Pigs Will Be Pigs Book Report

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Recommended: Writing a narrative about family

Pigs Will Be Pigs is a story about a family of pigs who are hungry and they have no food at home - they ate it all up! The Pigs decided they would go out to eat. Unfortunately, Mrs. Pig had not been by the bank, and Mr. Pig only had one dollar in his wallet. The Pig family decided to search all over the house to find money so that they could go out and eat. After all the Pigs had searched every corner in the house, they put all the money that they collected together to see how much it would add up to. After the Pigs decided that they had enough money to eat, they left home and went to their favorite restaurant, the Enchanted Enchilada. The book then shows a menu from the restaurant that included the meals and the prices. After eating, the …show more content…

I think students will really enjoy hearing this story, especially in math class! I could repeat a similar scenario with the students. Before the story is read aloud to the class, I can implement manipulatives that represents the coins, such as enlarged laminated paper money – I will use bills and not coins- and hide them around the room. After I read the story to the class I will put the students into 4 separate groups. I will tell the students that inside of the desk, and all around the room I have hidden some paper money. I will explain to the students that the group they have been assigned to will be their family. Then I will say that as a family you are to try to collect as much money as possible. Once you have collected as much money as you can, count it all up to see how many total bills you have. The students will record how many total bills that their family collected onto a sheet of paper. I will then ask them to write down how many dollars, fives, tens, twenties, and hundreds they have. Next I will have the students add the total value of the bills that their family had collected. I will inform them that it is their job as a family to figure out if they have enough money to buy what they want from the menu. This will be a menu that I have prepared and the items will cost various amounts ranging from five dollars to one thousand

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