Agricultural WebQuest Series
Missouri Farm Bureau and
Missouri State University
Teacher Page
Introduction
Perhaps you have heard the story about the Three Little Pigs. As the Big Bad Wolf tries to get the pigs to let him come in their house they say the above phrase, "not by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin." In this story we really don't learn about the pigs themselves. Our task is going to be to describe what the real Three Little Pigs looked like. Do pigs really have hair on their chins?
PowerPoint Presentation
Go to the following internet site. Scroll 3/4's of the way down the page to the category of Agriculture and click on Swine Breeds. It may ask you for a password, if so just click OK. You can download/save the PowerPoint or just open it. (This site has many other PowerPoint's that could be used in others areas.) Have students take notes on the selected breeds of pigs to use while writing a descriptive paragraph.
http://www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/
Go to this internet address and print off the 4 pages to give to students as a handout with information. This could be read to the class by you or students can share handout.
Evaluation
Rubric for The Three Little Pigs Projects
|
Competency |
10 pts. |
8 pts. |
6 pts. |
0 pts. |
| Knowledge and Description of pigs | Student demonstrates full knowledge and writes a complete description of pigs selected. | Student is at ease with content, but fails to elaborate on description of pigs. | Student is uncomfortable with content and fails to elaborate on description of pigs. | Student does not grasp information and fails to write a description of the pigs |
| Uses correct spelling and punctuation. | Paragraphs have no errors in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. | Paragraphs have one or two punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors. | Paragraphs have three to five punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors. | Paragraphs have three to five punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors. |
| Pictures of pigs are colored and detailed. | Pictures are colored neatly with lots of details. | Pictures are colored but lack details. | Pictures are colored but no details. | Pictures are not colored and no detail. |
| Neatness. | Work is neatly done. | Work has one or two areas that are sloppy. | Work has three or four areas that are sloppy. | Work is illegible. |
Missouri Grade Level Expectations
Reading - 1E, 1F, 1I, 3A, 3D
Writing - 1A, 2E, 2F,
Listening and Speaking - 1A, 1B
Information Literacy - 1B, 2A
Science Standards
Technology Standards
Basic Operations and Concepts
Technology Productivity Tools
Hints for Student or Teacher Use:
More Websites to visit
Alphabetical listing of different varieties of swine
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/
Felt Board Three Little Pigs
http://www.preschoolprintables.com/felt/3pigs/feltpig.shtml
Pig Shape for Booklet
http://www.abcteach.com/Animals/pig2.htm
This page was developed by Deborah Richardson, reviewed by Lyndon and Barbara Irwin and maintained by Missouri Farm Bureau.
Please address questions to Diane Olson at Missouri Farm Bureau or Dr. Lyndon Irwin at Missouri State University.
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Last revised on September 10, 2006