This engaging resource from the San Diego Zoo provides extensive information on the Guinea Pig including details about its habitat, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.

A learning module that begins with the short story "The Three Little Pigs" by Joseph Jacobs, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

A reader's theater script for Eugene Triviza's children's picture book, The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, is provided on these pages. Fifteen character roles are needed in this activity.

Describes the parts of a pig's circulatory system and how its blood circulates. Circulation in a pig fetus is also described as it has differences.

A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of Paddy O'Learey and His Learned Pig by Elizabeth Williams Champney, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of This Little Pig, a fairy tale book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of This Little Pig Went to Market by Frederic Edward Weatherly, a fairy tale book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of The Three Tiny Pigs, a fairy tale book for children.

This is an online study guide/notes for the novel A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Wanted To Know How His Pig's Doing" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...

Students will use the character lineup strategy in collaborative groups to retell the story of the Three Little Pigs. Each group will be assigned a different character or emotion and then compare the differences between each group....

This site provides facts about guinea pig anatomy as well as nutrition. It also suggest a daily diet designed to keep a guinea pig healthy. Lastly, it offers descriptions of some common guinea pig illnesses and how to treat them.

This is the text of the short story "The Boar-Pig" by H. H. Munro, a comical story of ladies trying to crash a garden party, but are blocked by the Boar Pig.

The full text of the short story "That Pig of a Morin" by Guy de Maupassant. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

The full text of the short story "Them Notorious Pigs" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

Text of the short story "The Pig and Whistle" by British author George Gissing. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Student-friendly site explaining the history of farming. The section on farming today and tomorrow gives viewers the opportunity to see pigs being born. Requires QuickTime plug-in.

The SUPER WHY Reading Camp builds on the signature early literacy approach of the SUPER WHY television series. Each day at Reading Camp, children transform into one of the SUPER WHY characters. Click on the Super Why links to access an...

Get health tips and find links to other sites for your guinea pig.

Find helpful information and pointers on guinea pig nutrition.

This lesson provides students with the technology-based project researching Guinea Pigs. The trade book, Sammy, the Classroom Guinea Pig, will be used to make predictions.The students will use the facts from their research to create a...

In "When the Bubble Burst", students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a child who gets in trouble for...

In "A Lesson Learned", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework! and If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a skydiver...

In this lesson, 1st graders will look at two texts with the "The Three Little Pigs" story. Students will compare the approach that each of the authors takes.