class or have students read it to each other in pairs.

(15 minutes)

• Flying Pig or Swimming Pig?: Students will read about a handful of silly situations and decide which type of pig would be best at helping them in each situation: a flying pig or a swimming pig. Next, they’ll come up with their own silly situation, draw it, and write about which pig would help them and how.